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Acrylic Trend Makes Furnishings Into Pieces of ArtWe all know the old adage about people in glass houses not throwing stones.
But would the same rule apply to a Lucite house?
For just as transparent a look with much more durability and strength, the "cousin of glass" is reemerging on the design scene in everything from lamps to seating.
Lucite first hit the interior design world in the late 1960s.
Expensive but popular, "it was quite prized in the very modern kinds of homes," says Phoenix interior designer Dorothy Bron of Bron Design Group.
There were Lucite dining room sets, console tables, even love seats.
The draw, says Dorothy's partner and fellow designer Eric Bron, was its tricky ability to make a room seem larger by making the furniture almost invisible.
"It would seem like less furniture in a room because you could see through it," he says.
As with all things popular, knockoffs followed.
Similar pieces were made with a cheaper form of plastic and sold for less.
Without the glassy shine Lucite had, these second-rate pieces looked as cheap as they cost and, says Bron, the trend faded.
"Not all acrylics are created equal," he says.
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