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Home online shopping 101: Venues for home product holiday shopping, series 1

Home and Living is on the forefront of home products and just in time for seasonal shopping, we are listing a series of Holiday Home Online Shopping Venues. This is #1 in the series.

Hi There Press

Hi There Press
offers home décor, wall artwork and unique photo gifts with the purchaser’s picture incorporated directly into the design. Users simply choose from a library of hundreds of fresh, contemporary artwork templates (applied to canvases, water bottles, puzzles and more), upload their picture and text into the design, then receive back a professionally printed and personalized keepsake for display. The service is easy to use, affordable, and perfect for the holidays! Visit: www.hitherepress.com

*Now through December 15, Hi There Press offers free ground shipping on all orders over $30

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FeyHandmade.com
FeyHandmade.com is a finely edited shopping site for unique handmade home décor items. Inspired by nature and passionate about design, Fey Handmade works with select independent artists and designers to procure boutique pieces that can be produced in larger quantities, to ensure everyone has access to these unique finds. Prices typically range from $10 - $100 and will appeal to shoppers and gift recipients who appreciate special “boutique” items.Visit: www.feyhandmade.com  

*Receive 15% off your first order when you sign up for Fey Handmade’s Newsletter

Gilt HOME
Gilt HOME www.Gilt.com/gilthome launched in May 2010 and features a carefully curated selection for everything you need to live a more beautiful life at home. With the best in designer décor and essentials for the home from furniture to rugs, lighting, decorative accessories, tabletop, bedding, gourmet food, custom curated art events, housewares and electronics. Gilt Groupe and Gilt HOME are headquartered in New York City and serve more than 3 million members. All Gilt Home sales will begin at noon ET and will last for approximately 48-72 hours; items will be available at up to 70% off retail.  

Here is a special VIP link for Home and Living readers to join Gilt HOME: www.gilt.com/homeandlivingexaminer

ModernTribe
ModernTribe This holiday season, no other store will brighten up the Festival of Lights like ModernTribe.com (www.moderntribe.com) and its array of eclectic, designer-driven Hanukkah gifts and decorations. For Hanukkah 2010 (December 1-9), ModernTribe.com has launched a comprehensive gift guide featuring this year’s most stylish, clever, and meaningful gifts for everyone on your holiday list—from cooks, moms, and kids to super Jews and anyone eating Chinese food on Christmas Eve. The site is curated by ModernTribe.com co-founder Jennie Rivlin Roberts, who scours the globe year-round to handpick chic, design-conscious gifts that put a contemporary spin on Jewish tradition.
 
yoox.com
yoox.com Established in 2000, yoox.com is the leading virtual store for multi-brand fashion and design in the world. Thanks to long-standing relationships with designers, manufacturers and official retailers worldwide, yoox.com offers a never-ending selection of products that are hard-to-find elsewhere, including: end-of-season clothing and accessories from the world's most prestigious designers, exclusive capsule collections, eco-friendly fashion, a unique assortment of home design objects, rare vintage finds and art books.

Since 2006, the design area of yoox.com has evolved into a one-stop destination, providing visitors with the best creations from major global brands, products by emerging designers and limited edition pieces created exclusively for yoox.com. yoox.com is also the official online shop-in-shop of Kartell and Established & Sons. Among the other brands available online: Driade Kosmo, Magis, Zanotta, Memphis Milano, Foscarini, Moroso, Alessi, Fritz Hansen, Normann Copenhagen, Muuto, Menu and Bitosi.

Also, the new yooxer.com, the brand's "interactive multimedia webzine showcasing the many creative sides of yoox.com," features interviews, videos and other original content with participating designers—such as Zaha Hadid, Sebastian Wrong, Konstanin Grcic, Marcel Wanders, etc. http://www.thenewyooxer.yoox.com/eng/index.php/yooxer/inside2/
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Art.com
Art.com Inc. is a leading authority in wall art and the world’s largest online retailer of posters, prints, and framed art.  Since 1998, Art.com Inc. has sold high-quality wall art online to more than 10 million customers—including home decorators, interior designers, businesses, art collectors, and art lovers—in over 120 countries worldwide. The privately-held company is headquartered in Emeryville, CA, with other facilities in Ohio, North Carolina and the Netherlands.  Its décor experts are always on top of the latest wall décor and decorating trends, and make them accessible to the everyday consumer by creating exclusive unique wall décor pieces that can’t be found anywhere else. A new service—photos to art—turns everyday photographs into premium, large-scale, ready-to-hang canvas or custom-framed photographic prints that will last a lifetime just in time for the holidays. For more information, visit www.art.com

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Home and living expert, Andrea Campbell, writes articles about the place you love best: your domain. Andrea has decorated and designed homes; she's also the how-to person for advice about living, enjoying, and entertaining in the home. Email her at andreacampbell@hughes.net and follow her at...

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