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Great Choices (From page 84) the store as of late are small accent furniture pieces, such as end tables. Customers are nabbing these so they can freshen parts of rooms in their house without hav ing to re-do a room in its entirety. tant to constantly create fresh displays, said Grunzweig. You may want to place the new merchandise in a key area of the store for a period of time before moving it to a more permanent home in the store, she explained.

At the 171-year-old Marilla Country Store based in Marilla, N.Y., Owner Sandy Grunzweig said their wall accents – ranging from artwork to dimensional pieces like window frames, shutters and arched architectural features – are doing well.

“They’re a little different, and easy to work into a vignette in your home,” Grunzweig said.

Decorative pots and high quality indoor florals like succulents and ferns with a real touch feel are also mov ing well this Spring, according to Grunzweig. For her customers, these décor items bring the outdoors inside, but without the higher maintenance of real plants.