Gifts for Home Decor Lovers & Home Cooks

Today’s post is dedicated to all my fellow home decor and design lovers! I’m focusing this gift guide on my favorite category: gifts for the home. I love gifting anything that makes life a little more beautiful and cozy.  

No matter who you’re buying for, you’ll find great gift ideas for all decorating styles and in all price ranges.  I’ve included affordable gifts for everyone on your list, including home decor lovers, home cooks, and DIYers.

With these ideas in hand, you’ll have most of the people on your gift list covered!  No lines, no struggle, and no guessing.  What could be easier?  See my page, Gifts for the Home, for a complete list of all these ideas and much more!

Gift Ideas for Home Decor Lovers

1. Throws and Throw Blankets

Throws are the perfect gift for everyone, because who doesn’t love cozying up on the sofa?  Right now, fur throws and teddy throws are super popular–and this is the best time to find them on sale! 

Pottery Barn is an amazing source for throws–and they’re almost always marked down. 

If you’re buying for someone else, I suggest choosing one in a neutral color so it will work anywhere in their home. 

Here are a few ideas:

2. Coffee Table Books

Coffee table books might be my favorite gift to give (and receive!).  Everyone has a few coffee tables, shelves, and console tables in their house that need a little love. 

Not only are they beautiful to look at, they’re inspiring and a great conversation piece!  Beautiful cookbooks are also wonderful gifts to display in the kitchen. 

Again, my main suggestion with coffee table books is to choose books with neutral covers and spines in white, black or tan.

Here are a few favorites:

3. Gifts for Home Cooks

If you have someone on your gift list who really loves to cook, anything that makes their time in the kitchen easier, handier, or tastier is always appreciated. 

I don’t recommend giving appliances, cookware, etc., to people who cook every day but don’t necessarily enjoy cooking.  Then it becomes a practical gift, rather than something that excites them.

This category lends itself to wonderful gift combinations:  perhaps a beautiful dish towel combined with a fancy hand soap. 

Or a marble pastry board combined with a beautiful French rolling pin. Or a salt cellar and fleur de sel. 

Here are a few more ideas for the home cooks on your list:

4. Boxes, Trays, Bowls, Beads, and Decorative Objects for Styling

Any home decorator would love to receive beautiful decorative objects for styling their coffee table, console tables, bookshelves, china cabinet, or bedside table. 

Think small boxes and bowls to rest atop coffee table books, marble bookends, and versatile trays. 

A coffee table book, along with a string of beads, would be a wonderful gift combination.  Here are some ideas:

5. Vases and Pitchers

Unique vases, vessels and pitchers are items that people don’t often buy for themselves, but they’re one of the easiest ways to make a home look more beautiful. 

Most home decor lovers also love to display fresh or faux flowers and branches, but without the right vessel, it can be difficult to arrange flowers beautifully.

Not only are vases, pitchers and vessels functional and practical, they add instant style to tabletops, countertops, shelves, and bedside tables.

Here are a few favorites:

6. Bedding

A beautiful quilted coverlet for the end of the bed, a silk pillowcase, or anything in linen would be wonderful gifts for the bedroom. 

Another thing almost anyone would love is a plush down duvet insert. 

Here are a few more bedding ideas:

7. Diffusers and Home Scents

I love a beautiful-smelling home! But with an English bulldog, lovely smells in our home are rare without essential oil diffusers! 

I keep one or two running all day long and switch out the oils I use according to the season and my mood.  Diffusers make great gifts because, while everyone loves beautiful scents, not everyone loves the same scents. 

A diffuser allows them to create their own signature home fragrance!  Here are a few diffuser ideas:

I hope this list gave you some great gift ideas for all the home decor lovers on your list! Have a wonderful day, xo Jane

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