Home & Living

Skip the novelty mugs. These are the coffee gifts that survive past January, from a decent scale to a genuinely good filter.

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Buy once, season forever. These are the pans and pots worth gifting, plus the two you should not give to a beginner.

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Stonewashed, garment-dyed, 100% French flax. We decoded the marketing and tested six sets for a year.

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A candle is the default gift for a reason, and the reason is usually that it is boring. Here are the ones that are not.

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Everyone has the appliance. Almost nobody has the accessories that make it useful. These are the eight pieces that earn their place.

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Skip the globes and the novelty ice moulds. These eight pieces are what a real home bar uses every weekend.

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Engraved, embroidered, printed: we ordered twelve personalised home gifts and ranked them by how they looked in a real room.

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A good throw is the most reliable home gift there is. These nine, from wool to waffle cotton, earned a permanent spot on the sofa.

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Most kitchen gadgets are single-use clutter. These eleven get used weekly, and each one replaces something worse.

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Six gift picks, one email a week.