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…D CDR Above left and center: Amy Weinstein's Birmingham home is a testament to her ability to create pleasing vignettes. Above right: Her pottery collection fills the dining-room china cabinet. She inherited the cabinet, part of the Dunbar collection from the 1950s, from her grandmother, who she calls an inspiration. "She had great style, and the pieces are really hot now," she says. "Furniture designers are copying them today." Master A B...…
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