2022 Shop-Local Gift Guide: For the Home

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 has been offering fine home goods — both clever and beautiful — to Tribeca for two decades.
••• The faux shagreen tray is the most elegant gift. $525
••• Ceramic candlesticks in matte black for their mid-century modern table. $55 each
••• Where else will you find a glass avocado ornament? Priced around $18

180 THE STORE
180 Duane | Hudson & Greenwich
Denise Williamson has added a floor of home goods and furniture to her clothing store.
••• I can’t tell what’s better: the look or the smell. Aoiro Airdesign Hakudo series room spray, $90
••• You can never have too many salt and pepper grinders, since they can match the theme of the table. $280 for the set

HEMINGWAY AFRICAN GALLERY
88 Leonard | Broadway & Church
The family business leads safaris, commissions modern African crafts and collects antiques.
••• We can’t resist the beads: There’s a Nigerian Yoruba crown ($600) or beaded shields from Cameroon ($500) not to mention the dolls and chairs… Go in yourself, since my photos don’t capture the scale or texture.

FLAWELESS
Fidi resident Christine Cole (you know her from Taste of Tribeca) has her first brick-and-mortar to complement her events business. (Enlarge the photos to see her nails.)
••• The Bosca cheese knife set — named The Monaco — is about as perfect a house gift as there is, since everyone loves cheese. $97 with the case.
••• Hasn’t it been your new year’s resolution to learn mah jongg for, like, five years? This one with handmade wooden tiles. $110

CLIC
140 W. Broadway at Thomas
The founder of Calypso applies her keen and clever eye to home goods.
••• Embroidered cocktail napkins with their favorite icon: Elton, Oprah, Frida, only those who are recognizable by one name. $48 for a set of four.
••• The most soothing portable light ever, with three settings, for the porch or roofdeck. The Black Lucca lantern, $270
••• The Dartmouth Pottery Gurgle Fish Jug is world famous, made first by Thomas Forester and Co. c1870s, and made orange in the c1970s. Love. $145

JENNI KAYNE
The queen of California cool, coming in with some custom classics.
••• The Staub oval gratin is only made in this color way for Jenni Kayne. It’s called Truffle Blanche. $395
••• These vases are handmade by Victoria Morris. Deliver one with flowers. $445

MORE GIFT GUIDES:

UNIQUE AMONG THE UNIQUE
THREADS FOR GALS
THREADS FOR GUYS
BAUBLES!
KIDS!
TEENS!
FOR THE HOME
GOOD EATS

 

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