Awesome Living

If you’ve never experienced geocaching, you’re missing out on a fantastic adventure, as you explore the world with your GPS in search of hidden containers filled with souvenirs. Everyday Carry provides a list of essential gear for your treasure hunting missions.

UK Designer Cliver Roddy’s clever desktop creation replicates the house from Pixar’s Up by using 300 pushpins as tiny surrogate balloons. You’ll need to stick them all into the cork sphere yourself, but that’ll give you something to pass the time. Made from birch plywood.

Are you having a bad day? Did guided meditation fail you? What you need is a warm and soothing cup of tea. This caffeine-free herbal tea blends chamomile, licorice, lemon, and an ample helping of nonchalance to help you forget whatever is stressing you out.

Yet another wonderful reuse for old Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrels, Heritage Handcrafted’s 24″ high wood stools will look great at your kitchen counter. They’re come with round swivel or fixed square seats, and each one has its own unique character.

If you love artist Bruce Shapiro’s magnetic sand art, you’ll be glad to know that you can soon have one in your house as a table, and in a variety of wood veneer or hardwoods. It will have at least 25 built-in sand patterns that you can toggle via an app.

Duffy London’s stunning take on ocean-inspired furniture is a coffee table that’s designed to capture a vivid sense of depth. The Abyss Horizon measures 43″x 19″ and is handmade from ethically-sourced wood and glass. Limited to 25 units.

The best part of waking up is caffeine in your cup. Thanks to the fine folks at ThinkGeek, your favorite droid can be part of your morning ritual. This R2-D2 coffee press holds up to 32 ounces of liquid, and is ready to be of service just in time for holiday gift giving.

Outfit your kit with the latest and greatest gear, courtesy of our pals at Everyday Carry. Their latest selection includes some awesome tools, knives, a rugged timepiece, and places to carry them all. That Gamblemade Gatekeeper is the one carabiner to rule them all.

This keychain accessory ensures you have a pen with you wherever you go. It measures just 3.25″ long, and can be easily refilled. While the value-priced model is made from stainless steel, TEC Accessories also makes a titanium version.

We love how the black oxide finish on Kershaw’s folding knife makes the stainless steel blade virtually blend in with the handle. Offers a fast, safe opening mechanism, and a pocket clip for quick and reliable access. Blade length: 3.5in, closed: 4.5in, open: 7.9in.

The Boeing Store’s Custom Hangar features custom furniture and accessories made from components of the company’s retired aircraft. One of our faves? This anodized aluminum table with the engine exhaust cone off an F-4 Phantom II fighter jet as its centerpiece.

A screw-in lightbulb replacement designed to illuminate dark places like garages, unfinished basements, sheds, and more. With its adjustable LED panels, and 3000 lumen output, it can illuminate every corner of the room, and turns on and off via motion sensor.

Kyouei Design’s bendy bookmark doesn’t just help you keep you from losing your place, it doubles as a book light. Simply fold the printed circuit board over and touch the positive and negative terminals together to turn on the LEDs.

There are thousands of cool looking knives on the market, but many of the artisan designed models are quite expensive. Our good pals over at Everyday Carry have got you covered with their picks for eight great knives which mere mortals can afford.

Orphan Barrel’s exquisitely smooth 84-proof whisky has spent 28 years aging in oak, building a complex and layered character which reminds us of autumn, with a big, woody body, notes of candy corn, pepper, clove, and zesty citrus peel.

Wazoo Survival Gear’s smartly designed belt can pack a complete survival and utility kit in its band. It works as a money belt, and is available loaded with cords, zip ties, safety pins, bandages, trail markers, a compass, bottle opener, and much more.

You’ll never have to worry about replacing the battery in this keychain flashlight, thanks to its built-in USB charging port. Has two standard brightness levels, and an infinitely variable output mode as well. Runs for up to 48 hours on a charge. Also available as a UV blacklight.

We are absolutely convinced that if we curl up wordlessly in the Hideout Chair from Sweden’s Front design group, no one would ever find us. It’s made from steam-bent solid beech with woven caned sides, and way too sleek to be mistaken for your Grandpa’s wing chair.

Cook up a whole turkey this fall without the dangers of putting a vat of molten hot oil on your deck. Char-Broil’s Big Easy fries up a whole turkey using radiant propane-based infrared heat for even and extra juicy cooking, without the added calories and fat of deep frying.

Nebo’s LED EDC provides an impromptu ambient light source anywhere you go. They’re cheap enough to leave attached to each of your bags, winter coats, and anywhere else you can clip a carabiner. Made from anodized aluminum, they’re both water and impact resistant.

A handy stainless steel keychain tool that packs scissors with both straight and serrated edges, large and medium slotted screwdrivers, and a bottle opener. Hangs from a quick-release pin for ease of use.

This elegant, yet modern writing instrument has an actual carbon fiber body, accented with chrome. At one end is a smooth-flowing Topball 850 rollerball pen, and at the other is a nubby stylus for capacitive touchscreens. Save 39% in The Awesomer Shop.

The ultimate pocket multitool for Jeep fanatics. tacktikOwl’s stainless steel EDC offers Torx, hex, flathead, and philips drivers designed for taking off the Wrangler’s doors and roof, but versatile enough for other jobs.