This scenario is probably a familiar one: you found the "perfect" floor lamp for your living room, and can't wait to show it off to your friends. The next day at work, however, you can't help but overhear a coworker chattering about her great new floor lamp, and realize she's got the same one! You no longer have to fret about someone else honing in on your style, for there's a website devoted to letting your uniqueness shine.
Uncommongoods.com invites its customers to "find anything but ordinary", and find yee shall. The site works like an online marketplace offering visitors creatively designed, high-quality merchandise at affordable prices. Imagine visiting a specialty boutique, craft show and art sale all at once--you get the idea!
The site is divided into eight categories: accents, bed and bath, dining, paper, his and hers, gifts, occasions and collections, and each offers pages of unique products. On each page that you enter, you'll find "unknown knowledge" tidbits that relate to the product that you're looking at. So, for example, if you're checking out pillows and throws, you'll learn that "about 18 percent of animal owners share their bed with their pets". Pretty neat!
If you're in a rush and have an idea of what you're looking for, a drop-down menu allows you to sort through all the products offered in a category by style, color, timelessness and so forth. If you have no idea what you want, be sure to check out "our favorites" under the "gifts" category, where the site's editors give you their top picks for what's hot. In a nice added touch, each product write-up has icons which let you know a bit more about the product, such as if it was made by hand or if it's environmentally friendly!
Favorites of ours include the "Grown-up Games" section of the "Collections" page, which offers the Rorschach Ink Blot Tests with an outrageous Diagnosis Book ($18 US). Stumped for a birthday gift for your book-smart sweetie? How about Scrabble Cufflinks ($64)? Made of travel-sized Scrabble squares and sterling silver settings with swivel posts, these accessories are available in any letters you like.
Throwing a dinner party? Try serving your guests with the Twig 5-Piece Place Setting ($80), which is elegant, but with a subtle hint of Mother Nature.
Serve dessert with a High Heel Cake Server ($20), which has a magnetic 'heel' on its handle that transforms this utensil into a size seven slide shoe. The heel comes off for serving, but heck, everything looks better with a heel on it.
You'll also find practical items on the site too, but don't worry, they're far from bland and ordinary. So that new floor lamp you find will be uniquely yours, and you can gloat all you like.
Visit the www.UncommonGoods.com
This scenario is probably a familiar one: you found the "perfect" floor lamp for your living room, and can't wait to show it off to your friends. The next day at work, however, you can't help but overhear a coworker chattering about her great new floor lamp, and realize she's got the same one! You no longer have to fret about someone else honing in on your style, for there's a website devoted to letting your uniqueness shine.
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