Cool Stuff for Your Living Space

This one’s going to take a while! Very open to suggestions/recommendations on this one.

Basics

• Amazon Subscribe and Save - Save yourself an errand and automate your regular purchases: food, kitchen items, toiletries, etc.
• Bedsheets and linens and actual other adult possessions
• Cheaper bedsheets and linens actual other adult possessions - JCPenny
• Cheapo Walmart bed frame - Walmart
• Cool clocks - Society 6
• Rugs/throws - Society 6
• Goulet pens or JetPens - cool pens / notebooks
• Basic party supplies. Cocktail napkins. Stirring straws. A stack of bar towels.
• Simple, minimalistic alarm clocks
• MoMA Perpetual Calendar - A modern take on the calendar, never buy another

Lighting

• Lightpack - When you’re watching TV in the dark, ambient backlighting that mimics what you’re watching

• Phillips Hue - Hit a button and your lightbulbs change colors, dim, etc. Combine with Ambify to make lights match your music, or even have your lights alert you when you have a notification. Awesome for parties. Observe what you can do with Phillips. Lifx is another option here.

• Illumibowl - Motion-activated light for your toilet so you don’t crash around at night.

Random cool gizmos/gear

• Windowfarms - Instant plants near your window

• Urban Garden - Great way to have plants in an apartment, and are you ready for this? SELF-WATERING. For you lazy folks like me.

• Urbio - a cool vertical stacking system for plants and other things

• U-socket USB plug or WeMo surge protector with same features. Here’s a great cheap surge protector with USB ports as well.

• WeMo Switch - Turn your plugged-in stuff on or off remotely

• Sonos Home Audio

• ivee voice-activated clock

Advanced

• Secret Passageway Switch. Like in the movies.

Toiletries + Bathroom

• Merkur Safety Razor
• Grab Kleenex out of a ball
• Toilet light–find your toilet in the dark
• Luxe Bidet Neo 120 - A bidet is convenient and adds a nice touch.

Stuff You Always Take With You

Update: See this post here for more detail on “every-day carry” essentials.

Travel

• Rolo Travel Bag - interesting travel bag that you can easily hang in a closet
• Roller - Same idea as above, but a full luggage bag that turns into a mobile dresser

Cool online shops / resources

• World Market - Interesting decor, throw pillows, lighting, and home gifts
• Muji - wide range of stuff, all minimalistic and clean
• Koostik.com - Wooden mobile phone accessories
• CharlesAndMarie.com - All sorts of interior design stuff
• CKIE - Random gadgets and gimmicks
• The Wirecutter - Home gadget guide
• Belkin - lots of home automation gadgets like motion sensors and outlet mods
• TouchOfModern.com
• True Utility - for every-day carrying items

Stuff that handles problems for you

• https://ifttt.com/
• https://plex.tv/

Other Lists and Guides

• “Stuff to put on your walls” - /r/malelivingspace
• Sidebar - /r/designmyroom