The Conran Shop (CLOSED)

Sir Terrence surprised New Yorkers when he vacated his 59th Street store in 2010 and shacked up with ABC Carpet & Home. For us, it's a boon: The new 8,500-square-foot store is easy to get to, and brimming with clean, green, mostly well-priced design objects that make moms and dads as happy as they do kids. A whimsical Bullseye Memo Board with colored magnets brings order to all of those nanny notes, and a Station Clock with kiwi-green digits and bold minute markers makes time-telling a snap.