I’ve never really explored Overstock.com but I found some great stuff there at incredible discounts. This 100% New Zealand wool rug is marked down 72%! This beautiful faucet is marked down 56%! I think I may have found a new favorite site.

Environmentally conscious (their products are sustainable) Eleek makes tiles, sinks, lighting, and countertops for your home. Eleek was born in 2000 when designer and patternmaker Eric Kaster and his partner, Sattie Clark, decided to put their heads together and market Kaster’s unique designs. Kaster is a 3rd generation patternmaker. What’s patternmaking you may ask? Patternmaking is the old world craft of making detailed wood positives from which molds for metal castings are made. It takes great skills, precision and understanding of spatial relationships to successfully make patterns, and Kaster’s designs are not only well executed but unique. They combine the simple and complex, and the modern with the traditional. Eleek’s pieces are handmade and this is noticable in their products.

Describing their design style as “oriental chic”, the brains behind Tazi Design make beautiful accessories for your home that will bring some spice and warmth to your decor. These hand painted glasses are amazing and would be great to bring color to a table when throwing a dinner party or for every day use. Available in all kinds of colors and designs, check out the glass at their site.

The New York Times recently featured an article on style trends for your home that are on the way out, mainly due to companies like CB2 and Design Within Reach bringing chic modern design and trends to the masses. Some trends that I have featured here you might want to reconsider (if you ever considered them in the first place): the glorified hunting lodge (aka artsy mounted heads), animal hide rugs, extreme Baroque. Read the article to see all the trends they ax. I can’t lie, I didn’t see the mounted heads and antler trend becoming a classic but I was surprised they axed the environmentally friendly fabrics trend. That was one I liked! Read this article and reconsider your home’s style.

Image via New York Times

Stockholm based illustrator Bo Lundberg brings retro chic to your kitchen with his bright graphic prints that grace cutting boards, dishtowels, pot holders, and other accessories. This glass cutting board is guaranteed for life against breakage, plus its dishwasher safe. Check out this one along with many other fabulous cutting boards at Corvus Web.

So if you read this blog regularly you know that two things I love are recycled objects and unique ones. Well this blog features both! Two cool dudes in Brooklyn decided to make trash into treasures by reusing wood that was destined for the dump and turning it into wonderful pieces for your home. Every piece is unique because the wood is from all different places…kinda like New York itself, a melting pot! Check out their site at Scrapile.

Teach your kids while they eat! Made of melamine, this tray teaches kids to recognize shapes and the correct table setting at an early age. Available at RoyalVKB.

Champagne is a stable of any good New Years party and you can add a special touch to your New Years celebration with antique champagne flutes. Check out your local antique stores along with antique sites such as the British site Antique Glass (how appropriate!), where I found these flutes. Happy New Years!

David Wiseman’s creations make you look twice. From sculptures to light fixtures, his work makes you want to touch the outdoors that he so elegantly brings indoors. Having a ceiling like this one will quietly enhance your room, and once your guests see it they wont be able to take their eyes off of it.

Tin ceiling tiles are a great, elegant way to bring light and design into a room. You can get them in a variety of finishes (bronze-so hot right now!) and designs, and they can serve as back splashes, cornices and moldings as well, giving aged touches to homes new and old. The website Classic Ceilings has an absolutely amazing selection and would be a great source if you’re considering this touch for your home.

There is a greater selection of pet beds than ever before, and with such a huge selection, like the one available at Wrapables, you are guaranteed to find one that will fit in well with your home decor.

Childrens items that are made by hand in the USA and the UK. They are a mother-owned company, offering a collection of remarkable goods for children. Many of the items are made by hand, all are a breath of fresh air in a modern gadget-filled world. With a quirky sense of playful charm and beauty, our toys, art, clothing, and decor are the answer for parents who want something more.

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Sometimes you know what you’re looking for and you can’t quite find it. Well fear not! Fluid Forms is a company that allows you to design your own home accessories,mainly for the kitchen, from salt and pepper shakers to vases. You can choose the shape, the color, and material that many of these items are made from. If you have some extra time and know what you want, then check out this company.

It’s about that time of year again when people take on big resolutions, one of which sometimes is to redecorate. If you’re looking for new pieces for your home, why don’t you look for unique pieces from the past? There are antique stores all over the place, including the internet, which offers a much greater variety of design than you might find in your local shop. I absolutely LOVE this 1960′ s pair of Cityscape Club chairs and ottoman by designer Paul Evans. They’re sleek and mod while looking very comfortable at the same time. Check them out at online antique store Todd Merrill Antiques.