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A&G Merch

111 N. 6th St., nr. Berry St., Williamsburg; 718-388-1779; aandgmerch.com

The focus here is on reasonably priced wares from up-and-coming designers, with an emphasis on the playful: milkmaid glasses and mugs with animal faces in the kitchen section peer across the cavernous showroom at animal-print throw pillows and dining tables. $$

Abode New York

179 Grand St., nr. Bedford Ave., Williamsburg; 718-388-5383; abode-newyork.org

The inviting space resembles a well-decorated living room, with contemporary clocks on the walls, vibrant accent rugs on the wall, and shapely decorative objects topping shelves, desks, and coffee tables. $$-$$$

Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store

365 State St., nr. 5th St., Williamsburg; 718-522-9848; blueribbongeneralstore.com

Floor-to-ceiling shelves line three of the store’s walls, displaying party supplies, children’s items, pet products, and kitchenware. Offbeat items such as coasters with palmistry diagrams are also part of the motley inventory. $$

Brook Farm General Store

75 S. 6th St., nr. Berry St., Williamsburg 718-388-8642; brookfarmgeneralstore.com

Nestled under the Williamsburg Bridge, this mom-and-pop shop is filled with new and vintage housewares bought locally and abroad, such as contemporary enamel pots imported from Japan and hand-carved wooden cooking utensils. $$ (made in N.Y.)

New York Public Library Shop

Fifth Ave. at 42nd St. 212-930-0869; thelibraryshop.org

A surprising selection of tableware and home accessories are for sale here. Items like a typewriter place mat and a set of New Yorker cartoon coasters play on the concepts of erudition and learning. Of course, there are also plenty of bookends to choose from. $$

Burlap

385 Henry St., nr. Verandah Pl., Cobble Hill; 718-596-8370; burlapbrooklyn.com

This charming boutique stocks a small, curated selection of men’s and women’s clothing and gifts, plus a rotating array of items for the home, from scented candles and journals to serving bowls. $$$

Callalilai

917-648-9705; callalilai.com

Japanese designer Hogo Natsuwa’s Boerum Hill shop principally displays his Aoyama Itchome brand of easy, colorful printed clothing for women and girls, but he also offers a smattering of home goods picked up from his travels, such as hand-painted gold tea sets and handmade North African woolen rugs. $$ (by appointment only)

The Christmas Cottage

871 Seventh Ave., nr. 56th St.; 212-333-7380; thechristmascottage.com

This tiny year-round Christmas store peddles traditional holiday cheer amid the hotels and chain stores of Seventh Avenue. The stash encompasses both holiday necessities and frivolous, cheery adornments. $$

Cristina Don Santos

39 N. Moore St., nr. Hudson St.; 212-219-8780; cristinadossantos.com

The store’s namesake, an interior designer, funnels her favorite items from her design work directly into the store. Look for understated, luxurious pieces from candlesticks to key chains. $$$ (consulting services)

Delphinium Home

353 W. 47th St., nr. Eleventh Ave; 212-333-3213; delphiniumhome.com

The front of this packed-to-the gills accessories shop holds wall hangings like clocks and picture frames, which give way to high-end bathroom products, then kitchenware, and finally, an anything-goes section of candles and tableware. $$

Demner

212-794-3786; demner-ny.com

The exceptional curator and gemologist Natascha Demner takes a deep personal interest in her family’s business and its treasures from the Victorian through the contemporary. In addition to favorites like a gem-studded, turn-of-the-century en tremblant bee brooch, she also sells mirrors and fine decorative accents. $$$$ (by appoiontment only)

Design in Textiles by Mary Jaeger

1048 Fifth Ave., at 86th St.; 212-994-9496; neuegaleire.org

The place to go for reproductions of iconic pieces from the Vienna Secession and Bauhaus schools by the likes of Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, and the recently departed Eva Zeisel. $$-$$$

Domus

413 W. 44th St., nr. Ninth Ave.; 212-581-8099; domusnewyork.com

This small, unaffected space caters to those looking to accessorize an upscale home with unique, worldly goods. Much of what the owners bring back from their yearly buying trips overseas is handmade equitably and sustainably. $$-$$$

Evolution

120 Spring St., nr. Greene St.; 212-343-1114; theevolutionstore.com

It looks like a museum of weird science, but it’s actually a gallery that’s fully accredited by a handful of paleontology and natural-science organizations, with its own on-site entomology workshop and a license to operate a non-transplant anatomic bank.