Lighting

I think the category at this show where I saw the most new stuff was in lighting—both in the displays, like this chandelier at Mariposa, which makes nice metal alloy tabletop items ...

This picture doesn’t capture the innovation of this battery-operated candle, which, if you weren’t paying attention, has become a giant category of mostly low-rent-looking items. But this one, from Primitives by Kathy, had a nifty little wiggling-flame effect that photo editor Nadia Chaudhury agreed was really clever.

I couldn’t pass up the feather lighting booth—who could, really? Angel Wreaths is a new company that makes holiday decorative pieces out of feathers, but many of them can work year-round, like this fuchsia number.