Lace Pants and Stone-Encrusted Pillboxes: Jill’s 2024 Sight Unseen Gift Guide

This month marks Sight Unseen’s 15th birthday (!!!) and there was only one gift we really wanted, which — unfortunately — we woke up on November 6 to find we definitively had not received. But before we gear up for a tough few years, we’ll be reveling in this season’s temporary reprieve and the moments of togetherness and/or much-needed rest it will bring. In that sense, it’s the perfect time to share with you our annual Sight Unseen gift guides, which, while always at least a little bit practical (who wouldn’t love a chocolate-brown water bottle that reminds you to drink your fluids?), offer a hefty dose of fantasy and fun — rugs and $1,000 handbags, lace pants and stone-encrusted flatware. Whether you’d actually buy these things is, to a certain extent, beside the point; it’s how enjoyable it can be to dig into a well-curated list and imagine a future when your home might be full of incredible things, and the world might just be a better place.

Today’s gift guide comes from Jill, who tends to make personalized hats on Etsy for her loved ones but here is coveting a hefty glass catchall by an up-and-coming studio, the mixed-metal ring JB Blunk made for his wife, an evening bag carved from a single piece of walnut, a menorah that reminds us of a lazy susan, and more. See — and shop — her full list below!

KW01 Perceptions Catchall by Known Work, $550

Ellison Studios Sunset Bonfire Candle, $65

Portable Column Table Lamp by Norm Architects for Audo, $195

Candle Sconce by Ravenhill Studio, $250

Spoliá Cornice Bag, $1,785

Magniberg Queen Blanket, $420

Margin Core Cleanse, $40

Day Bottle by Bink, $27

Prunted Beaker by Prounis, $140

Audience Runner by Cold Picnic, $390

Aluminum Casted Mirror by Studio Speculo, $1,550

Muse ring by JB Blunk x J. Hannah, $780

Sterling Gemstone Pillbox by Casa Shop, $440

Loewe x Lladro perfume, $1,050

Astier de Villatte perfume, $205

Mostly Flat Set of Coasters by Completedworks, $35

Rose pants by Magniberg, $318

Flatware set by Kelsey Fairhurst, price upon request

Sourdough Starter Jar by Breadtopia, $12

Nova bag by Cuyana, $458

Anaphi Ceramic Plate 1 by Cristaseya, $245

Candelabra by Studio Speculo, $340

Heymat x Sight Unseen doormat, $210

Singular Taste hat by The Oblist, $54

Sway Asymmetrical Long Bowl by Sklo, $1,575

Luvhaus dessert plates, $32 each

Cristaseya x Zoe Mohm silver earrings, $850

Sapir Bachar x Colbo Bracelet, $295

Pewter Calla Table Lamp by In Common With, $1,800

 

La Trousse 4-Piece Portable Mood Flatware Set by Christofle, $290

Magazine Rack by Six Dots, $270

Cutlery Set by The Perfect Nothing Catalog, $500

Silk-Blend Velvet Shirt by COS, $135

Cognac and Butter Citrine Earrings by Gala Colivet-Dennison, $1,200

Evening Flask by Sophie Buhai, $4,900

The Scavo Small Green Vase by Valerie Name, price upon request

001 Menorah by MA-MA, $650

Le (Grand) Verre Set of 4 Drinking Glasses by Sophie Lou Jacobsen, $95

Spoon Rest by Nickey Kehoe, $35

Palladium and Chartreuse Double Taper by Julia Elsas, $150

Flood Scarf by Helen Frankenthaler for Tessuto Editions, $165

Check Napkin by Big Night x Colours of Arley, $22

Jewely Jewelry Box by Sarah Burns for Areaware, $85

Yellow Heavy Towel Set by Frama, $230

A Line Laundry Box by Hernan Studio, $795

The Windmill Fan, $64

Atelier de Troupe x Emilie Halpern Abalone Vase, price upon request