Awesome Living

Looking for a gift for a Daft Punk fan? The robots’ online shop some reasonably-priced merchandise for the holiday. There’s a pair of glass helmet Christmas tree ornaments, a light-up snow globe and Pintrill pins. If you have the cash, there’s also a dope varsity jacket.

This accent light can be used either a wall- or table-mounted, and displays colorful light animations which spread from its perimeter into the toroidal pattern in its center. Made from CNC machined maple wood with an etched acrylic top. Comes in 12″, 18″ and 24″ sizes.

(PG-13: Language) How to Make Everything gets a lot of rude and hateful comments from vegans whenever he kills an animal for his projects. So for this year’s Thanksgiving, he decided to make a tofu dish instead of shooting and cooking a turkey.

First released in 1977, the Chopper1 Axe is an axe head purpose-built for splitting wood. It has rotating levers on each side that swing out after the axe’s edge penetrates the wood, diverting some of the downward force to the sides.

Like putting our pants on one leg at a time, we’re used to doing the same with our beer bottles. But if you’ve got guests over, you can pop open six bottles at once with this clever bottle opener design from Dim Sum Club, currently being funded over on Indiegogo.

Veteran-owned and operated K Bar Soap Company’s products are as tough as they come, with each of their grenade-shaped bar exploding with bold scents like whiskey, tea tree oil, peppermint, coffee, and citrus. They also make unscented bars – ideal for hunters.

Assuming these ceramic espresso mugs don’t miss shots the way that stormtroopers do in the Star Wars flicks, we’d love a set for serving up a quick caffeine fix. These officially-licensed 2.7 oz. cups are sold in sets of two, so you can toast a friend, or enjoy a double shot for yourself.

The Beyond Electric or Be. toothbrush vibrates like its electric counterparts. But instead of charging it, you simply twist its dial two times to power it for 2 minutes. Its brush head is 100% biodegradable, and each toothbrush comes with a year’s supply of brush heads.

A sweet looking and comfortable to use pocket flipper knife, with grippy, textured blade scales made from anodized aluminum, an elongated finger guard, and an easy opening and closing mechanism. Available in blue or green.

The BoxLock Home is a smart padlock that unlocks only for the right product. When delivery personnel get to your home, they’ll scan your package on the padlock to unlock it. You can also make virtual bar codes to allow other people to unlock the padlock.

Hellen Die of The Necro-Nom-Nom-Nomicon shares her recipe for a Halloween-meets-Thanksgiving treat. Hellen’s Facehugger Feast Roasted Chicken adds sausage casing and some crab legs to complete the Alien look.

Buffalo Bottle Craft scoops out the middle of real hockey pucks, and replaces them with a sturdy bottle opener. Each one has a magnetic catch for caps, and makes a great gift for any hockey fan. Available in blank, team logo, and custom designs.

A versatile place to keep and transport hand tools, the DEWALT DGL523 has 57 pockets for storing everything from drivers to wrenches to tape measures, plus an adjustable LED lamp which can light up the backpack or task area when working in the dark.

Keep facial hair in check with Man Crates‘ wooden gift box packed with three great products from Renegade – beard shampoo bar, beard balm, and beard oil; along with a boar bristle beard brush, and a hand towel.

Video game publishers want us to get hooked on loot boxes and microtransactions. But you can turn the tables and remove the RNG with ThinkGeek’s officially licensed Overwatch Loot Box cookie jar. As far as you’re concerned, every item inside can be Legendary.

Andrew Pyza created the Pencil+ to make the most out of wooden pencils. Its aluminum body lets you transport and use pencils no matter how short they get. It also has a built-in sharpener with replaceable blades. Available in raw, rose gold or gunmetal.

New York-based Boie makes toothbrushes that help reduce waste. Each brush’s head is replaceable and fully recyclable. The toothbrush bristles are also softer and more durable than nylon bristles, and are coated with silver to reduce bacterial build up.

What the Shape offers handmade candles that look like Nike and Jordan sneakers, including the Air More Uptempo, the Air Jordan 1 and the Air Jordan IV. Each candle is about 5″ long. The designs are also available as soaps and fridge magnets.

Ember’s latest gadget looks like any ceramic mug. But like its predecessor, this 10oz. mug heats drinks and keeps them hot (120° F – 145° F). Use its app to set the temperature, save presets and change the LED’s color. It comes with a charging coaster.

Whether you’re into irradiated water, brahmin milk or Nuka-Cola, ThinkGeek’s Fallout Geeki Tikis are for you. The set includes four 14oz. mugs featuring Dogmeat, Vault Boy, a Power Armor and a Deathclaw. You can also get them individually at Bethesda’s store.

Furniture maker Lignum walks us through the painstaking process of transforming dozens of straight slats of wood into a beautiful handbuilt bench with smoothly undulating curves. It amazes us that most of the work is done using only clamps, patience, and lots of glue.

A simple and smart modern bedside stand with spots for your phone, wallet, watch, keys, and other small items. It assembles from two flat sheets of birch plywood, so you can even pack it in a suitcase, and has a cutout for your routing phone’s charging cable.

Gradually check off some of the greatest movies and music ever made as you scratch off each one from these easy-to-hang posters. Each one features a hand-curated, eclectic list of 100 amazing films or albums you need to experience at some point in your lifetime.