Gift Guide: 15 Presents for the Host (for Less than $50) - Remodelista
Looking for something to thrill a hardworking host? Relish Spoons are $40 each from Sweet Gum Co., which offers a range of handmade wooden spoons and cutting boards made in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Appétit Leather Trivets by Ladies and Gentleman Studio of Seattle come in three patterns and are $48 each. Walnut Coffee Scoops are $24 each from The Commons, a new home goods store in Charleston, South Carolina. Selveage Linen Napkins, designed and woven by Mungo of South Africa, are $18 each from global collective Dara Artisans, who are currently hosting a New York City pop-up shop at Atelier Courbet. Made by Brooklyn designer Billy Cotton, a Large Mixing Bowl–dishwasher and microwave safe–is $35 from The Line in NYC. A goose and pheasant tail feather are included in this Harvest Bunch, $32, made by floral designer Eiko Fujii for Kanorado Shop, a Brooklyn-based online store run by a Japanese husband-and-wife team. Japanese pine-scented Bamboo Charcoal Incense from Anzu New York comes in a wrapped wooden box with an incense stand in the shape of a bamboo branch. Made of unglazed porcelain, the 13-centimeter-tall Vase Klein from Swiss studio Golden Biscotti is 48 SFr ($49.81). Classic linen Striped Dish Towels from Flotsam + Fork are woven in Armentieres, France. Saudade of London specializes in Portuguese staples, such as this Olive Oil Drizzler Can; £17.50 ($27.53) Peppermint-scented Sugarloaf Candles start at $24 each. The Amabatalia Furoshiki in Charcoal Stripe–a kitchen cloth that doubles as a bag and an apron, among things–is $28 from Anaí¯se of SF. Tallow Candles, made by hand at the Eindhoven Studio in the Netherlands, are €15.90 ($19.80) each at Merci in Paris. And for more portable candleholders, see 10 Favorites: Modern Chambersticks for Making Your Way in the Dark. Doug Johnston’s Large Pencil Bucket, handmade of rope and thread, is $45 from Totokaelo of Seattle. Toronto-based father-daughter workshop Herriott Grace offers these no-two-alike Porcelain Table Lanterns that are perfect for tea lights; $35 each.