Not so Fabulous after all...

Two years ago I noticed a glass (mug?) rack set atop a buffet in a Pottery Barn catalog. Unfortunately,

Pottery Barn doesn't sell the glass rack. It was just a photo Prop used in their catalog shoot. And, Shoot!,

is what I told Michael, the nice man at Pottery Barn in San Francisco assigned to answer my product

inquiry... Then, a year ago I received a Napa Style catalog and there it was! A small and a large version,

no less. Of course, I wanted the large one, like the one in the Pottery Barn catalog but alas, it was not to

be. Because while Napa Style featured both a small and larger version of this Inverse glass rack in

their catalog, for some reason, the Large size was never available for order. Or so, Natalie, the nice

consumer services representative assigned to answer my inquiry about it said when she Called me

back about it. Nevertheless, Miss. Natalie promised to keep me posted if she could ever figure

out when the large Glass rack would become available. In the meantime, I found the glass rack

at my favorite Antiques shop in Carmel Valley - remember this? However, that one was

already sold... So short story Long... Natalie with Napa Style phoned last week, and

not only is the large Glass rack now available for order, she said it's also on Sale!

And the Funny thing is... Now the small one is no longer available!

Sadly, after all the effort, I'm not as in love with this piece as I imagined

I would be. Perhaps it's just that my kitchen lacks that certain Tuscan-villa

ambiance of the Napa Style catalog necessary to pull this look off. Or maybe

it's that it so clearly overwhelms my Island. Or that after staring at it for the

last hour I've decided that storing our glassware this way seems a bit odd. But

the point that Finally made me decide to pack it up and call for a FedEx pick up

to return it tomorrow is that two of the Prong thingees are bent - So it's not quite

perfect. And because you know me, you already know I won't keep anything

I buy that is not perfect. The last time I decided to keep something that

wasn't perfect I married him. Ha! So sadly, the glass rack has to go...

Besides, this is a Baker's kitchen... And, what I need

within Reach more than my juice glasses are my tools!