If your winter feel-better routine has run out of juice, let a needle-wielding grad student at the Pacific College Acupuncture Center recharge your Chi, or natural energy, by giving it a little poke.

Unless you’re actually trying to look like Twisted Sister, that plastic Duane Reade brush has to go. The gold standard is the British Mason Pearson brush.

Set yourself apart from the knitting crowd with Felissimo Design House’s Hawaiian Quilt project.

Light up your living room and maybe even bring yourself some good luck with these cute little lamps, shaped like large Chinese take-out containers, complete with removable chopsticks.

Even people who use the stove as sweater storage space should have a nice set of pots and pans.

Cleaning up after a big party reveals the havoc that beer cans and wineglasses can wreak on your furniture—and while using your parents’ old Barry Manilow’s Greatest Hits CD set for coasters may seem like a good idea, it’s surely not going to win you points in the décor department.

You already dress in black; why not make one concession to brightness and ditch your drab Moleskine journal for an Ex Libris Anonymous book?

Remember when ottomans were as frumpy as footstools? No more: The surge in minimalist, boutique-hotel style for the home has made them indispensable. These faux-leather and -suede footrests are as stylish as they are affordable (similar pieces at Soho boutiques cost upwards of $200).

It’s a fact of life—corduroys just feel better after going through the wash many, many times, turning so thin and lusciously soft that you have to remind yourself not to wear them again.

“Design classic” is an overworked phrase, but it’s just right for the Emeco Model 1006.