I’ve collected catchalls for years, and as their name suggests, they are a place for everything — from loose coins and receipts to tubes of lipstick and fallen-off falsie lashes. In my mind, they’re as much of an accent in a room as a lamp on a nightstand or a throw tossed over a couch — and, like those categories of things, there are a lot of catchalls out there. So if you’re on the hunt for an especially nice-looking one, you’ve come to the right place. I rounded up catchalls for all sorts of tastes, including one from the “Pope of Gloop” and another that’s an interpretation of the traditional Japanese art of kintsugi.
Just a simple pair of radicchio leaves done in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe.
These plates celebrate the Palio horse race, held twice a year in Siena, Italy — a lovely-wacky take on the whole “slow and steady” motto.
He’s more charming than a hookah-smoking caterpillar …
Until recently, I never noticed Laila Gohar’s apparent obsession with the humble bean: seen on a teaspoon, toothpicks, a cloche, a candle holder, pot mitts, and a bonbon stand.
If you blink, you might think these trompe l’oeil bugs are the real thing.
Let your coffee table be covered in Graf Lantz wool (get the coasters and tissue-box cover while you’re at it).
Strategist kitchen and dining writer Emma Wartzman has five of these trays — which are meant to be artist’s palettes for mixing paints — and they come in handy for everything from hand creams to candles. (Party expert Dan Pelosi uses the trays for frosting during his annual cookie-decorating party.)
Think of these Hay trays (in hexagon, rhombus, and square forms) as another puzzle.
A nod to Diana Vreeland’s famed Red Room with its playing-card pillows.
At Pillow-Cat Books, everything has an animal, or an animal character, on the cover. It’s a Peanuts reader’s dream with Scraps, a Snoopy Scrapbook, One Thousand Fabulous Snoopy Products, and even a cowboy Snoopy. (Or you might go for the whole gang.)
A reminder not to forget your keys: In the language of flowers, pansies represent remembrance.
Mosser Glass might bill the Bathing Beauty as a sponge dish, but I rely on mine for jewelry collecting.
I’m guessing a very proud Leo is behind this (especially since it doesn’t come in any other zodiac signs).
For the person who has their Criterion Closet picks memorized.
A dotty companion to Edie Parker’s cannabis paraphernalia, including a jelly-mold lighter, cherry pipe, and lettuce ashtray.
Antiques dealer Erica Weiner swipes restaurant-branded ashtrays, including this one from Paris’s famous Café de Flore. “Turns out if you’re not drunk and emboldened to steal, you can buy one,” she says.
[Editor’s note: Café de Flore lists its prices in euros, so this is an approximation in U.S. dollars.]
The cheapest diamond ring, courtesy of the king of decoupage, John Derian.
If you’re over cheetah (or leopard), maybe try tortoiseshell?
It’s inspired by Portuguese azulejo tiles from the 18th century.
To greet you (and say good-bye) in the entryway of your “home sweet home.”
From the Pope of Gloop, Gaetano Pesce, this will arrive with a certificate of authenticity.
Make this scalloped one even preppier and get it monogrammed (for an additional $13 fee).
Sorry, Carrie, there aren’t any punitive damages for mispunctuation!
Save yourself the trouble of trying to source the lipstick-print skirt (as seen on Sex and the City’s Charlotte) from Prada’s spring 2000 collection.
Some pâtisserie pastries — St. Honoré, Paris-Brest, religieuse — délicieuse!
Maraschino cherries and candy-cane stripes make for the most maximalist dish.
As seen in our Secret Strategist newsletter: A bit of eBay hunting can get you limited-edition butter pats made for Italian airline Alitalia by Ginori in the 1970s. Strategist senior editor Hilary Reid has a hot-air-balloon one, while another features Leonardo da Vinci’s mock-up for a flying contraception.
These dishes by Mottahdeh at William Wayne, which are printed with phrases like “In golf, as in life, it’s the follow-through that makes all the difference,” charmed Reid, too. A chameleon with the words “Be true to yourself” has my own heart.
Available in “pastel varieties,” not unlike a box of Ladurée macarons.
These gems are based on the baguettes Suzanne Kalan uses in her Fireworks pieces.
It’s Seletti’s interpretation of the traditional Japanese art of kintsugi for repairing broken plates.
Designer Josh Young used his collection of old shell tableware for inspiration here.
Brooklyn’s Salter House is known for its Swedish porch brooms and “very sleepy Portuguese aristocrat” nightgowns. This is another heirloom-y find, as it’s cast in a Queen Anne–style mold.
[Editor’s note: It’s currently sold out, but you can sign up to be emailed when it’s back in stock.]
Named after Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (La Finestra Sul Cortile in Italian), the vide poche (French for “empty pocket”) features rows of international windows.
The splatter pattern is a lot less obvious than the once all over terrazzo.
Apparently, the colors are taken from those in Clare Vivier’s closet: cobalt, ecru, persimmon, and butterscotch.
The West Elm exclusive is half the price of a similar Virginia Sin original.
For comparison’s sake, it’s around the size of a tin of Fishwife’s smoked rainbow trout.
A recent addition to my catchall collection, it now holds my bobby and safety pins.
These waterlilies appear in the Wedgwood archives (the Victoria and Albert Museum houses many of the factory’s pattern books).
To lay on your vanity next to your knockoff Gleaming Primrose mirror.
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