Wallpaper of years ago was always covered in oranges and apples,” says Dee Elms of Boston firm Terrat Elms ... fallen into disrepute can seem newly cool when used in a small space.

Wendy Abrams’s license plate says “UNLESS.” Why? Because for the founder of Cool Globes, a major public art exhibit coming to Boston next week, those last lines of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax ...