Even if you’ve had to cut down expenses and eat at home more during these shaky economic times, dining should still be a pleasure. Whether you’re eating takeout from a neighborhood restaurant, or a home-cooked meal, there is no reason you can’t make the experience delightful…

Below are a few kitchen accessories to put a stylish spin on dining at home.

Kitchen mitts & tea towel, Wrapables.com

Can opener, Norman Copenhagen

Silicone cutting boards, Wrapables.com

Bird and cloud salt & pepper shaker, MOMA Store

Crustacean platter, Violet.com

Pandora Design flatware, Barneys.com

Linen napkins, Anichini

Glassware, MOMA store

I wanted to share this really wonderful resource with all of you, MetroSofa.The whole idea is that the company will help you personalize or update a piece of furniture with its huge selection of styles and fabrics. 

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Brickchair takes childhood building blocks and actually makes something from them that won’t be plowed into with a race car and recreated again and again. Created by Pepe Heykoop it is in fact made from children’s blocks. Luckily there is a piece of foam on the seat to provide a less bumpy surface. 

Heykoop also created an accompanying chandelier made with over a 1,000 bricks. I bet my mom, the kindergarden teacher, would dig these.

If your eyes glaze over and you start to nod off at the mere mention of “a meeting in the conference room,” ditch your NoDoz and lead your colleagues over to the uber-chic hospitality space Meet at the Apartment. Marc and Sara Schiller (of the brand marketing firm Electric Artists and ephemeral art showcase, Wooster Collective) have banished the bland and boring for a stylish one-stop meeting place, housed in a two-story loft on Crosby Street in SoHo. Stefan Boublil of the design firm The Apartment brings an eclectic mix of romantic minimalism and chic modernism to the 2,500-square-foot space, with an eye on minimizing distractions and keeping the creative juices flowing.

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