Load Bearable Lugging your tees and towels to and from the basement laundry room/washeteria is almost as much of a drag as folding socks and boxers. Sort-a-Neat, a sort of hyb...

Eats Meet West West Elm recently started outfitting hipsters’ kitchens with its new Market line. Now aspiring Top Chefs can fill the store’s enamel stock pots or birch-top...

Yarns and Yarmulke Christmas is just one day of the year, but Hanukkah lasts for eight days and nights. Which makes the excess of ugly Christmas sweaters — celebrated by par...

You’ve Been Framed The nerds on the bus go “Hey! Nice glasses!” all through the town during the Warby Parker Class Trip (Warbyparkerclasstrip.com). The hipster eyewear c...

Soft on Statehood You, like us, may be weary of gazing at electoral maps. So to aid your political recovery, we suggest cuddling up with the state — or taxed-but-not-represe...

It’s a Wonder This Saturday, C. Wonder opens its signature lime-green lacquer doors to shoppers in search of quirky gifts such as enamel bangles ($38), neon-striped totes ($...

Take Note Old school meets high-tech with Wonder Thread’s new collection of iPad sleeves (Wonderthreads.com) modeled after the black-and-white composition books that ran ram...

Madrid in America Spanish fashion superpower Zara Home has been sold in the U.S. for years. Now the cheap-chic retailer’s home line is available online (Zarahome.com) to sta...

Beast of Burden Hat, coat and scarf season is stampeding in, which means crammed hall closets and/or heaps of mittens and mufflers by the front door. But Uncommon Goods’ ani...

Forest to Table Woodland creatures look cute in nature, but does anyone want a squirrel cozying up to their dinner plate? Maybe if it’s one of the forest beasts starring in ...

Kate Expectations With its groovy flowered wallpaper, white lacquered shelves and stock of bright bags, the new Kate Spade boutique at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City (110...

Destination Known You may be living in a cramped Shaw studio, but Three Potato Four’s retro-style plastic key tags ($6 each, Threepotatofourshop.com) should make you feel as...

Housing Marketing Wanted: Logan Circle loft, all mod cons, well furnished. Found: Long-time U Street furnishing den Urban Essentials, relocated to 14th Street (1401 14th St. N...

Four Scores Indie boutiques and Target don’t have to be enemies, at least not as the mega-retailer launches its second The Shops collaboration Sunday. Merch from a quartet o...

Coverage Girls A new line of iPhone cases from Condé Nast stars iconic images from Vogue, the New Yorker and other pubs ($40 each, Condenaststore.com). Our faves? Helen James...