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Sculpture Garden
Impress your holiday guests with fresh-cut flowers displayed in these Morin-Choinière glass-and-aluminum Dreamware vases. MC2A horizontal vase, $130; MC2B vertical vase, $145; de Young Museum Store, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., 415-750-3642, thinker.org/store
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Hot Dish
For your keeping-up-with-the-Joneses friend: Heath Ceramics’ classic Coupe
tableware, which is showing up all over town at such restaurants as SPQR and Fish
& Farm. Bowls, $27/each; plates, $31/each; Spring, 2162 Polk St., 415-673-2065
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Pillow Talk
Melt away holiday stress with SF designer Mette Vangso’s graphic lavender-and-buckwheat Pleasure Pillow—warm it in the microwave and then head back to bed. The classic siluet in blue/green, $42; Rainbow Grocery, 1745 Folsom St., 415-863-0620, or mettevangso.com
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At Your Service
Perfect for SF’s compact spaces, iBride’s deer tray doubles as a serving platter for your homemade eggnog and a festive wall hanging. $60; Curiosity Shoppe, 855 Valencia St., 415-839-6404, curiosityshoppeonline.com
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Good Timing
Even if you don’t have a date for New Year’s Eve, you’ll look forward to the stroke of midnight while gazing at Cartier’s elegant Ballon Bleu clock. $1,300; 250 Post St., 415-397-3180
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Herbal Remedy
Fresh farmers market herbs are too lovely to be left to wilt in an old yogurt tub in your fridge. Your greens will stand tall again in this Hold stoneware herb pot by Sagaform. $17; Rare Device, 1845 Market St., 415-863-3969, raredevice.net
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In the Cards
Inspire your kids’ inner Andy Warhol with Binth’s matching card game. Its graphic designs are so artful, you’ll want this toy to be left out on display. $48; Lavish, 540 Hayes St., 415-565-0540
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Where's Bill?
Each inspired by a different first lady—choose from among the marabou-feathered
Jackie (pictured), the gem-adorned Mamie and the pearls-draped Barbara—these cheeky, limited-edition handmade ornaments by Nancy Boy are sure to be a hit on anyone’s Christmas tree. $20 each; 347 Hayes St., 415-552-3802, nancyboy.com
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Crystal Light
if your dear old mom is still hanging on to that halogen torchère from the ’80s, give her Boyd’s Oriana Luminaire, made with brilliant Swarovski crystals and customizable in length. Starting at $8,675; City Lights, 1585 Folsom St., 415-863-2020, or boydlighting.com
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Heavy Weight
Even if your art-loving friend can’t get through all 1,064 pages of 30,000 Years of Art (Phaidon Press), she can at least use the 13-pound tome as part of her at-home workout. $50; Stacey’s Bookstore, 581 Market St., 415-421-4687
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Credits: (book): courtesy of Phaidon; (tray): courtesy of Lauren Smith; (others): Stefanie Michejda
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