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Take a look through the fall decor catalogs or browse the aisles of furnishings stores and you'll see a recurring theme: matte finishes.
"Matte is having a moment right now," says Donna Garlough, Joss & Main's style director. "Especially in white, black, chalky grays and pastels. It works because accents and lighting in a matte finish pair so naturally with some of the furniture trends we're seeing."
Lisa Jones founded her ceramics company, Pigeon Toe, eight years ago with an emphasis on petite pottery pieces like her three-legged "tripot" bowls and teensy stacking bowls.
Her timing could not have been better, she says.
"I rode the wave of a resurgence in handcrafts, and the individual maker," says Jones, 32, of Portland, Oregon.