| horizontals | | 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.