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Down The Drain.(The Good Life)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)

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Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop

Anyone can jazz up a bathroom with fancy tiles or a gleaming curvy faucet. But some high-end companies have come up with a way to add sparkle and luxury appeal even to waste water: by creating dazzling plugs and drain fittings. Murano House makes stunning handmade Venetian fixtures; its latest jeweled vanity range incorporates precious stones like emeralds, rubies, amber and amethysts set in glass on refined gilded silver, gold or platinum mountings ...

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