The CSH Festive Gift Guide 2021 – for the home

Today it’s time for my second festive gift guide of the season (you can see the first for the little ones in your life here). This time I’ve found 25 beautiful, considered and useful objects for the simple home.

From soft 100% linen textiles and handcrafted ceramics to superfine lambswool blankets and soothing botanical scents, these are all thoughtful finds for your loved ones and their interiors. Whether it’s a chopping board or a teapot, these may be objects they can use everyday, but each has something special about it; whether it’s the shape, the design or the love and craft with which it has been made. Hopefully they’re things that can ‘wow’ on opening, but endure with use and time. I know they can as I have a couple of these items in my own home! These are brands I go back to time and time again for their aesthetic and quality, from my much-loved Artek stool to my favourite Wildsmith hand wash that I put on my gift guides every year.

I hope you enjoy my festive gift guide for the simple home. I know this time of year can be a bit overwhelming, especially with the push of the dreaded Black Friday (I know it leaves a funny taste in my mouth), so if anything I hope you take this as inspiration for a considered home. I for one love the pairing of muted olive green, monochrome checks, streamlined stripes and warm wood.

1. Black checked cotton canvas napkin handmade in the UK, £19, Another Country [ad – affiliate link]
2. Sort Of Coal Bincho Teapot, £110, Another Country [ad – affiliate link]
3. Green and white small salad bowl by Henry Holland Studio, £76, was £95, Liberty of London [ad – affiliate link]
4. Laurier 62 candle by Le Labo, £51.30, Liberty of London [ad – affiliate link]
5. Oiled oak cutting board, £29, Arket [ad – affiliate link]
6. Ferm Living oven glove, £19, Not Another Bill [ad – affiliate link]
7. Minimalista: Your step-by-step guide to a better home wardrobe and life by Shira Gill, published by Mitchell Beazley, £16.99, Amazon [ad – affiliate link]
8. Wild Berry & Bramble Townhouse Collection diffuser in a hand-finished porcelain vessel, £120, Jo Malone London [ad – affiliate link]
9. Letterpress printed matches, £7, Object Story
10. Istros room spray by Aesop, £40, Selfridges [ad – affiliate link]
11. Still mouth blown glasses by Ferm Living, set of two, £25, Map Stores via Trouva [ad – affiliate link]
12. Striped 100% linen tea towels by Goscandi, set of two, £22, Form Lifestyle Store
13. Minimalist hand-thrown black candelabra by Studio Brae, £65, Artists and Objects
14. Coriander and thyme soap and wavy ceramic dish gift set, £28, Soho Home
15. Handmade ceramic black splatter mug designed by At Claire’s House, £29, Trouva [ad – affiliate link]
16. Aarke Carbonator 3 sparkling water maker, £159, John Lewis & Partners [ad – affiliate link]
17. Scandi Rustic by Rebecca Lawson and Reena Simon, £17.77, Amazon [ad – affiliate link]
18. Fog Linen brass pasta measurer, £16, Tea and Kate
19. Dovetail Birch and Charcoal blanket, knitted and hand-finished in Scotland from 100% superfine Lambswool, £150, Hilary Grant
20. Toppu mini striped handmade ceramic bowl, £46.50, OYOY Living
21. Hand wash & lotion biocompostable gift set, £50, Wildsmith [I work with Wildsmith]
22. Olive green dinner candle set, £7.65, St. Eval
23. Monthly flower subscription, from £20, Bloom & Wild
24. Stool 60 by Alvar Aalto for Artek, £224, Heal’s
25. Long clear Ripple glasses by Ferm Living, set of four, £48, Map Stores via Trouva [ad – affiliate link]