The Top 20 Products Dwell Readers Bought in 2022

From linen bedding to toile wallpaper, here’s what your fellow design aficionados purchased in 2022

Dec 30, 2022 - 19:34
The Top 20 Products Dwell Readers Bought in 2022

From linen bedding to toile wallpaper, here’s what your fellow design aficionados purchased in 2022

Our readers are discerning aesthetes with a wide range of interests, and that diversity of thought is reflected in this list of the products you loved (and bought) this year. Good design is the glue that binds these products together, and you, dear reader, have excellent taste.

A good chair!

Medley Mota Chair

The Mota Chair will fit into any office or living room with its fully customizable appearance. This modern chair has a casual sophistication with a low, inviting deep frame. The perfection of this chair will make you want to sit for hours while relaxing. The proportions are slender, so it will fit perfectly with multiple other pieces in this line. Medley offers multiple options for the back pillow filling, bottom cushion filling, type of foam used, legs, and fabric.

A cheery cake stand that doubles as decor

Mosser Glass Cake Stand

This stand takes the cake. Throw the tea party of your dreams and bedeck this vintage-inspired stand with scallop-frosted cakes, sprinkle-covered cupcakes, and fruit-stuffed tarts. Each cake stand is made in Ohio at Mosser Glass, a family-owned company that uses decades-old glass molds and splashy colors to breathe new life into classic designs. Since each piece is hand-crafted, swirls and slight color variations are totally normal and actually make them extra one-of-a-kind.

A sofa for guests that is also nice enough for you

Interior Define Sloan Sleeper Sofa

Sloan strikes an ideal balance between sleek and soft. Take, for instance, the crisp lines of its track arm, which are offset by a subtle taper near the back. The Sloan custom sleeper sofa's design reflects a modern influence, yet is approachable and livable. It's no wonder it feels right in a variety of decors, whether modern or more traditional. Sloan's sit profile only adds to the universal appeal. With a medium height and depth, this sleeper sofa suits a range of body types. The layered cushion is soft, yet supportive, and can be upgraded for an extra-soft sit. The 5.5-inch thick mattress is topped with memory foam — don't be surprised if your guests (or you) sleep a little late.

An elegant table with leaves

Case Dulwich Extension Table

Since graduating from London’s Kingston Polytechnic in 1979, Matthew Hilton has built a following for his innovative furniture and lighting, with pieces held in the permanent collections of London’s Geffrye and Victoria & Albert Museums, among others. His Dulwich Extension Table (2016) - pronounced "dull-itch," just like its London neighbor Greenwich - is a masterclass in function and craft. The piece’s slender legs draw outward from the corners, maximizing user legroom, while details like mitered joints and visible through-tenons speak to its artistry. Finished with a solid-wood edge banding for durability, the tabletop has a locking steel mechanism that easily opens to accommodate the table’s additional leaves. The rectangular table is made in Malaysia (walnut) or Lithuania (oak), and the round one in Thailand.

Everybody loves linen!

Quince European Linen Sheet Set

Ethically woven from the finest French linen, our mid-weight linen sheets offer year-round luxury and will keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It's made from 100% French linen that is both crisp and breathable. Our heirloom-quality linen only gets softer over time.

A rug for all homes

The Citizenry Pari Area Rug

Clean lines, classic style. This plush wool area rug is a minimal centerpiece for any modern home. There’s nothing like a classic. Featuring a meticulously woven grid design and a soft, extra plush wool, this area rug instantly elevates the look of any space. Available in organic ecru or sand, each rug is a refreshing take on a timeless style.

What’s not to love about a warm indoor-outdoor shoe?

Greys The Outdoor Slipper Boot

Sliding into a pair of Greys slippers gives you the same satisfying feeling as a nice, steep pour of bourbon after a long day. A cozy wool blend keeps your feet nice and toasty, while the grippy rubber sole lets you take them beyond the bedroom—whether you’re venturing across the slippery kitchen floor or across the street to your local coffee shop. The shape is handsome enough to keep your neighbors from raising any eyebrows, while a thoughtful, stub-proof toe box keeps you from shouting expletives in public. Every pair is naturally moisture-wicking and odor-resistant, and comes with a leather pull-on tab to easily slip ‘em off (though we’re not sure why you’d ever want to).


Finally, a TV console that actually looks good

West Elm Slatted Media Console

With a dimensional front panel, the Slatted Media Console adds style and function to your living space. Two roomy compartments and four cord cutouts make it the perfect hiding place for everything from WiFi routers to TV cords.

A coffee table with some character

Urban Outfitters Isobel Coffee Table

Bring industrial aesthetics to your space with an artful interpretation with this concrete base UO-exclusive coffee table. Featuring an ovular glass tabletop set on a solid concrete base with a smooth top and brick patterned bottom for textural-cool appeal. This custom furniture piece will be made to order just for you. Two people recommended for assembly. Photo Courtesy of Urban Outfitters

Banish the overhead light once and for all

Rich Brilliant Willing Hoist Wall Sconce

The Hoist Wall Sconce was designed in 2017, and is made in USA. Playful yet durable, the Hoist Wall Sconce is a charming addition to any space. Mounted to the wall by a circular, aluminum backplate, this modern wall light features a steel shade and a frosted glass diffuser. The glass diffuser is fixed in the middle of the shade and conceals the LED light source. While a stunning fixture on its own, arrange this wall sconce in multiples of the same size or a combination of different sizes to create a dynamic lighting display that doubles as wall art. The Hoist Wall Sconce is an ideal fixture for adding diffused, ambient light in hallways, bathrooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, living rooms, and outdoor living spaces.

If you MUST have overhead lighting, might as well make sure it looks good!

Rich Brilliant Willing Mori Squash Pendant

Inspired by the silk cocoons spun by the Bombyx mori moth, the Rich Brilliant Willing Mori Squash LED Pendant is deep lantern shade glowing with warm light. Layers of fine nylon fibers are spray coated around the thin wire frame, forming a durable membrane that has a canvas-like quality.

It’s Shaker, but make it modern enough not to feel dusty

Ton Salt Chair

The compact footprint of this chair makes it a smart choice for cafes or just about anywhere you need to maximize seating. Its lack of ornamentation and unnecessary excess lends this timeless, Shaker-style chair a modern feel. Finished in a water-based opaque paint that really makes the chair’s profile pop, Salt is unpretentious, familiar, and made for everyday use.

Toile isn’t for everyone, but this is irresistible

Chasing Paper x Max Humphrey Cowboy Toile Wallpaper

The Chasing Paper x Max Humphrey collection features prints influenced by classic Americana motifs, updated with a modern perspective. Max’s design perspective is shaped by nostalgic memories of a vintage-influenced New England childhood home and filtered through a lens of his current home in the Pacific Northwest.

Good olive oil is a great thing to have

Séka Hills 2021 Gallon Arbequina Olive Oil

These estate olives were harvested and delivered immediately to our world-class Alpha Laval mill and is available in retail and foodservice packaging. Harmonious and versatile oil with layers of green and ripe fruit with balanced pepperiness, it is an ideal everyday oil, use for sautéing and baking, in salad dressings, marinades, and for dipping and drizzling.

You don’t have to put this pan away

Our Place Always Pan

Meet the cult-favorite, best-selling Always Pan. This do-it-all wonder is designed to replace 8 traditional pieces of cookware. Plus, it looks pretty good too.

An elegant chair that’s also good for the enivronment

Noho Move - Ironsand

Meet a chair that brings a new kind of comfort to everyday life with its unique versatility and dynamic, an earth-friendly design that enriches your home, your well-being, and our planet.

Give the Le Creuset a break

Great Jones Dutchess

Our enameled cast-iron Dutch oven moves gracefully from stove to oven to table. Cast iron is a champ at retaining heat, and the smooth enamel finish makes it easy to deglaze and clean. An oval shape gives ample space for browning and searing, and there’s a gentle curve from the bottom to the sides, which keeps food from getting stuck. Our roomy handles fit four fingers (and an oven mitt). The lid rests securely and won’t shimmy or shake. The interior is gray—light enough that you can see butter brown, but dark enough to hide stains. The Dutchess is sand-cast using fancy German machinery and then painted and fired not once, not twice, but three times to achieve a matte finish. You’ll love your curvy pot.

Good for shoes, mail, keys, spare change, and your phone, when you no longer wish to look at it

Open Spaces Entryway Rack

Turn organization into decor with a multi-use, three-tier rack that’s beautiful in any room.


Mauve! Mauve? Mauve...

Backdrop Jawbreaker Paint

A rosy mauve that lets you live your 90’s teen dream. It’s sweet but not saccharine—or boring. Nothing’s more timeless than a cult classic. Our premium interior water-based paint in Standard Finish is a highly desirable low-sheen, durable semi-matte. Standard Finish is made with an acrylic resin for maximum durability and optimized for self-priming, easy application, ultra-low odor, high pigmentation, quick drying times, and superior coverage.

Sleep well!

Parachute Cloud Cotton Quilt

Bring an alluring loftiness and elegance to your linens with this light and airy bedding essential, made of the finest 100% long-staple Turkish cotton and overstuffed for warmth. So soft and fluffy—you must feel it to believe it.

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