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Though most of the 63 alphabetical entries — like napkins, forks and even picnic baskets — are common enough, there’s also a more arcane jib door, Louis XIV chair and flokati rug.

A fun flokati or colorful striped rug layered on top of wall-to-wall carpeting not only makes sitting on the floor more comfortable but also protects the carpet from spills and stains.

Ms. Gangitano can often be found working or chatting with a friend or colleague on a long sofa covered with a flokati.

A $300 flokati rug from eBay gave the living room a softer look.

After moving to New York in 2006, she continued to explore those impulses, eventually turning her eye to an enormous flokati in her own apart­ment.