The World's Greatest Metro Detroit Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday shopping can be stressful when you don’t know where to go or what to get. That’s where Detroit Home’s holiday gift guide comes in. We hit the streets and carefully collected 34 gift ideas from 21 local stores. We’ve got everything from Polish folk art to antique silver, high-end home goods to candles that will keep you out of jail. If that’s not a gift guide, what is?

1. Michelle Maule’s “I [heart] my bike,” $180, 323 East, Royal Oak; 248-246-9544. 

2. Wood box with rabbit, $105, Elegance by Design, Ferndale; 248-582-0090. 

3. Hand-carved nesting stork family, $45, Polish Art Center, Hamtramck; 313-874-2242. 

4. Teco pagoda vase, $95, Artew Mission, Royal Oak; 248-399-0413.

5. Holiday hand towels, $9-$15, La Belle Provence, Birmingham; 248-540-3876. 

6. Handmade doll, $98, Red Shoes, Ann Arbor; 734-913-5554. 

7. Longhair goat pillow from the Polish mountains, $75, Polish Art Center, Hamtramck; 313-874-2242. 

8. Artcards, $30, Bureau of Urban Living, Detroit; 313-833-9336. 

9. Modern Twist doilies, $25/set of two, Shine, Royal Oak; 248-414-5277.

10. French bull tray, $60, Shine, Royal Oak; 248-414-5277. 

11. Tikoli dishtowels, $9, Bureau of Urban Living, Detroit; 313-833-9336.

12. Therapeutic mineral salts, $16-$24, Bureau of Urban Living, Detroit; 248-833-9336. 

13. Great lakes pillow, $140, The Home and Garden Shop, Troy; 248-288-2233.

14. Old St. Nick oval bowl, $126, The Italian Dish, Birmingham; 248-593-8299. 

15. Grow-A-Note cards, $13, Root and Sprout, Birmingham; 248-593-9552.

16. City Bird Detroit map plate, $25, Naka, Ferndale; 248-582-9113. 

17. Assorted good-luck candles, $3 each, Discount Candle, Detroit; 313-566-0092.

18. Kwan Yin bronze head, $69, Birmingham Design Studio, Birmingham; 248-723-8888.

19. Hand-carved wooden devils, $30-$60, Polish Art Center, Hamtramck; 313-874-2242. 

20. Small painting of Frida Kahlo, $25, Xochi’s, Detroit; 313-841-6410.

21. Silver antlers, price upon request, Richard Ross Home, Ferndale; 248-544-9957. 

22. Latte Hawaii stocking, $96, Union General, Clarkston; 248-620-3800. 

23. Clinton Snider’s “House on the Hill,” $600, 323 East, Royal Oak; 248-246-9544.

24. Traveling martini set, $132, The Home and Garden Shop, Troy; 248-288-2233. 

25. Reed diffuser set, $30, and soy candle with wooden wick, $22, Contempo Home, Ferndale; 248-547-6398.

26. Cranberry applesauce by Bella Cucina, $25, The Italian Dish, Birmingham; 248-593-8299.

27. Lavender pillow, $42, Red Shoes, Ann Arbor; 734-913-5554. 

28. Bunny dish, $26, and pear dish, $22, Marcia Hovland Studio Gallery,
Royal Oak; 248-398-2951.

29. Silver-plated table box, $395, Antiques Center of Troy, Troy; 248-649-4399. 

30. Decorative tile by Doug Spalding, $28 each, Marcia Hovland Studio Gallery, Royal Oak; 248-398-2951.  

31. “Town” desktop calendar by Ted Naos, $16, Naka, Ferndale; 248-582-9113.

32. Pop Art Monkey giraffe pillow, $30, 323 East, Royal Oak; 248-246-9544.

33. Venus Robot, $16, and Walking Space Man, $19, American Pop, Ferndale; 248-837-9835. 

34. Day of the dead box, $63, Xochi’s, Detroit; 313-841-6410.