horizontals |
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verticals |
architecture | interior decoration | |
Mediterranean | New England | |
stucco | jute | |
books | magazines | |
hospital and laboratory decor | military-industrial decor | |
the tropical | the topical | |
the matte and the iridescent | depth and three-dimensionality | |
white- and black-magic paraphernalia | ski and hunting lodge gear | |
eau de toilette | liquid soap | |
window treatment | color coordination | |
hierarchy | clutter | |
mezzalunas | food processors | |
cocktail napkins | folk art | |
room temperature | ice | |
dropping in | reservations | |
wallpaper | weddings | |
tea | salad | |
butter knives | period taste | |
curvy, nonsupporting walls | fashion-designer home furnishing lines | |
circular Roman bathtubs | conversation nooks | |
claustrophobia | agoraphobia | |
dogs | TV | |
low tables and ottomans | futons and hard, flat modular couches | |
cut flowers | wood | |
views and breeze | trompe l’oeil | |
pillows | stone | |
hotels | homes | |
hush | din |
One of four articles in our Shelter Supplement.
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on October 27, 1998
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