Stripe your furniture or create shapes on a kid’s wall with rice-paper masking tape ($4 to $44 per roll at Top Hat, 245 Broome St., nr. Ludlow St.; 212-677-4240), which peels off easily if you change your mind.
Have oodles for an apartment-size investment? Bedecked with a jaw-dropping 41.4 carats of white and black diamonds, this necklace (price upon request at Chanel Fine Jewelry Boutique, 733 Madison Ave., nr. 64th St.; 212-535-5828) is inspired by a 1932 design by Coco herself.
Pulverize spices, herbs, and garlic with this color-coated mortar and pestle from Core Bamboo ($19.98 at Zabar’s, 2245 Broadway, at 80th St.; 212-787-2000).