Maybe it’s the country’s current obsession with a certain best-selling women’s novel, but lately we’ve been inspired by the color gray. Not too bright and not too dark, it delivers the perfect dose of mystery, drama, coolness and warmth to satisfy our TypeA tendencies this week.

An oldie, but goodie: the media room in last summer's VERANDA house by Windsor Smith. Alyson toured it, and fell in love with the gray and gold chairs.