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About Katie: Katie has been a product and textile designer, an art restoration specialist, and an interior designer/merchandiser. Her interests are focused on finding well designed items that improve daily life as well as reading fiction and making stuff. (View Profile)

 
 

Knitted Hot Water Bottle

Pretty cute, huh?

Do away with aches and pains with this Knitted Hot Water Bottle. Made of rubber and covered in kitted yarn, this hot water bottle is sure to bring a touch of much-needed warmth to your day. Available in a heart or cross design, each in two sizes.

Rubber, knitted yarn – 50% wool, 50% polyester
Small: 10″ H; Large: 13″ H

$14.95-$16.95, Buy it here.

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LUXE City Guides

These look to have some interesting information on wherever your travels might take you.

LUXE City Guides – the consummately stylish pocket travel guides, packed with astute, opinionated information for the busy and sophisticated visitor. Each hip, smart and stylish pocket-sized guidebook is packed with a highly selective and opinionated list of only the best shops, restaurants and hotels, unique services and lifestyle options each city has to offer. And what’s more, LUXE guides come with handy online updates.

Each guide, $9.99
Australia, China or European Travel Set, $17.99-$26.99
Asian, Europe, or World Grand Tour Box, $75.00-$110.00

Buy it here.

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Price: $9.99-$110.00
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Wine Loop

Whoa. If you’re wanting some color in your kitchen (or dining) area, take a look at this acrylic wine storage piece.

Curves, luscious curves. An ideal storage solution for counter top and small spaces. Holds three bottles.

Dimensions: L 9″ W 7″ H 8″
Availability: Please note that there is a 10 week lead time in shipping on this product.

$195.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $195.00
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Chair T. S. by Thomas Sandell

At just under $500, you’d think this chair would have a story to tell.

Micro effect lacquer, material: powder coated birch
Colours: White and White with sock

13″ x 15.5″ x 31″

$490.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $490.00
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Driinn Charging Cradle

Never underestimate the slight pleasure of having your phone’s charging cord untangled and organized. For $6, it’s completely worth it. (Might also be a good stocking stuffer or co-worker gift?)

Driinn™ hangs between your battery charger and the wall socket. It provides a support for your mobile phone and convenient storage for your charging cord. Just wrap the adapter cord around the driinn and plug the adapter into the wall socket through the opening in the driin. Call or email us about putting your company logo on the driinn for a great corporate gift, as low as an extra $2.50 per piece. Low Minimum orders apply

$6.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $6.00
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Digital Clock

Perfectly simple, this digital clock is an excellent choice beside the bed; it’s durable, minimal in style, and rather affordable.

Streamlined and functional, this clock has a rubberized resin case, large easy-to-read digital display, beep-alarm, date function, and a 12- or 24-hour format option. Two AA batteries required (not included).

3.25h x 7w x 1.5″d

$65.00, $58.50 Members, Buy it here.

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Price: $65.00
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Parcel Table, Wood Top

This side table gets gold stars: it weighs three pounds, can be disassembled/packed flat and costs less than $200.

Though only three pounds, the Parcel Table is surprisingly sturdy and indeed, quite strong. It can be disassembled into four identical parts and one square surface, which means it stores and ships a bit easier than that giant block of a coffee table currently living in your home.

Materials: 1/4″ acrylic / baltic birch plywood / mixed. Infinitely stackable / no hardware assembly / flat pack
Designers: Steven Tomlinson and Jeannie Choe for The Design Can
Dimensions: 21.5″ x 21.5″ x 17.5″ (Weighs about 3 lbs.)

$162.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $162.00
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Scissor (letter opener)

Yes, this does look a little scary, but all letter openers usually do, even if they’re not black and from half of a pair of scissors.

Open your mail.
Paperknife made of scissors branch.
Black plated steel.
Size : 18cm. long

29.00 โ‚ฌ, or $37.12, Buy it here.

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Price: &euro37.12
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Keru Keru

I’m not one to claim I know my way around the kitchen, but I can honestly say that this looks to be pretty handy.

Just transfer your liquids into the bottle, a flick of the wrist has the liquid in the cap and you are perfectly positioned to transfer perfect amounts into what ever you are cooking up. Whether it’s hot or cold, they work like a charm and because they are glass and silicone, they love your dishwasher and exit in pristine condition…

Colors: Soy Brown, Chili Red, Kalamata Olive, Milky White

$20.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $20.00
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Roll-Top Chair

This Roll-Top chair is a clever solution for your child’s toys and such.

The chair is a place for things to be stored as well as a seat. The nature of the storage and the way it is revealed affords it a secret quality, allowing kids a hiding place for their stuff. – Simon Maidment

Dimensions: 24″ deep x 15″ wide x 22″ high – seat at 10″
Materials: solid birch in the tambour, and painted MDF for the bench
Designer: Simon Maidment, for Offi & Company

$168.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $168.00
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Ants On My Cup and Saucer

I’ve posted the
Bailey Doesn’t Bark Wall Plates before, and seeing as this cup and saucer set is a bit more affordable it deserves its own place in the spotlight.

The ants were individually hand painted by me, Re Jin, then transfered onto ceramic decal paper. Hand decorated onto a beautiful, classic set of cup and saucer. decals fired. microwave + dishwasher safe. original illustration by re jin lee @ bailey doesn’t bark…all bdb items are wrapped in a gift box.

Porcelain, Cup: 3Hx3.5D (8oz), Saucer: 6D

$55.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $55.00
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Vers 1.5r Sound System

This looks to have a compact footprint and great style, so you have little excuse for settling on less-than-par sound for your iPod.

By popular demand, we’ve created the ideal compact AM/FM sound system for iPod with the full, rich sound you’ve come to expect from Vers. The 1.5R is a true ‘hybrid’: great as a bedside alarm, even better in the kitchen, den or office… anywhere great sound belongs.

Vers 1.5R is available in Cherry, Natural Walnut, Dark Walnut, Bamboo, Black Gloss and White Gloss finishes. Finished by hand, each Vers system takes over a week to build and each one is unique. It sounds as good as it looks; there’s simply no substitute for the rigid, 9 mm thick walls of a Vers cabinet for accurate sound reproduction.

$199.00-$219.99, Buy it here.

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Price: $199.00-$219.99
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Animal Index

I just about flipped when I saw that these are now available in the US.

3 lovely divider sets, always front and back shaped either like a Giraffe, a Deer or a little Piggy. Just slide them between your books and within an instant it looks as if the little guys are peeping out of or disappearing into, your books…

$22.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $22.00
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Knitted Coffee Sleeve

I have my doubts on how likely I would be to hang on to a coffee sleeve, but I can’t argue with making your coffee or tea to-go a little more special by using this instead of a cardboard one. It’s a cute idea.

“cotton cable knit coffee sleeve, hand knit by artist Jacqueline Dufresne.”
White or Red.

$18.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $18.00
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Cross Brush

Hmm, very similar to the Redemption Shoe Brush…

“the cross brush is an emotionally complicated product. for people with ties to christianity, the brush represents an unorthodox, even disrespectful manipulation of a revered symbol. touching a dirty floor with a cross is grade A defacement in certain circles. i think, though, that it can be seen as an example of how the christian cross is constantly being re-interpreted by different cultures. in the early 21st century, this vaguely troubling, slightly wrong-shaped object poses a lot of questions about shared values. it’s also an amusing visual pun of the phrase “cleanliness is next to godliness”, and fun to have around as an engaging (and sometimes shocking) conversation piece. its 16″ x 10″ size also provides a large surface area for scrubbing, if you’re inclined to pay your penance that way.”

$128.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $128.00
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