Shopping in your pajamas is never more appropriate than when you’re buying all the makings of a luxurious, restful sanctuary. (
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1. Richard Nixon Baby Alpaca Throw by Jonathan Adler
www.pillowsandthrows.com, $295This site more than lives up to its name, with thousands of sleepy-time products, many
in color-drenched geometric prints and florals.
2. White Sateen Sheet Set and Pillowcases and Toulouse Duvet and Shams
www.nancykoltes.com, white sateen queen fitted and flat sheets, $234, and pillowcases, $60 for two; Toulouse duvet, $298, and shams, from $45 eachChances are you’ll sleep more soundly in a well-dressed bed. Scoop up some of this site’s high-quality Italian-made sheets, blankets, and luxurious throws by longtime bed-linen designer Nancy Koltes.
3. Camden Tufted Headboard
www.ballarddesigns.com, $389This sprawling site, a favorite resource of interior decorators for its reasonable prices and vast inventory, has everything from French-country furniture and wallpaper to a plaster triple-dolphin table base. Note: Small photos occasionally make it difficult to see details.
4. Happy in Blue Print by Soraya Chemaly
www.artaissance.com, $190This online print gallery, featuring the work of more than 80 artists, allows searching by style (floral, abstract, etc.), size, and color. Your selection is digitally reproduced
on canvas or paper with your requested dimensions. Care instructions and the artist’s bio arrive with the print. Framing (optional) is done by outside vendors, who also handle returns.
5. Small Emily Table Lamp
www.circalighting.com, $168Hundreds of fixtures, some by interior designers such as Thomas O’Brien and Alexa Hampton, make this Savannah-based site worth
a visit. Added bonus: free shipping.
6. Historic Commander Alarm Clock
www.garrettwade.com, $150Old-fashioned alarm clocks, French scissors, and eggbeaters are part of the charming inven-tory of garden and hand tools at this unusual site.
7. Curvee Shelf
www.houseeclectic.com, $340Click here for Chinese-made furniture and accessories, many of which come in a variety of colors, including lemon, robin’s-egg blue, and pistachio.
8. Lacquered Box
www.lilleashop.com, $75A Chicago boutique gave birth to this site, which features pretty boudoir accessories. Free gift wrapping.
9. Tradescantia Houseplant
www.logees.com, $16Logee’s, a greenhouse complex in Connecticut that is over 100 years old, catalogs more than a thousand plant varieties. The site allows browsing by name, type, blooming season, and sun requirements.
10. Pots
www.jamaligarden.com, from $2Great garden and entertaining objects lure professional stylists to this site. Bamboo tray? Check. Rot-resistant Russian-pine square planter? Check!
11. Books
www.booksense.com, prices varyIf you love books but hate chain stores, just type in your ZIP code and this site will lead you to a nearby independent bookstore. The classics shown here came from the website of Lemuria, a bookshop in Jackson, Mississippi.