Get out and about this season, and spread some love to the neighborhood’s storefronts. I guarantee it’s way more fun than sitting in the glow of your laptop. This entry: for the home. And good luck not shopping for yourself. See previous entries below.

STELLA
138 Reade | Greenwich & West Broadway | by appointment
Mischelle Arcus is approaching two decades of offering fine home goods to Tribeca.
••• We went home with the Melamine convertible plate and bowl set — seen here with four plates. Check out the website to see the display. $225.
••• In case you don’t have any oils of Elizabethan relatives, this bunny will fill in. He can also be used as a real tray. $200.
••• And because I use trays all the time, I’m adding these Birchwood beauties. $35.
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180 THE STORE
180 Duane | Hudson & Greenwich
Denise Williamson has added a floor of home goods and furniture to her clothing store.
••• Those Danes know what they are doing. A stacked chest of drawers from Frama, on wheels. $5400 in oak.
••• R+D Lab hand blown cups, $150 for two, pitcher for $220.
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HEMINGWAY AFRICAN GALLERY
88 Leonard | Broadway & Church
The family business leads safaris, commissions modern African crafts and collects antiques.
••• They just reordered more of these wonderful glass-beaded kirdi dolls from Cameroon because they sold out in a couple weeks. $60 – $275.
••• We loved these shanti stools from Zimbabwe that owner Brian Gaisford collected over 30 years and is just selling now. $250 – $450.
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RE:AL
165 Hudson, entrance on Laight
Tribecan Al Abayan’s jewel box of a store carries unique finds.
••• Send a message with the custom embroidered elastic around the bento box. $32 + $10 for embroidery.
••• I got these for a friend’s new ski house: handcrafted but modernized sleigh bells that Al designed and had made in the Midwest. $70 – $95 depending on length.
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CLIC
140 W. Broadway at Thomas
The founder of Calypso applies her keen and clever eye to home goods.
••• For your menagerie, but without endangering the species: safari animal rugs in all sorts of hides and sizes. $150 – 875.
••• I coveted these when I saw them on a friend’s roof deck table: wireless lamps. $135.
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ORGANIC MODERNISM (AKA WHITE ON WHITE)
85 White | Cortlandt Alley & Lafayette
••• We loved these brass candlesticks that can be clustered for height or length. $35 in brass.
••• For a friends new home, these can go just about anywhere. $100 to $150 depending on the base.
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R & COMPANY
82 Franklin and 64 White
Tribecan Zesty Meyers has been dealing in design for more than two decades.
••• For when Medusa comes to dinner, Jeff Zimmerman hand-blown snake candlestick in all sorts of colors. $9500 for one.
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STILLFRIED WIEN
40 Walker | Church & Broadway
A century of specializing in Austrian modernism with traditional craftsmanship.
••• More cow bell. Vintage Carl Auböck, among lots of other cool stuff of his (we had a hard time putting down the brass egg). $1067.
••• Made to order Augarten speakers in a set of two. $5250.

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MORE WAYS TO SHOP LOCAL!
2021 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Threads (for gals)
2021 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Threads (for guys)
2021 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Kids!