Habitat Home Goods

I can’t seem to stay away from classic home accessories. I love the idea of adding color to a room with small items such as pillows and throws that can be changed every so often. These images are from the Habitat website. Habitat is an United Kingdom company established in 1964, they design and manufacture anything from furniture to kitchen accessories. Every item they make has classic styling and uses beautiful materials. Visit Habitat to learn more.

Home Sweet Home

I can just select one item from this collection so here I share them all with you. They are perfect for the home or office and they are sure to be good gifts as well. The stoneware elephant shakers are by Jonathan Adler available at Anthropologie; The wave coffee mug is by Villeroy and Boch and is part of a whole china set. The T. Shelf is by Designer J1 and it was made in Los Angeles using Birch plywood, steel cable and zipties. The shelves are modular and perfect for modern office or home, you can learn more about by visiting J1 studios.

The blue toy box on wheels is the sweetest way to keep your children’ toys in one place. It is made of wood and uses non-toxic odorless water-based paints. “My little home” is available at Little Fashion Gallery. Finally, the book ends are from non other than Restoration Hardware, they are classic and industrial.

BookBook For Your MacBook

Check this fun computer sleeve I found this week made by Twelve South. Another example of vintage styling for modern products. They come in different sizes to fit your precious MacBook. They are available here.

Analog Clock By Anthony Dickens

The “Around The Clock” design by Anthony Dickens is an out of the box way of telling time. The cylinder rotates while the red line stays in place showing the time in intervals of 15 minutes. The idea behind the clock was to look at time in a more relax way, where seconds are not so crucial any more. Check out more of Anthony Dicken’s design work here.  If you want to purchase this clock you can visit Tweak 99 here.

Clock By Christiann Postma

This is a wall clock that is made with multiple clocks to form the current time. Every hour the needles move to spell the new time. I think this is an extremely complex and creative design for a wall clock. I would consider this a piece of art made to be functional and entertaining. This wonderful piece of work was made by Christiaan Postma, a Sweden based designer who also has made other unique pieces. Visit his website to learn more about Christiann.

Two Jakes Furniture. Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Two Jakes is a furniture store with a wide variety of 20th century furniture. They focus on office furniture but you might find great pieces for the home as well. The store is big and full of furniture everywhere you look, this place is pretty incredible.

If you are a furniture geek like I am, you are going to love this store. The store is located at 320 Wythe avenue, between Grand Street and South 1st street.

You can also visit their website here if you are out of town.

Brook Farm General Store. Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Brook Farm General Store is an outstanding home goods store located on 75 South 6th street, between Berry and Whythe.

The concepts is consistent and carried out throught every single product they offer. Everything in the store feels classic, timeless, and reminiscent of what a general store of the past would be like with a modern twist.

I once wrote about their stainless steel straws and I was determined to visit their store on my trip. I was so happy I did, the store is cozy and really sophisticated.

You can visit their website by clicking on the picture above.

New Colorful Journals by Kerry Cassil

Journals are one of those sentimental buys that you always want to buy even if you don’t keep a journal; they make great sketch books or notebooks. These two have a printed topstitch cotton covers and are made by Kerry Cassil. I found both of them at Anthropolgie.

Keyboard Shortcut Skins

I found this keyboard skin and I thought it was genius!. The skin shows all the shortcuts that you need to know to get speedy when it comes to editing your photos, videos and more.  I know what you are thinking, will it fit my keyboard?. Unfortunately they are only made for Apple laptops and desktops in the US.

You can buy the keyboard skin for the  software you use the most such as Photoshop, Aperture, Pro tools and Final Cut Pro. They cost between $30 and $40 and you can check them out here for more details.

Trace Of The Time

Microsoft Outlook, meeting planners, blotters and calendars…  who needs them right?  You might spend some good time in your office setting up meetings and reminders, emailing them out, only to have people ignore or accidentally delete them.  Bummer.  But here’s a new idea on a simple, already existing melt of technologies that can make your meeting “time” a bit more visually aided.  This idea uses an analog clock made from a dry erase face (whiteboard or glass), and an hour hand equipped with the eraser.  You simply write down your quick reminder at the time you need it, and as the hand passes over, you see it erase away. Genius!  Check out the video here and check out the designer here.