The colors beiges, grays, taupes are also characteristic of the designer's palette, and most of the furniture, such as a round wooden dining-room table and a lacquered black bookshelf, is influenced by the simple lines and textures of 1930s and '40s Italian architecture.

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There was a mirror, a shiny red-brown bureau, a tiny refrigerator on a wooden table, a straight-backed blue chair.

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Workers used a sled to carry the bear from his pickup truck into the showroom, where it was placed on a laminate-topped wooden table.

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Inside, Ms. Savage accented the home's 16-foot coved ceilings original from 1926 and espresso-colored floors with earth-toned couches and classic pieces, using a long wooden bench as a living room coffee table.

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