FOR KANTHA PILLOWS AND UGANDAN BASKETS

401–3 Tompkins Ave., Bedford-Stuyvesant; peaceandriot.com

owned by couple Achuziam Maha-Sanchez and Lionel Sanchez, Brooklyn and Bronx natives respectively, Peace + Riot’s selection is inspired by the owners’ African and Caribbean heritages. “Everything in this shop feels thoughtfully chosen—I’ve had my eye on these baskets from Uganda for weeks and need to get one before they are gone,” says Janine Biunno, archivist at the Noguchi Museum. (Also currently for sale: handwoven cotton and wool kilim poufs for $369, Kantha pillows made from upcycled sari fabric for $65, a wood bead chandelier for $399, and striped seagrass baskets for $118.) “It’s my go-to gift shop, pick-me-up shop, browsebecause-I-am-bored shop —it just feels good in there.”