Gift Guide | What Kristin (Really) Wants

Dear Santa, Paul, Mom, Dad, Lauren and everyone else who feels the need to shower me with gifts this holiday season, 

I know I blog about a lot of things throughout the year but here is what I really want: 

Plus ça Change (Venice) photograph by Jessica Craig-Martin // a vintage French crystal casket table lighter // a modern Burberry scarf // anything from Diptyque // Byredo fragrance travel case // a Proenza Schouler PS11 bag // Fornasetti Themes & Variations plate #9 // Purple Hat watercolor by Mats Gustafson

Gift Guide | Books

The only thing I love as much as getting books is giving them! I think you tell a lot about a person by the books they have on display in their home. The more books, the better! I have the titles I love most scattered around every room in my home. They're stacked on my coffee table, the floor, my entry table, even on a side chair — like Ryan Korban, who I blogged about here, did. They make a home feel lived in. So, this holiday season I plan to share some of my favorite reads and coffee table books with the ones I love. It's a meaningful gift that will inspire for years to come. I'm always be a sucker for a good hardcover and these are just a few of the beautiful design books I have saved in my Amazon Wish List:

1. Domestic Art: Curated Interiors 2. The Sartorialist: Closer 3. Living in Style: Paris 4. The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge 5. Jacques Grange: Interiors 6. Tom Ford 7. Jansen 8. Pierre Cardin Evolution: Furniture and Design 9. Habitually Chic: Creativity at Work 10. The Big Book of Chic 11. Carine Roitfeld: Irreverent 12. Rhapsody: Kelly Wearstler 13. Frances Elkins: Interior Design 14. Grace: A Memoir

Gift Guide | The Etsy Lover

Why not give the ones you love a gift made with love?

1. Ultramarine blue painting by The Colour Store $140 | 2. Porcelain sweet pea vase by Kim Westad $40 | 3. Creme de la Creme gold foil print by Smile Baby Studio $18 | 4. Geometric square with green circle stud earring by Vivid By Esther $24 | 5. Impossible Triangle original watercolor by Geometric Ink $80 | 6. Prada Marfa by Kristin Kirkley $100 | 7. Concrete wall clock by Wert Werke $250 | 8. A pair of dotted dishes $48 | 9. Doha metallic copper and offwhite handprinted organic by Melongings $70 | 10. Urchin Bowl Porcelain Ceramic Textured Sea by Element Clay Studio $82 | 11. Folded Paper Furoshiki by The Link Collective $44 | 12. Golden cloud porcelain wall pillow by Stepanka $66 | 13. Top Knot print by Elizabeth Mayville $20

Gift Guide | The Luxe List

1. Nothing says luxe like a rich, brown Faux Fur Throw $128 | 2. This solid brass Round Match Striker is the perfect coffee table accessory $190 | 3. Assorted pearls, smoky quartz and pyrite make the Ready Steady Girls Necklace the ultimate statement piece $736 | 4. Cabernet Cashmere Snood will keep you warm when you can't get your hands on a glass of wine $168| 5. This Leather Bulldog may not be a real but at least you don't have to let it out  | 6. It's hard to belive that this limognes malachite-patterned pot houses a candle $125 | 7.  Add a small but powerful shot of modern glamour to your dresser with this Mini Bauble Box $150 | 8. The Hermes scarf hanging system (available in stores) comes complete with five wall mounts that magnetically hold scarves in place—without damaging the silk  $305 | 9. Inspired by Florentine stone tiles just about every piece in the Pierre Hardy Cube-Print Collection is on my wish list $895