51.   He is betting that the future lies, at least in part, with home furnishings.

52.   He started with oddly truncated sinks and urinals and went on to malformed home furnishings and nursery items, like X-shaped playpens and cribs.

53.   He sees gardening themes turning up in advertisements for everything from windows and home furnishings to cars and over-the-counter medications.

54.   Higher mortgage rates are likely to take their toll on home construction and sales, as well as home furnishings, another strong item over the winter months.

55.   Home furnishings retailers such as Crate and Barrel and Gallery Furniture think they will have a better Christmas than the vast bulk of retailers.

56.   Home furnishings, humble stay-at-homes, are one of the last, wide frontiers for the hard celebrity sell.

57.   Idol was a group president at Polo Ralph Lauren, in charge of clothing, home furnishings and product licensing.

58.   If those ambitious plans come true, the company could soon catch up to the home furnishings warhorses in its number of stores.

59.   Impeccably designed, minimalist modern home furnishings, some jewelry and ingenious clocks.

60.   In everything from apparel to electronics to home furnishings, these Americans are making their mark.