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HAWKINS NEW YORK Home Goods: Useful Pieces to Know

HAWKINS NEW YORK is the homewares label two designers started in Hudson in 2013, full of useful objects in warm, lived-in color. I like it because everything looks made to be handled, not admired from across the room.

Fall Home Decor: Candles, Taper Holders, Wreaths and Throws

Candlelight, dried foliage and soft layers that make your space feel ready for shorter days.

Christofle: The Paris Silversmith Behind Silver-Plated Tableware

Christofle has been a Paris silversmith since 1830, and its 1842 purchase of the French patents for silver plating is what let ordinary tables carry pieces once reserved for royalty. This edit runs from cutlery and serving pieces through candle holders, frames and vases to the porcelain and crystal that round out the range.

Chefanie Tableware: Playful Picks for Hosting

Chefanie is the New York tableware label Stephanie Nass built around gathering people over food and art. I love how playful it is, with napkins, glassware and blankets meant for the party itself.

business & pleasure co. Beach Gear: Where to Start

Business & Pleasure Co. is the Australian label that began with a beach umbrella and grew into chairs, coolers and poolside textiles. I like its seaside nostalgia best when the setting feels lived in, not matched.

Best Baby Strollers 2025: Full-Size, Travel And Double Picks

Our guide to the best baby strollers 2025 has to offer, sorted by how you actually get around. Full-size strollers for daily walks, travel strollers that fold small enough for an overhead bin, and systems that grow from one child to two. Every pick comes from UPPAbaby, Nuna, Cybex, Bugaboo, Stokke, Joolz, Doona or Silver Cross.

Picture Light vs Illuminated Frame: What to Choose

A picture frame light is the small change that makes the biggest difference after dark: one small lamp over a painting or print and the whole wall changes after dark. Here is how I would choose one, from battery lights to brass, plus a few frames and prints worth lighting.

Satin Vs Eggshell Paint: Which Sheen Fits Each Room?

Satin vs eggshell paint is really a question about light: how much the wall reflects, how much it forgives and how easily it wipes clean. Here is how I would choose, and how the same idea carries into the objects and bedding in a room.

Criss Cross Applesauce Chair: Wide-Seat Picks to Buy

A criss cross applesauce chair has a seat wide enough to sit cross-legged, and once you have tried one it is hard to go back. Here are the ones I like, plus swivel chairs and floor cushions for the same habit.

Gifts for Homebodies

Gifts for homebodies should make staying in feel like the plan rather than the fallback. This edit starts with a good robe and a candle, then adds a jewelry box disguised as a coffee table book, slippers and a throw worth fighting over. Everything here is meant to be used on a slow evening at home.

Home Gifts for Mom

Home gifts for mom should suit the house everyone already wants to spend holidays in. Scented terracotta from Santa Maria Novella, animal motif pillows and a table set with painted porcelain all fit the bill. This edit is for the mother who lights candles at the same hour every evening and notices when a pillow is new.

Sectional Sofa Guide: L Shaped, U Shaped, Chaise and Modular

A sectional sofa changes circulation, seating direction, door access and future flexibility, so its shape decides how a room works. I go through L shaped, U shaped, chaise and modular sectionals and how to protect the route around the seats.

Side Table Shapes That Fit A Sofa

Round, drum or nesting: the shape of a side table decides whether it works next to your sofa. Start with the arm height, then pick the outline.

L Shaped Sectional With Chaise: How to Choose and Place One

An L shaped sectional with chaise can make a living room feel generous or take it over, and the difference is almost always placement. I compare chaise, modular and corner styles and tell you to tape it on the floor first.

FUNBOY Pool Floats: The Best Picks Right Now

FUNBOY is the Venice Beach family business that turned pool floats into something closer to functional art. I will admit a giant inflatable swan makes me happier than most things I could name, and this edit is about the rest of the flock.

KINTO Home Accessories: A Shopper's Guide

KINTO is the Japanese tableware house from Hikone, Shiga that makes quiet, useful objects for coffee, water and the table. I like things that can stay out on the counter because they are good to look at and good to hold.

Paddywax Candles: What I'd Actually Buy

Paddywax is a candle company that started in an Atlanta kitchen in 1996 and still treats the jar as half the point. I like the way a candle here turns into a little object for the room long after the wax is gone.

Voluspa Candles: The Scents Worth Burning First

Voluspa is a California fragrance house that began in a Costa Mesa kitchen in 1999 and still makes its candles in Irvine. I love how seriously it takes the glass, the wax and the idea that every room needs its own scent.

MALIN+GOETZ Candles: A Guide to Signature Scents

MALIN+GOETZ is the New York apothecary that makes candles, skincare and fragrance for every skin type and every gender. I like it because the whole shelf feels calm, and this edit is about building a few small rituals from sink to bedside table.

Verve Culture Kitchen Gifts: A Better Way to Give

Verve Culture is a women-run kitchen and home brand from Steamboat Springs, built by a mother and daughter who wanted objects with a maker behind them. I like it for glassware, juicers and games that get used, not displayed.

The Ceremony Club Wedding Albums: What to Keep

The Ceremony Club is the sisters' label that began with custom wedding newspapers in 2022 and now makes albums and boxes for the memories that outlast a party. I like it because it asks which moments you want to see again, and then gives them somewhere to live.

UGG Home Throws: The Pieces Worth the Price

UGG Home takes the California comfort story behind the sheepskin boot and carries it into throws, pet beds and a travel set. I like it for texture that does the work, with no pressure to make every corner match.

Vaisselle Tableware: Pieces for Playful Tables

Vaisselle is the tableware label Léa Zana started during the 2020 lockdown, and it is the most cheerful thing I have looked at all week. Hand-painted bowls, gingham dispensers and floral vases for a table that feels collected, never matched.

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