Home: The Vintage Look for Less

Target continues to bring high-end designers to the masses, this time with Thomas O’Brien’s Vintage Modern home furnishings and accessories collection. He may not be a household name yet, but O’Brien, left, has the résumé to become “the next big thing”–he designed interiors for his former employer, Ralph Lauren, and he founded the ultracool design store, Aero Studios. Vintage Modern, which hits stores in October, has more than 500 retrosimple pieces, from stickers for $1.99 to a two-door chest for $499.99. By Betsy Kroll

SCENTS OF PLACE

Home fragrances are taking olfactory vacations. Slatkin & Co. has just introduced Cornelia Guest travel candles in flavors like Old Westbury, right, and Palm Beach. For more exotic tastes, Bond No. 9’s Chinatown candle, far right, adds a distinctly New York City aroma to any home. –By Lily King

CALYPSO COMES TO THE HOME

The shops famous for their peasant tops now also sell quilts, throws and Moroccan-inspired furnishings in New York City and East Hampton, N.Y.

NOTE WRITERS, TAKE NOTE

fabulousstationery.com lets you design your own graphic note cards–a box of 25 is $35 • Carrot & Stick Press carrotandstickpress.com offers more than 30 designs of vintage-style letterpress-printed note cards (8 cards for $16) • At the Monogram Shop themonogramshops.com) you can order rugby-striped note cards with custom monograms ($70 for a 25-card set)