16 Cool Stores in Los Angeles for Out-of-the-Box Wedding Registries

By Danielle Directo-Meston Jun 5, 2015, 2:30pm PDT

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By Danielle Directo-Meston Jun 5, 2015, 2:30pm PDT

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Toasters and blenders are so passé. Instead of using this gifting free-for-all to ask for kitchen appliances you probably will never use, why not fill your happy new home with functional—or at the very least, stylish—things from some of LA's coolest boutiques?

From minimalist-cool kitchenware at Tortoise to luxe decor by Cali design star Kelly Wearstler, below are 16 shops to consider for your registry that aren't department stores.—Additional reporting by Ashley Tibbits

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Amoeba Music

Music-loving couples can set the tune for a blissful life together by registering at LA's favorite music shop. Stop by the Hollywood store to whip up your wish list.

6400 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028

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Huset

This go-to for Scandinavian design offers an online gift registry. Both the shop and site are filled with homewares ranging from furniture to lighting, textiles, dining and kitchen accessories, as well as clothing, bags, jewelry and kid's items. Here, you will surely find distinctive items that you and your betrothed will love.

1316 1/2 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

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The best design and furniture stores in LA, mapped

Ten Thousand Villages

To fill your home with unique, handmade pieces with a story behind them, register at Ten Thousand Villages. The non-profit, fair trade boutique is stocked with home decor items, jewelry, art, textiles and tabletop pieces all made by artisans from around the world. Know that your feel-good gifts will help a good cause as proceeds improve the quality of life of the very artisans who crafted them. Create your registry online or in-store.

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567 S Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

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TENOVERSIX

Fashionable clothes, shoes and accessories fill this artful boutique. Pay the shop a visit to fill you and your fianc&eacte;'s wish list with covetable designer duds from the likes of Acne, Alexander Wang, and Vena Cava.

8425 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069

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New Stone Age

For an eclectic mix of unusual gifts and accessories register at retro-chic home decor haven New Stone Age. Their team will assist discerning couples in filling their wish list with items from their carefully-curated collection of home goods, handmade jewelry and other treasures.

8407 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048

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Des Kohan

Des Kohan's wedding registry offers a selection of vintage and antique home accessories, including vases crafted by LA artisan Kelly Lamb, as well as custom wedding bands. As an insider perk for their clientele, the high-end boutique also crafts bespoke bridal gowns by teaming up with designers such as Juan Carlos Obando, who personally provides original sketches.

671 S Cloverdale Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Heath Ceramics

Offered both online and in-store Heath Ceramics' gift registry boasts beautifully designed home accessories and well-crafted tablewares that will serve as daily reminders of your special day.

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7525 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, California

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Maison Midi

Add charm to your home with French-style home accents and furniture by registering at American Rag Cie's adjoining little sister store, Maison Midi. This quaint, yet chic interior decor shop stocks pretty pieces for your kitchen, living room and outdoor patio. Register in-store or online here.

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148 S LA Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Z Gallerie

Z Gallerie, known for its stylish and sleek mirrored furnishings, is a wildly popular go-to for home decor goods. From furniture for every room to bedding, rugs, tabletop items and jewelry boxes, they've got it all. Add your favorite finds to your wish list on their online-only registry.

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422 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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Alchemy Works

Although this Arts District gallery/shop/event space doesn't offer an official online registry or gift card options, store staff will gladly help wedding guests to pick the perfect present for their favorite bohemian-modern couple. Due to the one-of-the-kind nature of its inventory (the shop stocks a variety of vintage finds alongside locally-designed textiles, limited-edition art, and more) it can be tricky to curate an in-store list for guests to choose from, but the boutique is still open to working with soon-to-be-wed shoppers depending on their needs.

880 E. 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA

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Kelly Wearstler Flagship

Known for infusing some of the most stylish Stateside hotels with her raw and refined aesthetic, the Cali design powerhouse offers her range of luxury objets d'art, statement-making furniture, wallpaper, textiles, and more luxe lifestyle goods. If you can't hole up forever in Wearstler-designed staycation spots like SaMo's Viceroy or Beverly Hills's Avalon Hotel, why not deck out your and your SO's abode like one? Create a registry online here, or pay a visit to the store to work directly with staff.

8440 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069

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Also featured in:

The best design and furniture stores in LA, mapped

Tortoise General Store

Pretty much LA's very own indie Muji, this modern Japanese home goods boutique on Abbot Kinney is filled with minimalist kitchenware, textiles, decor, and tea and coffee accoutrements for even the most advanced caffeinated couples. Try not to add one of everything to your wedding registry (available online here and be sure to make your way out the back into Tortoise, the boutique's sister shop that offers handmade vases and art by talents both local and abroad. [Photo]

1208 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

Visit Website

Also featured in:

The best design and furniture stores in LA, mapped

A + R La Brea

Adorn your new abode with charmingly bright modern furnishings by registering at this color-happy emporium. Select homewares from their well-edited, carefully-sourced collection, which includes everything from furniture to kitchen necessities, tabletop essentials, office goods, lighting, rugs, jewelry and much more. Craft your wishlist here. [Photo]

171 S. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Registry & Atelier: Broome St. General Store

Located just across the street from one our favorite Silver Lake spots, Broome Street General Store, this high-end homewares boutique that shares the same owners is more edited, focused, and exclusive than its sister store. Judiciously stocked with such items as Mud Australia porcelain goods (a demitasse cup and saucer goes for $63 but dang they're pretty!), Mauviel copper and stainless cookware, and Artiga pillows, the shop currently operates as both a standard retail space (for walk in customers) as well as a venue for private gift registry selection by appointment. [Photo: Ashley Tibbits]

2945 Rowena Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90039

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REI

If "cool" and "contemporary" are words you'd use to describe your taste, consider registering with this eclectic boutique where you'll find modernist designed kitchen wares and decorative items and the coolest cookbooks (among other gadgets and goodies) to get your domestic new lives off to a great start. The shop (which also has a Silver Lake location) allows for gift registry on their website here. [Photo]

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402 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

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Skylight Books

For literary couples, toaster ovens and hand mixers might not be nearly as desirable as getting a fully stocked library to celebrate their union. For that sort, one of LA's best independent book stores offers a unique solution. Sign up for an account via their website and create a wish list by browsing inventory and simply clicking the "wish list" option for each item you covet. Guests are able to search your selection without having to sign up for membership. [Photo]

1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

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Amoeba Music

6400 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028

Music-loving couples can set the tune for a blissful life together by registering at LA's favorite music shop. Stop by the Hollywood store to whip up your wish list.

6400 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028

Visit Website

Huset

1316 1/2 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

This go-to for Scandinavian design offers an online gift registry. Both the shop and site are filled with homewares ranging from furniture to lighting, textiles, dining and kitchen accessories, as well as clothing, bags, jewelry and kid's items. Here, you will surely find distinctive items that you and your betrothed will love.

1316 1/2 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

Visit Website

Ten Thousand Villages

567 S Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

To fill your home with unique, handmade pieces with a story behind them, register at Ten Thousand Villages. The non-profit, fair trade boutique is stocked with home decor items, jewelry, art, textiles and tabletop pieces all made by artisans from around the world. Know that your feel-good gifts will help a good cause as proceeds improve the quality of life of the very artisans who crafted them. Create your registry online or in-store.

Open in Google Maps

567 S Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

Visit Website

TENOVERSIX

8425 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Fashionable clothes, shoes and accessories fill this artful boutique. Pay the shop a visit to fill you and your fianc&eacte;'s wish list with covetable designer duds from the likes of Acne, Alexander Wang, and Vena Cava.

8425 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Visit Website

New Stone Age

8407 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048

For an eclectic mix of unusual gifts and accessories register at retro-chic home decor haven New Stone Age. Their team will assist discerning couples in filling their wish list with items from their carefully-curated collection of home goods, handmade jewelry and other treasures.

8407 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Visit Website

Des Kohan

671 S Cloverdale Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Des Kohan's wedding registry offers a selection of vintage and antique home accessories, including vases crafted by LA artisan Kelly Lamb, as well as custom wedding bands. As an insider perk for their clientele, the high-end boutique also crafts bespoke bridal gowns by teaming up with designers such as Juan Carlos Obando, who personally provides original sketches.

671 S Cloverdale Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Visit Website

Heath Ceramics

7525 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, California

Offered both online and in-store Heath Ceramics' gift registry boasts beautifully designed home accessories and well-crafted tablewares that will serve as daily reminders of your special day.

Open in Google Maps

7525 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, California

Visit Website

Maison Midi

148 S LA Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Add charm to your home with French-style home accents and furniture by registering at American Rag Cie's adjoining little sister store, Maison Midi. This quaint, yet chic interior decor shop stocks pretty pieces for your kitchen, living room and outdoor patio. Register in-store or online here.

Open in Google Maps

148 S LA Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Visit Website

Z Gallerie

422 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Z Gallerie, known for its stylish and sleek mirrored furnishings, is a wildly popular go-to for home decor goods. From furniture for every room to bedding, rugs, tabletop items and jewelry boxes, they've got it all. Add your favorite finds to your wish list on their online-only registry.

Open in Google Maps

422 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Visit Website

Alchemy Works

880 E. 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA

Although this Arts District gallery/shop/event space doesn't offer an official online registry or gift card options, store staff will gladly help wedding guests to pick the perfect present for their favorite bohemian-modern couple. Due to the one-of-the-kind nature of its inventory (the shop stocks a variety of vintage finds alongside locally-designed textiles, limited-edition art, and more) it can be tricky to curate an in-store list for guests to choose from, but the boutique is still open to working with soon-to-be-wed shoppers depending on their needs.

880 E. 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA

Visit Website

Kelly Wearstler Flagship

8440 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Known for infusing some of the most stylish Stateside hotels with her raw and refined aesthetic, the Cali design powerhouse offers her range of luxury objets d'art, statement-making furniture, wallpaper, textiles, and more luxe lifestyle goods. If you can't hole up forever in Wearstler-designed staycation spots like SaMo's Viceroy or Beverly Hills's Avalon Hotel, why not deck out your and your SO's abode like one? Create a registry online here, or pay a visit to the store to work directly with staff.

8440 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Visit Website

Tortoise General Store

1208 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

Pretty much LA's very own indie Muji, this modern Japanese home goods boutique on Abbot Kinney is filled with minimalist kitchenware, textiles, decor, and tea and coffee accoutrements for even the most advanced caffeinated couples. Try not to add one of everything to your wedding registry (available online here and be sure to make your way out the back into Tortoise, the boutique's sister shop that offers handmade vases and art by talents both local and abroad. [Photo]

1208 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

Visit Website

A + R La Brea

171 S. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Adorn your new abode with charmingly bright modern furnishings by registering at this color-happy emporium. Select homewares from their well-edited, carefully-sourced collection, which includes everything from furniture to kitchen necessities, tabletop essentials, office goods, lighting, rugs, jewelry and much more. Craft your wishlist here. [Photo]

171 S. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Visit Website

Registry & Atelier: Broome St. General Store

2945 Rowena Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90039

Located just across the street from one our favorite Silver Lake spots, Broome Street General Store, this high-end homewares boutique that shares the same owners is more edited, focused, and exclusive than its sister store. Judiciously stocked with such items as Mud Australia porcelain goods (a demitasse cup and saucer goes for $63 but dang they're pretty!), Mauviel copper and stainless cookware, and Artiga pillows, the shop currently operates as both a standard retail space (for walk in customers) as well as a venue for private gift registry selection by appointment. [Photo: Ashley Tibbits]

2945 Rowena Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90039

Visit Website

REI

402 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

If "cool" and "contemporary" are words you'd use to describe your taste, consider registering with this eclectic boutique where you'll find modernist designed kitchen wares and decorative items and the coolest cookbooks (among other gadgets and goodies) to get your domestic new lives off to a great start. The shop (which also has a Silver Lake location) allows for gift registry on their website here. [Photo]

Open in Google Maps

402 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Visit Website

Skylight Books

1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

For literary couples, toaster ovens and hand mixers might not be nearly as desirable as getting a fully stocked library to celebrate their union. For that sort, one of LA's best independent book stores offers a unique solution. Sign up for an account via their website and create a wish list by browsing inventory and simply clicking the "wish list" option for each item you covet. Guests are able to search your selection without having to sign up for membership. [Photo]

1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Visit Website