We love high-end home decor, but we also don't take our surroundings so seriously that, say, our butter dish has to be a perfectly designed work of art. Design snobs be damned, many of the 17 unpretentious home gifts below are a little bit whimsical, a little bit geeky, or a little bit silly. They're not necessarily Fancy Designer Things—although we picked a couple of those, when they made us smile—but your cool friends realize that's not the point, anyway.
A Q-tip holder with a porcupine aspirations.
Live Life on the Ledge Container from Modcloth, $12.99.
A catch-all that has loads of personality: a petite, golden take on the zebra rug trend.
