Fortunately they did not remove them in this recent refurbishment. Unfortunately, the owners don't have a say so who knows what will happen during the next refurbishment, or even when that next refurb will be done. For now, we got to keep them and the ceiling fans as well, another feature of the DVC rooms that we enjoy that seem to be disappearing during refurbishments.
Not a good trend. The theming is why our family kept coming back to WDW and why we bought into DVC. Parks are, for us, secondary but the fantasy of staying at Yellowstone while in FL was awesome, ditto, pretending we were staying at a Beach Club or again, pretending we were staying at a New Jersey Broadwalk hotel....
I just stayed in a studio and liked the new updates except the mirror over the vanity. Personal taste thought it was tacky. But overall I liked the simple clean look.