Photo: Julian Wass

Mass your glass. The couple transformed three separate windows and a glass door into what appears to be one 5-by-16-foot stunner by covering all four elements with a single dramatic curtain. The strips of nylon parachute fabric that Arbour sewed together are delicate enough to fall in swishy folds and opaque enough to create privacy while still letting in light.

Get grounded. What's under a table can clutter up a room just as much as what's on top, but these molded-plastic Eames chairs sidestep the problem with ultraspindly legs.