One of artist Jane Mount’s many genius creations is her Ideal Bookshelf. She’ll paint one if you send her a list. (Jane, if you’re reading, mine should include Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Stoner, One Hundred Years of Solitude, East of Eden, The Breakfast Book, and About Alice, to name a few.)

Available at shop.idealbookshelf.com, prints, $26 each; custom, $280.

Dear fellow yoga student, remember the girl who complimented you on your shoes after class? Well, she found them online. And now everyone knows about them. Sorry.

Available at us.asos.com, $59.

Bad circulation + Chicago = the worst possible combination. Thomas Paul’s octopus print is magical. I’d live with it wrapped around my shoulders all winter long.

Available at pillowsandthrows.com, $350.

Whenever I’m in ABC Carpet & Home in New York, I try to buy something. This time, in an attempt to make myself more feminine (when your boyfriend tells you that you dress like Diane Keaton, it’s most likely not a compliment), I purchased my very first lipgloss. I hope Diane would approve.

Available at hwoodbeauty.com, $16.

Cooking is my favorite thing, and Plenty is partly responsible for fueling the fire. Every recipe is totally addictive — not to mention vegetarian. I’m a pescatarian, so this book is a go-to for dinner parties and solo meals alike.

Available at amazon.com, $21.

My name is Emily, and I have a peanut butter addiction. My current obsession is Yumbutter’s Asian Jazz spread, a supernaturally spicy mix of peanuts, turmeric, and cayenne. It’s not for everyone, but it does it for me.

Available at yumbutter.com, $9.

Chicago woodworker Robert Jeffreys’s bangles make you feel tethered to the earth. Each hand-turned piece of wood is smooth, sturdy, and cool to the touch. I wear mine almost every day.

Available by phone order (312-829-6122), $65 each. To see styles, go to post27store.myshopify.com.

Have you ever had the desire to spritz a Thin Mint on your face when you wake up and before you go to bed? Then you should probably buy Caudalie’s Beauty Elixir. In reality, it’s made of all-natural ingredients like rosemary, mint, and grape seed. It’s a necessity for long airplane rides.

Available at caudalie-usa.com, $18.

Design Within Reach, you’re not in reach. However, I can reach my mouse and click through your impeccable products and dream about one day having them in my house. Like this night clock. Sheer design genius.

Available at dwr.com, $450.

This awesome indie poster site makes art accessible for everyone. My favorite purchase thus far is a photograph from Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion series. I hung it in my office, so I get to look at the man removing his hat every day. It never gets old.

Available at 20x200.com, $60.

See? Diane Keaton.

Available at shopbop.com, $275.

Accessories that double as wall art? Yes, please. We Are Owls 2012 collection is full of insanely awesome flora and wildlife. I have dreams of hanging the zebra print above my couch.

Available at shopbop.com, $172.

A former gym rat, I now follow a cardio routine I like to call The Geriatric Method: I speed walk. With a fanny pack. And my new Reebok RealFlex. They’re light as air (and neon, which makes exercising more fun). Judge away.

Available at reebok.com, $100.

When my sisters and I road tripped to San Luis Obispo, a friend told us we couldn’t miss the Madonna Inn. We didn’t know she meant it literally. It’s 90 percent hot pink, 10 percent kitschy gift shops, and 100 percent class. The rooms are camp at its finest — my favorite is Jungle Rock.

For more information, go to madonnainn.com.

Marianne Sundquist’s bar cherries are the (proverbial) cherry on top of my new favorite pastime: making Manhattans at home. Right now they’re available only to locals — so it’s an excuse to visit.

Available at In Fine Spirits, 5418 North Clark Street, at Rascher Avenue (773-506-9463 or infinespirits.com), $10.

I’ve had these Anthropologie gems in my kitchen for years. They’re chipped as all hell, but I love them just the same. I prefer using them for oatmeal or granola rather than lattes, but to each her own.

Available at anthropologie.com, $30 for six.

Elizabeth Madden lives just outside of Chicago and provides us with some of the best preserves in the city. I love them all, but the Meyer lemon rosemary hits a revelatory citrus-herb note. It’s awesome with cheese. Or straight from a spoon.

Available at rarebirdpreserves.bigcartel.com, $10.

I feel so lucky to have Jess Murnane in my life. In addition to being one of the most stylish people I know, she has a paper company, Suitor, that sells tongue-in-cheek note cards, notebooks, and stationery.

Available at suitorlife.com, prices vary.

You know those people who always smell like they’ve spent hours lying in fields of lavender? Neither do I. If I ever want to be one of those people, here’s how I’d do it.

Available at elizabethw.com, $18.

The Fiffer family has a problem, and it’s called making piles (I blame you, Mom). A ladder would curb my magazine-piling problem — and put the finishing touch on my newly decorated office.

Available at tenebras.bigcartel.com, $160.

To balance out the lipstick purchase (see: H.Wood.Beauty), I may or may not have bought sweatpants. But they are the softest, most luxurious sweatpants in the universe. Feminine, shmeminine.

Available at alternativeapparel.com, $68.

Once I started making granola, I couldn’t stop. (Don’t be scared — it’s really easy.) David Lebovitz’s version of Nigella Lawson’s recipe has never failed me. I play around with different combinations (hazelnuts, Brazil nuts), but the process remains the same.

Get the recipe at davidlebovitz.com.

I know. Canning is so Portlandia. But Fred and Carrie couldn’t turn their noses up at Weck jars. They make everything you can look pretty (even if it doesn’t taste pretty). For the canning averse, they double as juice glasses.

Available at crateandbarrel.com, $3 each.