Gifts for the Homebody

For hard-core tea drinkers, mastering the many moods of a brew can be steeped in mystery. Oolong, green, and black teas all require different temperatures, dunk times, and more. This smart solution takes the guess-work out of the process, with pre-set modes for any type of leaf. Just load, wait, and enjoy. 

The perfect hose-down solution for an entryway or kitchen, this smart rug brings a pop of patterns to your indoors while protecting your floors.

This Californian/Hawaiian company makes great towels and fun collaborations with everyone from the Grateful Dead to Pacifico Beer. The clive line is understated, with small-scale geometric patterns and a lush weave. It’s perfect for a modern bathroom.

Give your favorite cool-girl hostess a candle that she doesn’t have yet. Otherland’s candles have just five classic scents, with limited collections that are constantly changing. Scoop up one of this holiday’s three limited scents—Fallen Fir, Old Fashioned, and Black Velvet—in moody, seasonally-inspired votives.

We can’t get enough of Garrison Brothers’ award-winning Small Batch Bourbon. They make some of the finest, handcrafted bourbon whiskey around. It’s subtly sweet but smoky and pairs well in cocktails or neat. Needless to say, we’d be pretty excited to find this under our tree.

Love puzzles? Love Sunset Magazine? You’ve come to the right place.

This minimalistic, all-natural hand wash made with a blend of sandalwood, bergamot, and geranium essential oils adds a chic, thoughtful touch to any bathroom, guest room, or kitchen. Plus, part of the proceeds from this women-owned brand are donated to organizations that support women’s health.

These stunning backgammon and domino sets are crafted in Los Angeles from natural birch wood and hand-painted so they’re incredibly stylish, too. They also fold up nicely, so once shelter-in-place is a distant memory you can pack them up for parties.

Smart lighting company LIFX’s new bulb, the Candle Color Bulb, makes setting a holiday mood easier than ever. The light replicates the effects of a candle, ideal to add to candelabras or small lighting fixtures for cozy lighting without worrying about open flames. 

This sleek, stylish turntable is made of sustainable materials, including recycled plastic and bamboo, with wired and wireless speaker setups for your perfect vinyl listening experience. 

A set of tinctures to help you feel good again––from immune-boosting to stress-relieving. All grown and harvested at Flamingo Estate in Los Angeles.

A blend of calming hemp extracts, this legal-everywhere pen is perfect for taking it down a notch at the end of the day.

2020 was the year of taking on new hobbies––baking sourdough, gardening, and for some, mushroom growing. This kit makes it easy to grow meaty, delicious shiitake organic mushrooms on a stylish growing log.

A massage may be off the table, literally, but your lucky loved one can still work out sore muscles with Theragun’s handy device. *Adds to cart*

These calf-hair and shearling house slippers by Freda Salvador are so cozy you’ll want to live in them––they’re also the ultimate companion for early morning sips of coffee by the fire.

This gorgeous box features 24 stunning gourmet chocolate bars all handmade by Compartes Chocolatier in Los Angeles. They’re almost too pretty to eat. Each bar is unique with flavours like Lucky Charms cereal, lavender, rosé wine, and matcha green tea.

Bedsheets may seem like an odd gift, but considering we spend half of our lives in bed (and maybe more this year) these seem… fitting. This silky-soft and long-lasting 400-thread count, single-ply set is also customizable, so you can make this gift feel extra special.

Two lamps in one, this ingenious desk system is loaded with next-level features. For starters, the motion-detecting, app-connected lighting system can work as a task lamp, with a boom arm-mounted LED grouping that can range from warm, relaxing temperatures to cool, precise illumination. Then there’s the vertical shaft lamp, that engages when said LED grouping is shifted into place with a magnetic click. All of a sudden the area is bathed in a comforting, golden glow. We’ve never seen anything like it––once again, Dyson has made a drool-inducing piece of hardware out of an everyday appliance.

This is the antithesis of the ugly Christmas sweater.  No surprise its namesake is the character Vesper Lynd of James Bond novel fame. We tested this sweater and it now resides at #1 as the most feel-good, flattering, and transformative merino wool sweater ever worn.  Should you forget your beanie or want to go incognito, pull up the sophisticated cowl collar and it converts into a hood.  It also has hidden on-seam pockets so you can sneak your hands inside for a warm-up.  Perfect for lounging at home or future travels afar, definitely gift yourself with it if no one else does.  ––Christine Bobbish