She gave him one of her sunniest smiles, and in what she hoped was her most charming manner, indicated that he should seat himself on the striped satin sofa.

Resist impulse to ask Mario if chintz throw pillows O.K. with striped sofa on order from Jennifer Convertibles.

Rooms, freshly bathed in mocha and royal blue, have big desks, striped sofas and compact bathrooms with faux-wood floors.

John J. MacDonald, the chief executive of the Minneapolis-based International Nutrition and Genetics Corporation, had just bought for $500 a beige striped sofa that sat in the reception room.

In her Upper West Side office with its plump striped sofa and handy box of tissues, she hears it all, mostly from the feminine side: The man who asked his fiancee to occasionally bring home another woman.

He poured three glasses a third full, took one over to the striped sofa and spread his long legs out on it, leaned his head back and sipped the brandy.

She gave him lots of reds and greens but in subtle shades, like milk-painted tables, striped sofas, weathered sideboards and chairs - set against a soothing background of khaki, cream, taupe and white.

In the living room, a striped sofa and a pine armoire, and down the mauve moire-papered hall is a bedroom with sponged pink walls, white wicker furniture and floral sheets.

But there are matching striped sofas to be had for $195, possible replacements for the ones you gave back.