Best Christmas gifts 2026 for design lovers, chosen by an interiors editor

Evening Standard · Nicky Rampley-Clarke · 2026-11-05 14:13 UTC

Nicky Rampley-Clarke reveals the best homeware gifts to impress this Christmas, from glassware and coffee table books to soft furnishings and tableware

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As an interiors editor, people find giving me presents very stressful – especially when it’s something for the house. They either a) assume I’ll have it already, or b) will absolutely hate it.

Neither is usually true. Sure, I’ve got a set of Champagne coupes, but can you ever have too many? And yes, I might prefer the bookends I already have, but there’s nothing wrong with re-gifting (as long as you remember not to regift to the same person – that’s a massive faux pas).

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