New Yorkers shopping at the clothing chain Club Monaco this week for blazers and T-shirts came across some unexpected items: pillows, nesting tables, vases, and even radios. The company has just introduced its first home collection through a pilot program at New York City’s six Club Monaco stores; if the collection is successful, it will be carried at the company’s 71 stores throughout America and Canada. “It enhances the lifestyle idea,” said Club Monaco’s senior vice president of creative services, Michael Fisher, of the home line. “It adds a texture to the store – you aren’t expecting it, and then all of a sudden you find it.”

The home collection includes some in-house designed products, such as throw pillows in a range of solid colors from the same palette as the store’s spring clothing line ($29), and items from outside design companies – glass vases in the shape of water bottles from Feliciti of Felissimo Design House ($20); scented candles by Dani ($20); and small radios ($40 and $55), clocks ($45), and mini binoculars ($95) by Lexon. The company also worked closely with Caban, which is Club Monaco’s sister home store in Canada. The most expensive and largest item in the collection is a set of three clear acrylic nesting tables for $195 – all of the other pieces in the line are small enough to be thrown into a shopping bag along with a new pair of jeans and a tank top. “We’re not getting into dishes and washing machines,” Mr. Fisher said dryly, adding that it was important to the company that the collection be tight and “well edited.”

Clothing chain Banana Republic also used to have a home collection, but recently discontinued it, presumably due to lackluster sales. Mr. Fisher said he wasn’t concerned that Club Monaco’s home line would meet a similar fate, however: “We’re a pretty confident company,” he said.

The home items have been in stores for less than a week, but Mr. Fisher said that so far some of the strongest sellers have been the candles, clear picture frames ($18-$14), and, perhaps surprisingly, small bags of river rocks ($5). The store has also added a few white armchairs to show off the throw pillows and provide a comfortable new seating area for tired shoppers. “But the chairs aren’t for sale, are they?” I asked Mr. Fisher. “Why, you want to buy one?” he said with a grin. “I’ll sell it to you.”