We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs.
Gifting season has arrived. In giddy anticipation, we spend months ferreting away the shiniest objects we see to share with you come this time of year. It’s a little like putting together the most glorious puzzle, seeking out the exact right piece to fit snugly in with our other favorites. Among our 75 picks are small luxuries like pewter knife rests and orchid-shaped candles; block-printed tablecloths and slip-cast ceramic bakeware; and a few highly-giftable Domino Good Design Award winners, too. Whether you’re looking to give something affordable and darling ($18 vegan leather bookmarks, perhaps?) or unapologetically posh like designer Danish slippers, there’s a present here for your favorite people. We know because we want them all for ourselves.
To Wear Effortlessly
Justine Menard Hair Clip Set
Much like her jewelry, Justine Menard’s hair clips appear ethereal and delicate, but they’re made from hardy borosilicate glass.
Clare V. Le Tabac Clutch
Oh la la: This Clare V. clutch is a two-in-one style. Use it as a wallet in a larger tote, or take it out on its own—it has enough room for your phone, keys, ID, credit card, a little cash, and lip gloss.
Déhanche Hollyhock Belt
All the statement you need to pair with a simple tee and jeans, this suede style from Déhanche brings a little Western vibe along with it.
Completedworks Necklace
Hand-crafted with vibrant chalcedony beads, this Completedworks necklace is as timeless as it is on trend. Gift it with a classic button-down for extra punch.
Alex Mill Cashmere Scarf
The pull-through construction of this knitted scarf keeps things tidy; there are four soft colors to choose from, but we like the cheerful thistle hue.
Hudson Grace Packable Raffia Tote
This 100 percent raffia bag is the foundation for so many outings—beach time, picnics, a market visit. And it’ll only look better over time.
Kvadrat x Raf Simons Slippers
We’ve long been admirers of Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons’s collaboration with Danish upholstery brand Kvadrat, and these luxe slippers in his Ria 2 fabric let you wear it.
Hansel from Basel Googly Crew Socks
Hansel from Basel makes all sorts of socks in fun patterns. Behold, this artsy gingham with transparent cut-outs.
B.B. Wallace Irwin Wool Mittens
This pair of lovely wool mittens comes from B.B. Wallace, Meryll Rogge’s knitwear brand (Rogge is currently the creative director at Marni).
Serviette Discovery Scent Set
Serviette’s scents are a little subversive, a lot intriguing; we’re fans of Byronic Hero, the brand’s brooding take on rose oud.
To Stay In and Relax
Parachute Cocoon Robe
Dark winter mornings are much less daunting when you have what is essentially a wearable duvet waiting for you.
Ferm Living Hot Water Bottle Cover
What’s more luxurious than pre-warming your bed with a hot water bottle, especially when it’s wrapped in soft cotton finished with mother of pearl buttons.
Casa Bosques Chocolate Book Cake
A bad day has nothing on this “book.” Its marbled paper and binding? Dark chocolate. The inner pages? Decadent hazelnut feuilletine.
Raazi Tea Herbal Gift Set
Gift a sweet teapot with this trio of caffeine-free teas complete with a wee ceramic dish for holding sachets post-steeping.
D.S. & Durga Amber Antiquity Candle
This sultry alternative to the ubiquitous evergreen-scented winter candle has notes of desert juniper, resin, and amber.
MG&Co. Matchbox Sleeve
You’ll never feel more elegant than when you pull out a match from a brass box engraved with your initials.
Nook Home Candle Snuffer
Yes, you could simply blow out your candles. But wouldn’t you rather use a glass flower snuffer like you’re in a real-life fairytale?
Commune Design Playing Cards
Sporting hand-drawings of native wildflowers printed on linen with gilded edges, this set of playing cards doubles as decor.
To Entertain in Style
ARC Matí Cup
A mighty little cup that can do just about anything: be a home to your morning coffee, a vessel for afternoon tea, and a place to pour a martini into at cocktail hour.
Studio Ford Marquise Tablecloth
Studio Ford’s latest collection is inspired by costume patterns and set illustrations from early 20th century avant-garde theater. This pattern, Marquise, is lively and festive enough for special occasions but just as suited to a quiet breakfast.
Heather Taylor Home x Domino Stripe Placemat
A set of scalloped placemats from our Heather Taylor Home collab will bring a smile to any host’s face.
Roman and Williams Dessert Plate
Roman and Williams’s Arita Ware collection snagged a Good Design Award this year, and each piece is a bonafide heirloom. They’ll keep it forever.
Nickey Kehoe Pewter Knife Rests
Who wouldn’t want to style a table with this set of pewter knife rests in the shape of six different animals?
Soil to Studio Block-Printed Napkin Set
Soil to Studio took inspiration from vintage quilts for this napkin set, which weaves delicate floral through a grid of checks.
Classiky x Noda Horo Soup Spoon
For all the soup lovers out there: enamel-coated steel spoons that would make slurping homemade ramen that much more joyful.
LaDoubleJ Disk Coasters
Protect their nicest coffee table with these floral and striped coasters from maximalist master LaDoubleJ.
Simone Bodmer Turner Pickle Plate
Yes, you can serve pickles on this Simone Bodmer Turner creation, but it could also be home to any number of other appetizers or tiny sweets.
Yoshi Matcha Liqueur
Make a matcha martini their house drink—gift this bottle along with a shaker and glass set and you’re in business.
Soho Home Ice Bucket
Calacatta Viola is a go-to marble for stone in interior projects, so naturally it looks good as a ice bucket, too.
E&S Imports Marble Footed Glassware
Cool glassware will thrill even the most practical giftee, and these green marbled beauties will elevate the table from noon to night.
Maison Flaneur Napkin Rings
There’s something so dreamy about this set of napkin rings, made with 24-carat gold in Paris. The different symbols can stand in for placecards.
The Ark Elements Serving Bowl
Dress up salads and sides with this woven serving dish—it has a removable (and washable!) glass insert.
To Decorate Like a Pro
The Layered Home by Benjamin Reynaert
Former Domino style director Benjamin Reynaert put all his ideas into a book that features tips and tricks from homes with that lived-in feel we all covet.
Reed Smythe & Company Wine Rinser
While traditionally used to clear wine glasses in between courses, these handblown rinsers happen to be perfect for holding a low arrangement of flowers.
Joon Loloi Table Lamp
Instead of getting the bibliophile in your life a stack of new novels, consider a table lamp to aid in their late-night reading marathons.
McGee & Co. Pewter Tray
Crafted in Italy from solid pewter, and bearing the maker’s stamp to prove its authenticity, this well-crafted tray is really a gift for future generations to come.
This Oak House by Annie Meyers-Shyer
Any friend with a thing for soft cream walls and linen slipcovered furniture will want to know how Annie Meyers-Shyer, former fashion editor and daughter of director Nancy Meyers, nails the laidback California aesthetic in her own home.
Building Block Etc. Soap Dish
This sculptural soap dish can live on the countertop or inside the shower, depending on whether you separate the crescent-shaped top from the rectangular base or not.
Charlotte Perriand: The Art of Dwelling by Multiple Authors
The design geek in your life will devour this comprehensive monograph, which features previously unpublished material from Charlotte Perriand’s Paris archive.
Lulu and Georgia x Heidi Caillier Vase
Score bonus points with your giftee by letting them know that Heidi Caillier, the collaborator behind this whimsical ceramic vase, designed Kendall Jenner’s mountain home.
Motte Studio Taper Candle
For the friend that finds fresh flowers fussy, we present to you a taper candle adorned with a delicate wax bloom.
Inner Child Picture Frame Ornament
The simplest photo will look lively inside this mini picture frame that’s crafted using classic marbling techniques. P.S. there’s a satin ribbon on top so you can immediately hang it on your tree or wreath.
West Elm x Pierce & Ward Stripe Pillow
You don’t have to know the ins and outs of someone’s style to present them with a throw pillow, especially one that’s swathed in timeless stripes and created by the duo behind Pierce & Ward.
To Cook More Fabulously
East Fork Oval Baker
East Fork Pottery’s brand new oval baker with integrated ceramic handles will be the workhorse of the kitchen. It’s big enough for roast chicken dinners, pot roasts, and the mightiest gratin you can manage. If you want to go smaller, there’s a medium size, too.
Divine Miss M & Flora Apron
This verdant apron is designed to gather herbs and other cuttings from the garden, but it’d wear in a very stylish way while cooking a lovely brunch.
Olive Ateliers Spud Basket
The humble potato deserves more than a plastic bag. This rattan design from Olive Ateliers gives them a nice spot to rest; it’s a conversation starter to boot.
Anthropologie x Molly Yeh Salt Cellar
Cookbook author and Food Network star Molly Yeh designed this barn-shaped salt cellar for her Anthropologie line—it’s both modern and farmhouse appropriate.
The Honey Department Tube of Honey
Sourced from wildflower and mesquite blossom varieties in Central Mexico, this naturally smooth raw honey is the perfect match for morning yogurt and toast or for cocktail hour charcuterie. Plus, the tube container means there’s no mess nor sticky spoon to contend with.
Essentially Basque: Bringing Spanish Cooking Home by Ryan Bartlow and Laurie Woolever
Basque cooking is all about the quality of your ingredients—the tinned fish, olive oil, shrimp, paprika. This book, from longtime Anthony Bourdain collaborator Laurie Woolever and chef Ryan Bartlow, shines a light on the unfussy yet utterly flavorful cuisine.
Hightide Book Stand
Gift this steel book stand together with a new cookbook and your present is complete. (It also keeps an iPad upright.)
Alessi Espresso Maker
A fresh moka pot style from Italian stalwart Alessi is always a good idea—this one is inspired by a screw; the colors are versatile enough to please any coffee lover in your life.
Josh Pond Wild Blueberries
One of the best gifts to receive is a burst of summer fruit in the dead of winter. Josh Pond blueberries from Maine are a cult favorite—they’re picked at the height of the season and carefully frozen to lock in all that flavor.
Ban.do Measuring Spoon Set
Because even your measuring spoons should bring you joy.
Ya Albi Extra Virgin Olive Oil
The gorgeous bottle that this Palestinian olive oil comes in is just the start of why it makes a stand-out gift. The flavor is rich, robust, and peppery, and olives are sourced from thousand-year-old trees in the West Bank. Plus, 5% of every sale is donated to Palestinian charities.
Georgia: The Cookbook by Meriko Gubeladze and Benjamin Kemper
More than 75 delicious recipes are dispersed among transportive photography in this compendium of Georgian cooking, written by Tbilisi restaurateur and cooking show host Meriko Gubeladze and travel journalist Benjamin Kemper. It’s time to master khinkali.
To Habit Stack
Helen Levi Pill Buddy
Pill storage and water cup in one, this sweet ceramic flower makes it nearly impossible to forget to take your meds.
Braun BC22 Alarm Clock
Step one in attempting to wake up before the sun: a classic 1980s clock in an energy-boosting sunshine shade.
Loonen Still Spring Water
Microplastics, who? This year’s buzziest spring water is bottled in glass with a sanitized aluminum top to avoid as many of those pesky particles as possible.
Salomon for FP Movement Sneakers
Hiking made supremely stylish, courtesy of a Free People–exclusive sunset color palette.
Google Fitbit Air
Less in your face than a smart watch, Google’s screen-less Fitbit Air is now even more subtle thanks to this jewelry-like metal mesh band option. Don’t worry, it’s still tracking your steps, sleep, blood pressure, and more.
Lisa Corti Pitcher
For the tap water devotees: a swirly hand-blown glass carafe to make hydrating a little more enticing.
To Freshen Up
Kanaya Body Brush
An animal-hair body brush like this makes a bathroom look more spa-like, but you’ll enjoy its actual benefits (exfoliation, reducing inflammation) even more.
Kindred Black Body Bar
The shower staple you didn’t know you needed: a rough-cut soap bar made with ground tepezcohuite bark to gently wipe away dead skin cells.
Iris Hantverk Computer Brush
Cleaning out the nooks and crannies of a laptop with soft bristles is arguably more satisfying than getting a facial.
AKT London Body Wash Concentrate
Once you’re under the showerhead, you only need a teeny amount of this concentrated body wash in your hand to achieve a nice lather. Then, enjoy its mix of prebiotics, moisture-locking olive squalane, and vitamin E.
Diffar Multi Balm
While Japanese fragrance brand Diffar’s balm is ideal for anyone you know with a fresh hair cut (it’s great at shaping bobs!), it can also be melted in your hands and used like body oil.
Persons of Interest Shower Mist
The simplest way to elevate a shower routine is with a few spritzes of this spray that, once the steam rises, will fill the air with a mist of calming eucalyptus.
Maison Balzac Bathroom Set
Decant Maison Balzac’s Le Soir product into its playful amber Everything Bottle and guests will start asking where you got this cedar-and-tangerine hand wash.
To Keep Busy
Bergs Potter Self-Watering Planter
Finally, a self-watering planter that doesn’t look like one. The angular terracotta exterior hides a simple two-wick system that pulls H2O from the base into the soil above as needed.
Camp Snap Camcorder
When your camera is also your phone, staying present is pretty much impossible. The CS-8 looks and feels like an old-school camcorder—film-style footage, no playback screen—so you can capture moments big and small without getting distracted.
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Part mystery, part thought-provoking satire, this bestselling novel about a modern-day “tradwife” who has seemingly time-traveled back to the 1800s will keep you guessing until the very last page.
Cloth & Paper Magnetic Bookmarks
There’s no accidentally misplacing these vegan leather bookmarks, which magnetically snap over your pages.
YMC x Niwaki Higurashi Secateurs
Niwaki’s classic carbon-steel pruning shears—a must for a fledgling gardener—reimagined for the fashion set with crisp white vinyl handles.
Connections by The New York Times Games
New York Times puzzle editor Wyna Liu’s screen-free version of the newspaper’s weirdly addictive digital game, where you sort words based on common threads.
Underwater Weaving Studio Beginner Basket-Weaving Kit
You heard it here first: basket-weaving will be the next needlepoint. A tote fit for farmers market trips, errand runs, and, yes, lunch, is a great starter project.