Amy Sedaris. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Amy Sedaris is particular about her stuff. So particular, in fact, that when the Strategist site launched in 2016, her distinct kind of particular-ness when it came to shopping was discussed as one of our many inspirations for what the site could be. So when I visited her stuffed-to-the-brim one bedroom on a recent afternoon, it was not much of a surprise to find a Venn diagram of most every type of thing the Strategist covers: from surprising things that have multiple uses (the drugstore laxative she uses to steam her pores), to the relatively unexciting items she is determinedly specific about (she uses Heavy Duty Scotch Shipping Packing Tape — if it’s not heavy duty, she’ll, in her words, “have a meltdown”), to the useful and singular (like the Renova pink paper towels her brother David brings her back from London), to the decidedly useless but no less specific (like her plaster — not plastic — fake Cornish Hen).

The important thing is that no object in Sedaris’s house carries less significance than the other: each, from her box of small hats (labeled “Small Hats”) to the five real-hair wigs shelved in her bedroom, is a revered piece of her carefully curated, eccentric ecosystem. Below, some 50 of those items.

Accessories

Adam Selman Printed Ribbed Cotton-Blend Socks $35 now 69% off $11 I’m best friends with Adam Selman, and he makes these tube socks, which I’m completely obsessed with. The quality is so nice and cushion-y and thin. Plus, the initials of his company is A.S.S., which is printed on the ankle of these. So I’ve been sending them to assholes lately. $11 at Net-A-Porter Buy

Crafting Tools

Coloring Book $15 Photo: Creative Growth Creative Growth, an art studio in Oakland for adults with developmental disabilities, put together this coloring book of the artists’ drawings. $15 at Creative Growth Buy

Spangler Dum-Dum Pops $11 Photo: AmySedaris/Instagram I sell lighters wrapped in Dum-Dums lollipop wrappers. After I finish, I take a picture, then throw them out. $11 at Target Buy

Jade 403 PVA Adhesive From $7 Photo: Talas This is the best glue for if you’re decoupaging, and you don’t want it to gum up. I like to think of it as a little hidden secret. From $7 at Talas Buy

Beauty Things

Bedding

Kitchen Things

Home Repair

Heavy Duty Metal Wall Brackets $23 now 13% off $20 Photo: Courtesy of Vendor I have an abundance of L brackets, so I can put up shelves to hold all my stuff. Straight guys love L brackets. Every time a straight guy comes over he says, “I wish you had some L brackets, so I could help you put up some shelves.” And I say, “well I have an abundance of L brackets!” $20 at Amazon Buy $20 at Amazon Buy

Décor

Mini Straw Hat $2 Photo: Kutimall/Etsy My small box of small hats says small hats on it. I also have two boxes filled with googly eyes: one fancy, one not. $2 at Etsy Buy

Drowsy Tiger Rug $145 Photo: John Derian Company Inc I bought the tiger rug in my bedroom at John Derian. It sits at the foot of my bed. $145 at Collyer’s Mansion Buy

100% Pure Beeswax Candles From $89 Photo: Autom I get my beeswax candles from a church-supply site. Greek Orthodox churches have the most beautiful candles, so I figured a church supply website would be the place to go. I was right. From $89 at Church Supply Warehouse Buy

Doll Wigs $11 Photo: Vintagebarbies/Ebay I also have a large collection of doll wigs. This one looks like a mole. $11 at eBay Buy

Ugly Face Jug Photo: Courtesy of Vendor Rebecca Morgan did a lot of pieces for my TV show, and she made this little ugly jug, which sits on my bookshelf. Buy at Asya Geisberg Gallery Buy

Santa Maria Novella Cardboard Gift Box $4 I’m obsessed with empty boxes, it’s the one thing I want to change about myself but cannot. When we were doing Sex and the City, I used to ask Sarah Jessica for her boxes, because she had amazing ones from Manolo and Hermès. Santa Maria Novella boxes are really good. They’re the perfect size for, say, a dead mouse. $4 at eBay Buy

Stuff for Tina the Rabbit

Green Giant Sweet Fixin’s Julienned Carrots $4 Photo: B&G Foods These are a big extravagance for Tina. I call them her french fries. She rarely gets them, because it’s too much sugar. She also occasionally eats a tiny raisin, and in the morning, she gets half a banana slice. She’s a lucky rabbit. $4 at Instacart Buy

Gifts

Kryolan Tear Stick $4 Photo: Fritz Heisterkamp/Copyright:KRYOLAN GmbH-Fritz Heisterkamp If you put this Kryolan under your eye, you automatically cry. I gift it to teens, because it’s just a blast to use. $4 at Kryolan Buy

Fakes

Sapporo Tumbler $34 Photo: Courtesy of Vendor I bought this frosty fake beer in the restaurant district in Tokyo. I got four, but I really should have gotten more. $34 at Maiduru Buy

* A version of this article appears in the April 29, 2019, issue of New York Magazine. Subscribe Now!

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