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Trend Alert: Rustic Elegance

There are some truly odd couples getting together to make your space beautiful in 2010! A Few couples who have recently announced their nuptials are:

Rough and Smooth
Reclaimed and New
Organic and Hand-made

These couples are marrying to create sophisticated takes on rustic design.Hammered, textural metals and spare forms crafted in salvaged wood and raffia. Theeffect: Simply stunning.

Sand-etched and painted glass shades are nestled into forged iron branches on Lightspann Illumination Designs' South End Twig Chandelier. Contact us for pricing and lead time.

Port 68'sWestwood lamp exudes a molten glow by virtue of a cut glass form withreverse gold leaf, finished with a luxe lizard-stamped shade ($373). To purchase contact us.

	Finished in Gold Leaf, the Bangle lamp interlocks antiqued rings in an artfully wrought design from Currey & Company ($810).
	From Studio 773 by Eastern Accents,metallic peacock feathers are hand-painted on outdoor fabric withfade-resistant paints, resulting in a little ethereal shimmer ($83).
Honeyed neutrals lend modern medallions an air of refinement in Paramount's 100-knot Kantipur rug, crafted in Tibetan wool and banana silk ($1,999, 6×9).
Made of sand-cast aluminum, Beatriz Ball's richly textured Adam & Eve candleholders double as functional sculpture ($108).
	Inspired by Baroque halos, the exquisitely radiant Soleil mirror from Studio A by Austin gets gilded and then fitted with an antiqued beveled mirror ($970).
	Nubby raffia pairs up with hand-molded iron shaped like bamboo in Palecek's texturally nuanced table lamp ($398).
Effervescent bubbles shot with a sprinkling of gold dust give Tozai's vases a magical, luminous quality, enhanced by impossibly thin, elongated necks ($135, set of two).
Rustic yet sophisticated, the hand-crafted Bina Collection dresser from Four Hands combines sustainable living with elegant style ($2,839).