Mint green-painted ironwork and tiles connect the indoors to the outside more fluidly.

The Max-A studio is also built with a pine frame, though it has pine panelling on the ceiling, while the main house ceiling is painted a warm white.

Keep your foodstuffs neatly stored and labeled in a chalkboard jam pot by Terrain.

Metropolis Pots: Hand-built porcelain planters with a glazed interior and bisque exterior.

99 by Von Tundra and Lydia Cambron $13,000 Oregon-based Von Tundra’s unit combines three different storage options—a rack, drawers, and boxes—into a multipurpose dresser.

A collaboration with Charlotte Perriand, this space-saving lighting solution suspends an incandescent bulb above a room via a nearly seven-foot metal rod. Considering it was created for the Maison Tropicale, a prefab housing unit meant to be manufactured in France and assembled in Africa, the small profile makes sense. The lamp can be adjusted and aimed via a wooden handle.

Boskke's Clear Cube Planter only requires watering once monthly. Giving a clear view of plant growth as it happens, Boskke's planter brings transparency to gardening.

“Get a hanging pot rack. It frees up more than one cabinet’s worth of space,” Perelman advises. The Enclume Contemporary Oval Pot Rack is available from Williams Sonoma ($700). For a more affordable option, consider this forest green rack by Old Dutch International ($80).

Orrill wanted the kitchen to be command central for entertaining, so everything is kept inside minimalist cabinetry—except for the copper pots and pans hanging on the back wall, painted in Pale Water by ICI Dulux Paint. The refrigerator is by Jenn-Air and the faucet is American Standard.

Designed by Swedish designer Monica Förster, the Brushed Brass Flower Pots celebrate the shape of traditional terracotta pots and elevates the look with a luxurious material selection. Maintaining the historical production methods of the Skultuna factory, these flower pots are made through the traditional practice of metal spinning. Through this process, Skultuna is able to make a round three-dimensional object out of sheet metal. The brushed nature of the flower pot gives it a distinctive look that is at once elegant and edgy. The pot can be used for a variety of plant types, and makes a striking storage vessel when not in use as a planter.

Coffee makers like this Cuisinart feature smart tech in sharp packaging—but they still clutter my counter.

Antique tea and chocolate pots are juxtaposed with a 1930s painting by Jacques Villon, Marcel Duchamp’s brother.

PAPER POT TISSUE HOLDER Be sure you've got plenty of tissues at hand in a nice holder like this one...

Nir Meiri's 19 Pots Ceiling Lamp is made of discarded vessels.

Although outdoor recreation company MSR (Mountain Safety Research) brand was founded to meet the challenges of backcountry life, its Flex 4 set will appeal to gourmet chefs whose culinary aspirations exceed their prep space. Nested together, the compact cookware set weighs less than 4 pounds, and includes two pots, two strainer lids, and plates and mugs for four

HARIO COFFEE DRIP POT $60.00 The Hario Drip Pot is a manual coffee maker, made for brewing coffee in small servings. Using a reusable cloth filter, the Drip Pot is an ideal vessel when paired with a pour over kettle like the Hario Drip Kettle. The filter rests easily within the top of the pot, which has a narrow, tulip shape to aid in the brewing process. The base of the pot is more bulbous, which enables the coffee to expand and grow its flavor once it works its way through the filter. After the coffee has brewed and the filter is removed—an easy task with the filter’s wood handle— coffee can be poured directly from the pot. The wood collar on the drip pot stays cool to the touch, ensuring painless pours, every time.

At just under 15 inches tall, it takes up some counter real estate. At the rear, there is a space to hold the excess length of the 26.5-foot power cord.

One of the many tea pots sold in the shop, though the inventory is constantly in rotation as Daoust and Baker discover new talent and products on their scouting trips to Scandinavia and Japan.

With primary colors and a classic shape, this pot is a throwback to childhood tea parties with a grown-up sensibility. $65 from store.dwell.com.

A massive slab of cypress perched atop sawhorses provides storage for pots and utensils.

Good Morning moka pot by Anderssen & Voll (Launches in 2015)

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Patterned Shoe Pots by Wyatt Little, $50 at wyattlittle.com Wyatt Little's playful ceramics transform everyday objects—like the humble sneaker—into delightful vessels perfect for holding plants.

"Himalayan, truffle, citrus or Szechuan, even your basic salt and pepper are special in these Japanese Mid-Century lotus petal-shape pots."

"I think a dutch oven is a great thing to have, somewhere between five and seven quarts," Perelman says. This six-quart cast-iron pot, also from Lodge, is $59. "An eight-quart dutch oven is good if you feel like you want to cook for crowds. Five quarts is great for like everyday meals for 4-6 people, but a bigger one will cover more things on the big side. I'm not saying you have to buy a Le Creuset; you'll be fine with whatever brand is in your budget. I would say that, though, if you have loving and adorable family members, for Christmas gifts it's a great time to ask for one. They're not usually break the bank on the gift scale. If a couple of people can get together it's a great present. With a skillet and a dutch oven, you can do a whole lot. After that, for me, the next essential tool is a good wooden spoon."

Contemporary gardening company Boskke creates products with urban spaces in mind. The Boskke Cube is an innovative, self-watering planter that only needs to be watered once a month. In addition to this practical feature, the Cube also exhibits a distinctive design— the classic pot is deconstructed and recast as a transparent planter, revealing the plant’s water, soil, and roots.

Here's a mess of pots waiting to be fired.

This brightly colored streamlined dispenser is designed to hold a roll of toilet paper just like a box of tissues.

Skultuna Brushed Brass Flower Pot, from $125 Swedish designer Monica Förster elevates the form of the traditional terra-cotta flower pot in this spun-metal planter.

A striking example of Morrison’s philosophy that there aren’t necessarily new forms, just new ways to combine and recontextualize what's come before, this self-explanatory piece was assembled in an almost ready-made fashion. Supposedly, Morrison would jet around town on a motorbike in the mid ‘80s, visiting small workshops and asking them to fabricate whatever he needed for his latest project.

Kaico Enamel Pasta Pan Set, $190 at the Dwell Store From Japan’s Kaico, this enamel pasta pot is thermal efficient, heating quickly on a stovetop. It is easy to use and clean, and includes a stainless steel strainer insert for draining pasta.

The Mono Filio Tea Pot was designed by Tassilo von Grolman in the 1980s. "I'm not big on fuss or pretense, and gravitate toward things that are beautifully crafted without being intentionally luxe-y," Swanson says.

The store's famous pink enamel pot has the perfect pouring spout for heating up milk and really any other liquids, but the best part? It's fade and color proof! $31