I Collect Catchalls — Here Are 58 for Every Kind of Person
I’ve collected catchalls for years. As the name suggests, catchalls are a place for everything, from loose coins and receipts to tubes of lipstick and false lashes. In my mind, they’re as important an accent in a room as a lamp on a nightstand or a throw tossed over a couch. So if you’re on the hunt for an especially nice-looking one, you’ve come to the right place. I rounded up catchalls for all sorts of tastes, including one from the “Pope of Gloop” and another that’s an interpretation of the traditional Japanese art of kintsugi.
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Just about the size of a tin of Fishwife’s mussels with basil pesto or rainbow trout in chimichurri.
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Like old Americana quilts, it’s covered in patchwork (well, patchwork motifs).
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This was on chef Naj Austin and screenwriter Van Newman’s wedding registry. The extra-small size (it’s also available in small and large sizes for a table setting) could be a home for pistachios and lip balms alike.
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That’s an “eastern milk snake, a gentle, beneficial creature essential to the Hudson Valley ecosystem” on this hand-painted Rachel Pally for Gardenheir piece.
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A tzotchke for your tzotchkes.
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The next best thing to getting a ceramic watermelon at John Derian.
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To the Victorians, acorns represented longevity (as the fruit of the mighty oak).
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The shell from The Birth of Venus,translated by Astier de Villatte.
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Enough glitter to kill a magpie!
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Not mother-of-pearl but Capiz.
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This sleeve belongs in a Rembrandt.
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There’s not one lip-shaped tray but three lip-shaped trays (a lip service, if you will).
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A “lover’s eye” of Elphaba from Prince Fiyero’s perspective.
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In the tradition of Ming porcelain with a chrysanthemum in the middle.
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This is based on florals British interior-design house Sanderson (who Mark & Graham collaborated with) prints.
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Made in the great state of Florida.
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A lettuce dish is a fitting companion to the other Edie Parker cannabis paraphernalia you may have, like a jelly-mold lighter and cherry pipe.
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Or consider these radicchio leaves done in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe.
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Best for a bathroom sink, between a soap dispenser and toothbrush holder.
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How heavenly is this Andean angelite?
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It’s mildly organic in no small part thanks to the resin.
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Bubblier than an Ultrafragola mirror.
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To celebrate the Palio horse race, held twice a year in Siena, Italy — the snail embodys the whole “slow and steady” motto.
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Beautifully dreamy, the same way A Trip to the Moon is.
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All hail Neptune, god of the seas, by artist Luke Edward Hall for Ginori.
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A tip from Secret Strategist: Some eBay hunting can get you limited-edition butter pats made for Italian airline Alitalia by Ginori in the 1970s. Our senior editor Hilary Reid has a similar version with a hot-air balloon.
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Like Elsa Peretti, Laila Gohar knows the possibilities of the humble bean.
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If you blink, you might think these trompe l’oeil bugs are real critters.
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Let your coffee table be covered in Graf Lantz wool (get the coasters and tissue-box cover while you’re at it).
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When brutalism and a Lazy Susan walked into a bar …
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Maybe the easiest game of mancala.
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Good grief, more Peanuts (but just a word bubble, no characters).
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I can’t help thinking of Diana Vreeland’s famed Red Room with its playing-card pillows now.
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Watch out, Esther Williams, there’s another Bathing Beauty in town!
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For the person who has their Criterion Closet picks memorized.
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Antiques dealer Erica Weiner swipes restaurant-branded ashtrays, including this one from Paris’s famous Café de Flore. “Turns out if you’re not drunk and emboldened to steal, you can buy one,” she says.
[Editor’s note: Café de Flore lists its prices in euros, so this is an approximation in U.S. dollars.]
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To greet you in the entryway of your “home sweet home.”
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Or something for the homebody.
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From the Pope of Gloop, Gaetano Pesce, this will arrive with a certificate of authenticity.
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Sorry, Carrie, there aren’t any punitive damages for mispunctuation.
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Don’t try to source the lipstick-print skirt (as seen on Sex and the City’sCharlotte) from Prada’s spring 2000 collection — buy the lipstick-print catchall instead.
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Over at the new Dior, creative director Jonathan Anderson reimagined 18th-century embroidery on a tray.
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Might I interest you in a pâtisserie: St. Honoré, Paris-Brest, religieuse? All délicieuse.
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Just a delightful combination: Maraschino cherries plus candy-cane stripes.
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I mean this as a compliment: Lisa Frank–y.
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The dishes by Mottahdeh at William Wayne are printed with helpful phrases such as “In golf, as in life, it’s the follow-through that makes all the difference,” charmed Reid. A chameleon with the words “Be true to yourself” has my own heart.
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Quite the mischievous kitten here …
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… And a rather lazy cat there.
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Seletti’s interpretation of the traditional Japanese art of kintsugi for repairing broken plates.
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Less ubiquitous than terrazzo is splatter (the “sleek Japanese geometry and earthy glazing are a perfect foil to one another,” according to the copy).
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Doesn’t it look like it was nicked off the set of Downton Abbey?
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Brooklyn’s Salter House is known for its Swedish porch brooms, “very sleepy Portuguese aristocrat” nightgowns, and pewter from one of the few American makers around. This tray is cast in a Queen Anne–style mold.
[Editor’s note: It’s currently sold out, but you can sign up to be emailed when it’s back in stock.]
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Named afterAlfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (La Finestra Sul Cortile in Italian), the vide poche (French for “empty pocket”) features rows of international windows.
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This West Elm exclusive is half the price of a similar Virginia Sin original.
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These waterlilies appear in the Wedgwood archives (the Victoria and Albert Museum houses many of the factory’s pattern books).
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Good “glossy Italian-made calf leather” from Choosing Keeping (where Simone Rocha gets her stationery).
[Editor’s note: The brand lists its prices in pounds, so this is an approximation to dollars.]
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