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Brown quilted cube pen holder, a neutral small gift

Buying a Gift for Someone You Barely Know

New in-laws, your partner's parents, a boss, the neighbor who took in your packages. Almost no information, and the gift still has to say something.

Buying a Gift for Someone You Barely Know

New in-laws, your partner's parents, a boss, the neighbor who took in your packages. Almost no information, and the gift still has to say something.

Framed 3D city map with raised downtown buildings, as a retirement gift

Retirement Gifts That Are Not a Clock or a Joke...

Forty years of work, and the traditional gift is an object that measures time. There are better options, and one of them depends on where they worked.

Retirement Gifts That Are Not a Clock or a Joke...

Forty years of work, and the traditional gift is an object that measures time. There are better options, and one of them depends on where they worked.

White abstract dove sculpture as a shelf object

How to Style a Shelf Without It Looking Like a ...

Shelf styling advice is mostly about triangles and odd numbers. The reason yours looks staged is simpler than that, and so is the fix.

How to Style a Shelf Without It Looking Like a ...

Shelf styling advice is mostly about triangles and odd numbers. The reason yours looks staged is simpler than that, and so is the fix.

Windmill music box on a desk, an object with no work function

New Job Gifts: The Desk Is Empty and That Is Ge...

Day one at a new job means sitting at a completely blank desk while everyone around you has a personality. A small object fixes more than it should.

New Job Gifts: The Desk Is Empty and That Is Ge...

Day one at a new job means sitting at a completely blank desk while everyone around you has a personality. A small object fixes more than it should.

White abstract dove sculpture with sweeping wings on a curled base

Wedding Gifts When They Already Live Together

The couple who moved in together four years ago do not need a toaster. What a wedding gift is actually for, once the household is already furnished.

Wedding Gifts When They Already Live Together

The couple who moved in together four years ago do not need a toaster. What a wedding gift is actually for, once the household is already furnished.

White spherical moon ceiling lamp with a cratered surface, suited to a nursery

New Baby Gifts for the Sixth Visitor That Week

The baby has enough clothes. Buy for the room and the two exhausted adults in it, and you will be the only person who did.

New Baby Gifts for the Sixth Visitor That Week

The baby has enough clothes. Buy for the room and the two exhausted adults in it, and you will be the only person who did.

White minimal wall hook with a rounded backplate, mounted by the door

The Entryway Is the Only Room Everyone Uses and...

You pass through it eight times a day carrying things. It usually contains a pile of shoes and a radiator. Three objects fix most of it.

The Entryway Is the Only Room Everyone Uses and...

You pass through it eight times a day carrying things. It usually contains a pile of shoes and a radiator. Three objects fix most of it.

Framed 3D Houston city map with raised downtown buildings and street grid

Buying a Texas Gift Without Resorting to a Long...

Texas gifts collapse into the same four symbols. City maps do something the state outline cannot: they get specific about which Texas.

Buying a Texas Gift Without Resorting to a Long...

Texas gifts collapse into the same four symbols. City maps do something the state outline cannot: they get specific about which Texas.

Framed 3D Philadelphia city map with raised downtown buildings and streets

Some Cities You Live In. Philadelphia You Are F...

There is a difference between the city on someone's address and the city in their accent. A gift for the second kind.

Some Cities You Live In. Philadelphia You Are F...

There is a difference between the city on someone's address and the city in their accent. A gift for the second kind.