You know how sometimes you notice something unusual to your daily life,  and immediately afterward  you notice that same thing again and again?  (Mothers can relate to this.  You become pregnant and start to see pregnant women everywhere.)

I noticed in last week’s House Calls in the Washington Post that the designers in the article flanked the fireplace with a pair of floor lamps.

I received a new book in the mail yesterday and this concept was on three pages in a row.

I have never seen this done in real life.  Never even in the very unreal life of model homes.