The Scout

From Urban Outfitters, www.urbanoutfitters.com: A 6-inch tree that plugs into a USB port and changes colors ($10).  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Also from Urban Outfitters, www.urbanoutfitters.com, a grow-your-own 8-inch Chia Pet-style tree ($9.99).  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Another Urban Outfitters option: A 6-inch tree that plugs into a USB port and changes colors ($10).  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

A favorite of residential decorators, including Madeline Stuart and Joe Nye, the San Francisco antique atelier Habité has opened a Los Angeles showroom at 145 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 692-0023; www.habite.com.

“It’s a little more 20th century French and Continental design,” says Kimberly Denman, partner in the venture with Habité founder Laurent Rebuffel.  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

The inventory at Habité covers a range of styles, including sleek leather and rosewood lounge chairs by Brazilian designer Sergio Rodrigues. Pictured: 1960s neo-Baroque bronze dining chairs.  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Habité represents the work of sculptor Adam P. Gale, who creates mirrored bronze pieces such as this $3,750 piece with a steel base.  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

There is a large selection of white bisque porcelain items at Habité, including a lamp by Kaiser that has a fossilized appearance, $2,600 for a pair, and a 1960s Kaiser vase with a petrified wood pattern, $375.  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

An Italian oak armoire, circa 1960, has a neoclassical inlaid wood pattern. It is part of a matching pair that sells for $39,000 at Habité.  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Kimberly Denman, a co-owner of Habité, demonstrates the mechanism on a 1940s French cocktail cabinet made from mahogany and bronze, which is priced at $16,500. The Solomonic pillar nearby is a 17th century Continental piece, priced at $18,500 a pair.  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)