Swedish Touch

Young Mosny is not a designer, she's a woman with a terrific eye and the expertise to gather the contemporary home accessories she admires into a gallery where shoppers can find their personal favorites. The Nancy Young store in Bell Tower opened in June of 1998 and it's been a destination ever since for the bridal registry crowd, tourists, young couples furnishing their first home, and discriminating homeowners outfitting a beach retreat with a modern twist.

One of the most popular collections is the serving platters,-bowls, vases and candlesticks made of palladium. A metal mined in Russia, palladium has a highly polished silver-like sheen, but never needs polishing because it doesn't tarnish. This naturally occurring element has long been used for making surgical instruments and nonmagnetic watch parts. Now palladium is seeing artistic uses in jewelry, silverware and home decor objects. Young Monsy has imported streamlined palladium pieces that are both practical and gorgeous.. It's no wonder brides covet palladium and sign up for plenty.

Not getting married, but want to have palladium of your own? "We have a holiday, birthday and anniversary registry for just that purpose," says sales manager, Amanda Baclit. "People who are about to celebrate an occasion or who want to alert friends and family to what they want for Christmas come in and register for gifts. We give them a stack of business cards and they just hand them out to friends and family. Shopping is really easy. Some of the gift-givers just call us on the phone, ask us to run down the list, and pick their gift. Our registry service isn't just for brides."

What else is there to love at Nancy Young? Beechwood and chrome bar stools that have an ergonomic seat modeled after a tractor seat. How about a colorful piece of Bohemian glass made and signed by artists in the Czech Republic? And check out the 30 or so black-and-white Italian wall clocks that have a definite Salvador Dali aspect. One seems to melt into the wall and is missing the two,three and four hours. Oh, well, time goes by and you need to go shopping!