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  1. gift guide
    12 Useful Gifts for the Person Who Can’t Stop RenovatingFrom a drill that handles brick walls to the perfect basket for organizing the day’s chaos.
    By Angela Serratore
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    The Best Gifts for Design-Minded KidsFrom a Keith Haring play mat for babies to a highly adaptable jumpsuit for teens.
    By Fiorella Valdesolo
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    A Freaky Lamp Show in Fort GreeneLight-up socks, blenders with bulbs, and a banana pendant.
    By Louis Cheslaw
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    11 Actually Affordable (and Especially Nice-Looking) Floor LampsIncluding a handsome option sourced from the children’s section of Crate and Barrel.
    By Ming Thompson
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    An Assortment of Excellent Under-$400 Wall HangingsPennants, pint-size quilts, and framable tapestries.
    By Ming Thompson
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    Gift of the Day: A Sleek Stacking Decanter“Stacking decanters have been around for a while, but the updated lines of this one make it stand out from more traditional leaded-glass versions.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: Particularly Special Vintage PostersAccording to interior designer Liz Caan, they’re great gifts for young adults, teens, and even babies.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: A Smythson Planner That’ll Last Past the YearOnce you’ve amassed a couple years’ worth, says interior designer Jennifer Hunter, “they look beautiful stacked on a bookshelf.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: An Especially Versatile Wicker TrayIt can be used as a “centerpiece, coffee-table tray, kitchen vessel, or entry catchall.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: Some Extra-Fancy SteaksPlus, a recommendation for an especially sleek knife set.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: The Mount Everest of Lego SetsRecommended by a cabinet maker.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: A Book on Boring ArchitectureDesigner Juan Garcia Mosqueda said the book’s premise stood out — “precisely because it’s about things that don’t stand out.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: Monica Khemsurov’s Favorite Foot-Shaped Vase“There’s a certain absurdity to putting flowers into a foot on the dining table, where feet are not supposed to go.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: A Handsome Zigzag BlanketPer architect Andrew Ashey, it’s “not too light or too heavy, forms to your body well, and is soft without feeling too precious.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of The Day: A Small Stack of Art Magazines“Reading through, you feel like you’ve stepped into a series of incredible rooms.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
  16. gift guide
    Some Soothing Gifts for Those With Climate AnxietyNo excessive plastic, nothing single-use.
    By Curbed Staff
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    Gift of the Day: A Geometric Bag for Dinner Parties“It’s also large enough to hold all of the items you need for the day — like an iPad or water bottle or, in my case, kids’ books or baby bottles.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: Extremely Limited-Edition Screen Print“It’s signed, dated, and numbered as one of ten.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of The Day: A Lucite Backgammon SetSunnylife also makes lime-green Lucite dominoes and a poker set with Lucite chips.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of The Day: A Bowl With Porcelain PetalsBy Baughaus, who also makes ceramic ornaments shaped like breadfruit and ackee.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: A Shimmery Odds-and-Ends Tray“It looks good on anything and everything — leather, wood, grass cloth, even an upholstered table.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
  22. gift guide
    A Smattering of Zizmorcore GiftsA Curbed curation of New York City-ish merch.
    By Curbed Staff
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    Gift of the Day: A Lavish English GreenhouseAt nearly $17,000, this is — needless to say — something of a splurge.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: A Designer Couple’s Favorite Elderflower Candies“The packaging caught our eye, as did the idea of an artisanal Swedish fish with elderflower, a flavor we love.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of The Day: Some Wall-Worthy Rugs“They definitely have those ’90s Much Music and Dunkaroos vibes.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    All Manner of Animal-Themed DécorSome horse-printed sheets and an armadillo pillow.
    By Ming Thompson
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    Gift of the Day: A Color-Blocked Coffee MachineA collaboration between two Singapore-based companies.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
  28. gift guide
    The Best New Books to Give Architecture, Design, and Urbanism EnthusiastsFive Curbed staffers recommend their favorite new releases, from an atlas of iconic houses to an illustrated history of New York.
    By Curbed Staff
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    Gift of the Day: A Spotty Ceramic VesselRecommended by a self-described ceramics aficionado.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: Jill Singer’s Favorite Lumpy Goblet“They’re highly impractical and honestly superfluous, which is exactly why they’re such a fun gift.”
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: An Architect’s Favorite Black-Paged NotebookIt comes with jelly pens.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: The Simplest, Handsomest SocksAs recommended by a Canadian with a substantial cold-weather collection.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Curbed’s 2021 Advent-Calendar Gift GuideOver the course of the next 25 days, we will be doling out, one by one, the gifts recommended by dozens of design bigwigs with extremely good taste.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
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    Gift of the Day: A (Somewhat Strange) Fruit TreeIt produces funky-tasting calamondins.
    By Alexandra Ilyashov
  35. curbed catalogue
    Nice-Looking (But Still Playful) Kids-Room PiecesA maplewood floor bed, a Calder-esque mobile, and a gigantic pillow.
    By Ming Thompson
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    15 Space-Completing Side TablesIn all manner of materials.
    By Ming Thompson
  37. corner shop
    26 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Throw Pillows and Covers for Every Type of RoomIncluding a macramé pillow for the ’70s conversation pit and a giant stuffed baby seal.
    By The Editors
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    50 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Kitchen AccentsIncluding an Umbra soap pump, linen napkins, and a vintage timer.
    By Dominique Pariso
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    Some Under-$500 Architect-Approved Side ChairsA cousin to the popular CB2 Gwyneth Chair, a crushed velvet swivel, and more.
    By Ming Thompson
  40. small-business stories
    The Lower East Side Tailor to the SceneClients have generally found Ramon Tailor through word of mouth. Now — suddenly — there are lines out the door for his custom pants.
    By Louis Cheslaw
  41. corner shop
    What Artist Peter Shire Can’t Live Without“It’s a really nice sexual enhancer — smooth and silky with a light scent reminiscent of a mountain meadow crossed with an exquisite rendezvous.”
    By Peter Shire As told to Liza Corsillo
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    10 Elegant (Yet Still Utilitarian) Trash CansFrom open-top bins for the bedroom to semi-closed wastebaskets for the bath to tall cans for the kitchen.
    By Ming Thompson
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    15 Especially Well Designed Bedside LampsWe asked designer Ming Thompson to share her favorites across all price points.
    By Ming Thompson
  44. corner shop
    The Best Small-Apartment Ideas, According to Professional OrganizersHow to make the most of your cramped living space.
    By Lori Keong, Louis Cheslaw, and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
  45. the online thrifter
    How to Shop for Furniture on InstagramBusiness is booming for the city’s vintage-store owners and amateur thrifters who are using their Instagram accounts to sell secondhand housewares.
    By Hilary Reid
  46. ask a cool person
    What Are the Best Cloth Napkins?A simple way to elevate your at-home dining experience.
    By Lauren Ro
  47. something for everyone
    23 Floor Lamps, Vetted 23 WaysIncluding an elegant vertical LED light and a circular lamp that looks like the many Charli XCX has.
    By Louis Cheslaw and Lauren Ro
  48. painless shopping
    This Etsy Shop Sells Some Extremely Nice LampsAt a fraction of the price they would be anywhere else.
    By Hilary Reid
  49. recommended by experts
    The Best Winter Houseplants (and How to Care for Them), According to ExpertsKeep your indoor tropical garden lush, even when it’s dark and dreary outside.
    By Karen Iorio Adelson
  50. mom and pop drops
    Chess Forum’s Imad Khachan Talks 25 Years on Thompson Street With @NewYorkNico“It’s something that time forgot, I feel like — the place — and me in it.”
    As told to Nicolas Heller
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