October 13, 2008

There Will Be Blood

Bloodline Opens

Birthdays, holidays, housewarmings, job promotions, third-term planning parties. All you busy NYers sure have a lot of presents to give.

Those with gift anxiety and ambivalence should make their way to Bloodline, a meticulously curated design shop that just opened on Hester Street.

The vintage martini glasses, decanters, mirrors, small tables, and pillows are in pristine condition. A Rosenthal creamer is good as new, a standing clothing rack is distressed just so. Anything not bolted down — from the red cow skin rug to the antler coat hanger — is up for sale.

Japanese raw denim jeans, French rubber riding boots (we’re obsessed!), rubber lock key chains, and home toiletries are so special that you might be convinced that this gift giving thing is, well, in your blood.

Bloodline, 46 Hester Street, between Ludlow and Essex Streets (212-533-4243).