January 2005

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• Bent Ply Feeder

  

  Is your discerning kitty turning up her nose at mealtime? Maybe it’s not the Fancy Feast, maybe it’s the plastic bowl. This chow bowl has a frame made of bent plywood. It elevates your pet’s water and food, which is supposedly more comfortable and especially good for animals with arthritis. The feeder comes in small, medium, or large, and the site offers instructions on how to figure out which one will work best for your pet. When you get it, you can have in encrusted with jewels. (Thanks for the tip, Maggi!)

  $98 at Vivavi | Buy

  (For medium-sized feeder.)

  

  | Posted 25 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Botanical Branch with Figs

  

  Forget the flowers, Michael Aram’s fig branch sculpture makes for a gorgeous–and hardy–centerpiece. Put it on the table with a few tea lights, or set it on the mantle. Brings a sense of plenty to any room.

  $130 at Room and Company | Buy

  (No longer available.)

  

  | Posted 21 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Grinder Brush

  

  When your everyday objects are pretty, it makes your life a little more comfortable. This simple, stainless steel brush with natural bristles keeps your coffee or spice grinder clean and sparkly. Feels good in your hands.

  $10 at CB2 | Buy

  (No longer available.)

  

  | Posted 20 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• File

  

  Throw away the ugly plastic rolodex that you snuck out of the office supply cabinet. It’s convenient, but not exactly a display piece. This lovely maple wood rolodex, on the other hand, is a work of art. It comes stocked 1,000 pretty found-paper cards in an array of colors and patterns. Now all you have to do is go out and meet enough friends to fill them up.

  $75 at Lovely Design | Buy

  ( 7x5x3")

  

  | Posted 17 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Heart Cards

  

  So you didn’t have time to send out holiday cards, and you were too hung over to manage New Year’s greetings. Perhaps you should start a new tradition by sending Valentines. These Paper Source heart cards come in dozens of color combinations, and are made for slipping under pillows, or into suitcases and lunchboxes.

  $6 at Paper Source | Buy

  (10 cards)

  

  | Posted 12 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Multicolored Aprons

  

  The only downside to this cute cotton apron is that you’ll be annoyed the first time you stain it. Machine washable. Comes in many different colors.

  $36 at Murge Designs | Buy

  (By reader request)

  

  | Posted 11 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Ceramic Valet

  

  Julia wrote in to say that she was looking for something to hold her jewelry, something besides a big wooden box. This, my friends, is surprisingly hard to find. I came across these ceramic valets that keep all of your jewelry neatly stowed in individual cells. They’re cheap, and you can stack them up. Also works for office supplies.

  $10 at Container Store | Buy

  (No longer available.)

  

  | Posted 11 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Hot Water Bottles

  

  A toasty water bottle to help see you through ski season. These Thai fabric-covered bottles will warm your achy muscles or heat the sheets before you collapse into bed.

  $29 at Mousse Shop | Buy

  (No longer available.)

  

  | Posted 11 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Nelson Relief Aorta Teapot

  

  If you like your serving pieces modeled on internal organs–and who doesn’t!–you’ll love this cozy aorta teapot by Jonathan Adler. I like it because it’s modern, but it still looks like a teapot. As opposed to the endlessly irritating novelty teapots that have become the norm: It’s the Chrysler Building! It’s an elephant! It’s Kermit the Frog! Just pour me a damn cup of tea. Comes in white and white.

  $90 at Velocity Art and Design | Buy

  (No longer available.)

  

  | Posted 05 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• COVET: Egg Vase

  

  Don’t worry about the flowers, this vase is just fine on its own. I find it very soothing. It’s a Ted Muehling design, created in 2000, and is manufactured in Germany. It is expensive, and therefore an excellent apology gift for when you really screw something up.

  $240 at Moss | Buy

  (About 6" high.)

  

  | Posted 05 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Leaf Coaster Set

  

  When you’re not using these leaf coasters by Michael Aram, you can scatter them across the coffee table to decorate for fall. Made of polished aluminum, they’re several steps up from the cardboard ones you brought home from the bar.

  $50 at Bloomingdale's | Buy

  (No longer available.)

  

  | Posted 05 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

• Brocade Lanterns

  

  I’ve always wanted to have a small room filled with brocade lanterns. They’re so vibrant when you group different colors-lime, yellow, purple, red. They definitely pull the eye away from all that IKEA furniture. I’ve pictured the yellow, pumpkin-shaped brocade lantern, but the link will take you to a page with several shape and size options.

  $35 at Pearl River | Buy

  

  | Posted 04 Jan, 2005 in January 2005 by Margaret Mason

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