Brennen unfolded the sheet to book-page size and pressed it flat against a rectangular glass inset.

It was the classic high-end bachelor pad- all sleek leather upholstery and blond wood furniture with glass insets.

The decor is also minimal, with a few plants, rustic wooden booths, wood partitions with stained glass insets and a few reproductions on the wall.

The doors have louvered panels and stained glass insets.

But this cylinder: the scars of sand abrasion glinting, the glass inset.

Mr. Standing designed the furniture, the bathroom wall and a sliding partition around the sleeping area with glass insets positioned to spill the light as far as possible.

Rows of mauve- and gold-colored glass insets, surrounded by an elaborate petal design, lent it a certain grimy class.

Clean, dry Moet 6-Chandon bubbled in the repousse goblets, the chill seeping through the glass insets, frosting the silver.

The windows are aligned to feed light through stained glass insets in the coffered dome hanging over the rotunda.

Double doors with glass insets led off it into the main room.