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Review: One Year With the Tiami Mattress
By Adam Szafranski
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My Girlfriend Loves Design, So I Got Her an Arc Alarm Clock from NanuElectrics

Useful can be beautiful. The best gifts are.

By Johnny Motley
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The Coolest Home Gifts for 2025

For the home, for the win.

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The Essential Tools for Red Wine Lovers

By Christopher Osburn
Drinks
Nespresso PIXIE

If it existed we’d quickly purchase an alarm clock that started dispensing caffeine directly into our body about 10 minutes before the alarm actually went off.  Basically, we want to limit the coffee-less downtime that occurs from the moment we roll out of bed til the second our coffee maker finishes churning…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Brooklyn Hard Candy

Hard candy has long been relegated to blue and white porcelain bowls that sit atop coffee tables in Grandmothers’ homes everywhere.  They’re the Matlock of candy.  The only one that ever seemed to transcend generations was Werther’s Originals and even those never held a candle to some Sour Patch Kids…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Log Salt and Pepper Shakers

We could get used to living in the wilderness for a short period of time.  Yeah, we’d eventually miss our Wi-Fi, Apple products and copy of Black Swan on DVD (certain scenes at least) but we’d enjoy living off the land for a portion of our life.  We could even…

By Mike Newman
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Stria Storage Collection

Back in woodshop we used to take pieces of previously used lumber and construct various home furnishings that we would try and pass off as gifts for family members.  If we built them ourselves no one could complain that their end table wobbled or the drawer on their nightstand was…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
Sossbox

We’re not here to knock Ziploc bags because they do serve a purpose – holding children’s Cheerios mainly – but if you’re going to spend some serious cash on a bit of organic matter (could be tea leaves or coffee beans but that’s probably not where your head is at)…

By Mike Newman
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