Awesome Living

Keep your drinks and snacks right by your side with this handy couch caddy. It’s made from wood with an easy-to-clean silicone liner and has two cupholders, a mug holder, and a snack tray to keep your goodies organized. It also has a small wooden block to hold your phone while watching videos. Available in acadia wood or bamboo.

This large 18 oz. ceramic mug is a great gift for LEGO fans. Sip your coffee, tea, or hot cocoa from the oversize yellow head of a classic LEGO Minifigure while imagining how big the rest of its body must have been. It comes in four designs: Happy Boy, Winking Girl, Silly Face, and Slightly Less Happy Boy. Collect them all!

Luke’s Lobster ships crazy good hand-picked, flash-frozen lobster knuckle and claw meat from Maine to your door in all kinds of lobster roll gift boxes. Get key lobster roll ingredients on their own or with extras like clam or corn chowder. All kits come frozen, ready to assemble and eat after thawing for 24 hours.

Those of us with facial hair know the importance of keeping it clean and well-groomed. The Beard Scrubber from Tooletries is a game-changer for keeping your face in tip-top condition. The hex-shaped tool has pointy yet flexible silicone bristles that work their way through even tangled hair, cleaning your beard and helping to exfoliate your skin.

This handsome leather laptop bag from Vavcraft is handmade from full-grain leather to last a lifetime. It has a storage slot for your computer, pockets for a phone and small notebooks, pouches for a mouse and charger, and a leather strap for pens and other accessories. Available in 14″ or 16″ laptop sizes in Dark Tobacco (shown) or Brown Heritage.

Hella Cocktail Co. and Seedlip non-alcoholic spirits makes booze-free margaritas easy with the More Than a Margarita N/A Cocktail Kit. Seedlip’s latest concoction, Notas de Agave, blends prickly pear, zesty lime, and agave flavors. Mixed with Hella’s Habanero Margarita Mix, it becomes a hangover-free cocktail with a tasty kick.

Made for outdoor living, Full Windsor’s set of aluminum bowls, plates, and cutlery for one connects by magnets for drop-free handling in any combo. Magware plates serve double duty as bowl lids; all seven pieces are easy to use, clean, pack, and store without annoying rattling.

There’s something supremely satisfying about pounding things with Dalstrong’s meat tenderizer knuckles. Made from beefy aluminum alloy, they weigh in at a full pound. Two textured surfaces make quick work of beef, chicken, potatoes, garlic cloves, and more. They’re great for crushing ice and making smash burgers, too.

Artist and designer Nik Bentel loves to make products out of pop art and iconography. Case in point, his limited edition folder wallets. In a fun twist on skeuomorphism, Bentel turned the folder icons from Mac and Windows into admittedly beautiful leather wallets. He also made one that looks like a manila folder with multiple tabs.

If the comfy but cat-themed recliner was too cute for your taste, Cougar has something for you. Their new Overlord gaming chair is just as huge and relaxing, but it has a more laid-back leatherette upholstery. It rocks, swivels, and reclines, can support up to 350 lb., and reclines up to 160° via its easy-to-reach switch. Check availability here.

This compact cutlery kit is great for dining outdoors and for reducing environmental waste from plastic utensils. It includes a stainless steel spoon, fork, and serrated knife, which stack and hold together using magnets. Each utensil has a handle that folds out and locks securely in place.

Stanley’s stainless steel vessel is perfect for serving meals on the go. Its insulated main compartment maintains hot or cold contents for up to 10 hours, and its wide-mouth lid doubles as a bowl. The kit also includes a spork with a rubber strap to secure it. Available in black, white, blue, or green, in 24 oz. and 36 oz. capacities.

Designed by 4T5 Design for Kansept, this stubby flipper knife has a 1.56″ long drop point blade that’s great for everyday cutting tasks. Its G10 or Micarta handle scales offer a textured grip, and its blade has jimping to keep it from sliding under your thumb. It comes in a variety of colors, as well as with a damascus blade and titanium scales.

This ceramic coffee mug from Chibson and Acorn Amplifiers is the perfect gift for guitarists. It’s designed to look like a knob from an amp or effects pedal, and just like Nigel Tufnel’s amp in This Is Spinal Tap, this one goes to 11. Each mug is handmade from food-grade ceramic and holds up to 10 oz.

This palm-size tool packs several handy features. Its gripper works as a measuring caliper, an adjustable wrench, and a phone stand. It can also open bottles, and its head can pull nails. A pointy tip can be used as an emergency glass breaker and also opens packages. Available in stainless steel or titanium, and an optional LED light attaches to its tail end.

This collection of modular furniture forms a workstation that looks dangerously comfortable. The lounge chair, the side table, and the ottoman all have slots to attach accessories, including a monitor mount, a pair of swiveling lap desks, and even a microphone mount. ShortCircuit had a look at samples and loved them.