Olson Kundig Architects' Delta Shelter, in Mazama, Washington, is a 1,000 square-foot steel box home with a 200 square-foot footprint. Photo by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects/TASCHEN.

This Cocktail Set is the answer to easy and elegant holiday entertaining. Each piece is a beautiful object on its own; together, they make for a sophisticated display. Included is a Jose Reguiero square walnut tray, 4 Holmegaard water glasses, 4 glass Dharma straws and a cleaning brush, 4 Native Organics gauze napkins, 4 Sara Barner brown leather coasters, an Iacoli & McAllister hex bottle opener, Morris Kitchen Spiced Apple Syrup, and Morris Kitchen Ginger Syrup.

Frosty winter days call for staying warm from the inside out. Now in Winter Seasonal colors, the Rim Stack Mugs are the perfect vessels for your favorite cold weather beverages (or soups!).

Warm wintry grey is a nod to the season in this Appetizer Set, which includes a mini condiment plate, and Edward Wohl cutting board and pate knife.

Three different serving plates in an array of winter blue, grey, and white make for easy holiday entertaining.

Located in California’s Sugar Bowl neighborhood, this shadowy lair by Mork-Ulnes Architects looks like something out of fairy tale. "We call the house Troll Hus, with a reference to the otherworldly beings in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore that are said to dwell in remote mountains," architect Casper Mork-Ulnes says.

HotBox: Michaela MacLeod and Nicholas Croft (Toronto) A mysterious monolith on the landscape, this warming hut, a cubic room wrapped in rubber and egg shell crate foam, provides a space for socialization.

An enclosed courtyard, bordred by ipe, is arguably the most distinctive feature of the house that the Phil Kean Design Group created for Adriana De Azevedo, Daniel Coelho, and their two daughters in Winter Park, Florida.

Accordion-style glass doors open the living room up to a lanai, or covered veranda, that in turn opens via a pair of retractable screens onto a pool deck. The effect is to create a single seamless space that merges the living room with the outdoors.

Ipe makes another appearance in the living room, creating a strong indoor-outdoor connection. Kean sited the transom windows to capture views of the moss-covered trees in the backyard.

The floors in the kitchen are polished concrete.

An Alvar Aalto table is surrounded by a quartet of the designer’s Chair 65.

A deep-red door adds a pop of color to the ipe-enclosed front courtyard of this modern home in Winter Park, Florida. Maintaining an indoor/outdoor connection was important to the family, as was a simple and sustainable material palette that includes wood and polished concrete.

The kitchen counters and islands reflect a relatively simple material palette.

The iconic bud vase design gets a coat of a clay-like glaze that highlights the raw material while creating a lightness and texture reminiscent of the snow. "Warm earth tones, cool greys, and pops of rich turquoise make a well-rounded collection, evoking a cozy and frosty wintry day."

The classic Multi-stem Vase Set gets the same wintery treatment as the bud vase with warm earth tones, cool greys, and pops of rich turquoise in an ombre for a snowy effect.

Flaunt your seriousness at work with the Concrete desk set by Magnus Pettersen. $600

Snowcone: Lily Jeon and Diana Koncan (Ryerson University, Toronto) A welcome burst of color against the white landscape, this geodesic, kaleidoscopic take on the warming hut was inspired by the natural shape of a pinecone and the insulating properties of an igloo.

Inside, white paint lightens up the middle of the building. A vintage Danish dining set and Cloud pendants by Frank Gehry for Vitra define the dining area.

These gold plated steel cheese knives from Anthropologie will add a modern Midas touch to any cheese board.

This cheese set from the Monaco collection includes four mini knives: a Parmesan cheese knife, spreading knife, cheese knife and a cheesy knife. All of the knives are high-quality stainless steel, and designed to serve all types of cheese, from soft spreadable to very hard. Sleek, modern, and all around classy.

The three leveled Caddy Set in light grey.

Eames House Blocks via House Industries $150.00 Take a tour of your own through the Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) with this basswood block puzzle, which pays tribute to the iconographic midcentury landmark.

Driftwood Throne: DM_Studio (London) Standing like a sentry on the beach, this angular sculpture assembled from reused timber hides a small bench below a raised viewing platform.

Cup Set by Yield, $42 at yielddesign.co Fastened together with a handmade leather strap, this set of two stainless steel cups is a smart, reusable choice for picnics and dining alfresco.

"Bonnie," set of 16 bracelets.

La Girotte dam in winter

The money shot! This black and white photo of a man feeding a flock of avians in wintery Kraków, catapulted Polish photographer, Marcin Ryczek, into an overnight online star. Via Marcin Ryczek Fotografia. (Pin)

Shopping Mall Fruit Basket, a painting by Peter B. Hastings, shares space with a special-edition Royal Copenhagen tea set and a photograph by Tokyo-based artist Keith Ng.

Michael Johnson’s answer to having little buildable land to work with in his design of Ruth Hiller’s Winter Park, Colorado, house was to elevate and cantilever the kitchen, living, and dining space over the carport, nearly doubling the home’s living area.

For the modern Don Draper on your list, pick up this whisky stone set by Teroforma. Made from soapstone in Vermont, these beverage cubes add a proper chill to your spirits, as soapstone’s incredible natural properties allow for one cool dram without the dilution of ice. For maximum cooling, the stones are also available in a larger size. ($20-$22)

For the desktop itself, there's the Merge Concrete Desk Set (from $48 to $178 for the entire set). Made from stainless steel and concrete, these coloful designs unite function with a fun take on form.

The Bare Bones Domino Set is cast from concrete, giving the classic game a fabricated enhancement. Completely rethought from traditional dominoes, this grainy set features an angled shape, subtle numbering system, and a weightiness that gives the dominoes an undeniably substantial quality.

Serving set by Mazama Wares, $210 The midnight-blue speckle of this hand-thrown ceramic bottle and quartet of tumblers is a celestial sight to behold. Also available in ash (black), glass (green), and cloud (gray).