Category Archives: Home Accessories

September 7, 2011 · 11:17 am

Just In: Areaware Alarm Dock

You may not have saved your faux wood flip clock from childhood (I didn’t), but no matter. Areaware’s Alarm Dock by Jonas Damon ($40) is a simple block of solid beechwood let’s you adapt an iPhone or Touch to get a similar effect, while simultaneously charging the device.

Look carefully, it’s not actually a clock—it’s a dock with a horizontally placed iPhone running the flip clock app ($.99) The dock fits the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4.

If you still prefer the real thing, try this retro bamboo flip clock ($51.90).

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Covet: Wedge Doorstop

wedge doorstop
made from untreated European oak with a painted edge
$14 each at Gretel

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Covet: Brass Bird Sculptures by Anne Ricketts

Jane Miller of J.E.M., a home accessories shop in Boston’s South End, suggested these miniature swallows by Anne Ricketts for the Boston Globe Holiday Gift Guide. Like many of the pieces she curates curates they’re modern in silhouette, yet reflect traditional artisan sensibilities in their making.

Swallow sculptures

Sculpted in clay and hand cast in bronze by West Coast artist Anne Ricketts.
$70-$165 at J.E.M., 470 Shawmut Avenue, Boston

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December 2, 2010 · 4:00 pm

Holidays: Areaware Menorah

Today is the first day of Chanukah.

Cast Iron Menorah designed by Josh Owen

$150 at Areaware

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Shopping Trip: Twelve Chairs

Today, one of the few days I’ve had any time recently, I ventured down to Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood to stop in at the new home furnishings shop and design studio, Twelve Chairs. The business is a collaborative effort from two 27-year-old interior designers who met at Cornell, Roisin and Miggy. Roisin, who’s from the area, worked at a commercial architecture firm and did a stint at Koo de Kir in Beacon Hill two learn the retail side of things. Miggy, who’s from New York, worked in operations for the Anthropologie in Rockefeller Center in New York City. The pair stock the sun-filled loft space with pieces from small artisans, with a focus on sustainable methods and materials. They also offer design services.

Twelve Chairs, 319 A Street, Boston