In the East Village, he stopped at John Derian's shop of decorative housewares, where he eyed an assortment of decoupage paperweights, trays and cups.
To prove his point, he shopped for decorative garden items around Los Angeles and online, and discussed his finds with a reporter.
IAN FALCONER was shopping for a decorative stone the other day when the store owner, an energetic woman named Mei Li Dong, began to tell her story.
The chandelier was beyond her budget, so she bought some coral at a seashell shop as a decorative accent instead.
A gift shop sells playful decorative objects and toys, many with a farm theme, along with David Rockefeller's "Memoirs".
Still going strong is Velan, an inviting one-stop shop for foodstuffs, decorative objects, incense, candles, costume jewelry and ayurvedic beauty products.
Neighboring businesses now include Cuban, Japanese and Thai as well as French restaurants, a branch of a Paris costume jewelry boutique, a shop that sells decorative goods from Turkey and a purveyor of famously expensive Florentine soaps and perfumes.
Since opening around the corner in 1993 as a small book bindery, Two Hands Paperie has grown into a 2,800-square-foot 2,800-square-foot 2,800-square-footper, cushop-made letter-presellingvimported, greeting cardecorativels, paper inks and photo albums.
As Jimmy says at one point, "How do you look at the person you're with and not just know that there's another person inside, who's boring and lame and will eventually ask for emotional support and to shop together for decorative sconces at Williams Sonoma?" A terrifying thought, to be sure.
Shop for a decorative embroidered patch that is not much larger than ½ inch by ½ inch.
