Editorial Director Caroline Williamson returns this week for our Take 5 series where she includes a dreamy Bode coat + a happy tissue box.

Every other week we?re inviting one of the Design Milk team to share five personal favorites ? an opportunity for each of us to reveal the sort of designs we use and appreciate in our own lives from a more personal perspective. Editorial Director Caroline Williamson returns this week for our Take 5 series?

1. I’ve been staring at this Black Coverlet Coat from Bode for the last couple of months now having an internal dialogue that vacillates between “I want it!” and “I need it!” Yes, I have plenty of coats but that textured geometric pattern makes my heart dance and my fingers want to reach out and touch it.
2. I have no fewer than five tissue boxes scattered throughout 700 square feet because, well, allergies. The patterns on the boxes make me cringe (It’s 2021, can someone get on designing new ones"!) so when I received this Everybody Tissue Box by Dusen Dusen for Areaware as a Christmas present, I was thrilled. The striped faces in multiple colors make grabbing tissues so much more delightful. I only need four more to cover the rest of the ugly boxes…

3. I download the monthly Designer Desktops we feature every month for my various tech devices but sometimes I mix it up and go for something super minimalist, like these Dieter Rams Wallpapers. You can download them ...