Home (gifts) for the holidays

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Our list of 10 holiday gift ideas you may want to consider

Gifts for home and hearth are often a surefire winner, whether it’s a deliciously subtle subtle scent for a hard-to-buy-for work colleague, or perfectly cooked roasts (or pizza!) for the family chef. Here’s the first of our two-part holiday gift series, designed to help delight everyone on your list.

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Pizza Oven Kit

Your favourite barbecue chef can instantly turn their outdoor grill into a pizza oven with this handy kit available from Home Depot. The Bakerstone Pizza Oven Kit features a special cooking chamber made of cordierite stones inside an enamelled steel box, which work together to create a unique airflow system that quickly raises the heat inside to the equivalent of a wood-burning pizza oven. The complete kit includes a unique patent-pending wooden pizza “pan,” metal spatula, and storage pouch. $183, Home Depot, homedepot.ca.

Beetle Dinner Napkins

Mia Rose & Frank’s exquisite table napkins are made in Italy and feature 100% EKO-TX certified European linen with a refined white-cord finish. A range of sophisticated, individually stitched embroidery designs are available, including this whimsical yet elegant emerald-green beetle motif. $200 per set of four, Mia Rose & Frank, miaroseandfrank.com.

Digital Air Fryer

Air fryers are the hottest new kitchen appliances to come along in a long time. This nifty 6-quart model from Black & Decker features a digital touchscreen interface, eight built-in presets for popular foods, and thoughtful extras like a shake reminder that tells the perfect time to turn food over. $140, Canadian Tire, canadiantire.ca.

Green Tea Diffuser

Let Bouclair sweetly scent your gift recipient’s home with the subtle, relaxing fragrance of green tea, with these unique reed diffusers. Simply open the bottle, swirl the reeds around a bit, and reverse them from time to time, and they’ll transform a favourite room into a relaxing oasis, for as long as eighteen weeks before refilling. The diffuser is part of a suite of green tea-scented products, perfect for gift giving. $27, Bouclair, bouclair.com.

Wood Chip Firestarter

Give the gift of easier-starting fires in the hearth while helping the earth in two ways, with Wilson Organic Firestarters. Each quick and long-lasting starter cup is filled with just the right amount of wood chips, produced as a byproduct of northern Ontario maker Huron Log Furniture’s handcrafting process, and infused with pure Canadian beeswax from local beekeepers. Each cup represents a half-million flowers pollinated. The product is available in six-or 30-pack bags and burns for up to 20 minutes. $8 and $25 per bag, Huron Log Furniture, huronlogfurniture.com.

“Ebisca” Vase

Canadian furniture company Mobilia has a great selection of high-style decorative objects and accessories that make great gifts, since they look equally at home in contemporary and traditional interiors. The Ebisca ceramic vase features a columnar base with undulating side handles, for an artistic yet sophisticated statement. $59, Mobilia, mobilia.ca.

Meater Pro

The Meater Pro Wireless Digital Meat Thermometer is a handy little gadget that makes getting the perfect internal temperature of roasts easier and more precise than ever before. Using the Meater’s free dedicated app, you can monitor your meal from as far away as 165 feet (great for the backyard grill, or when chatting with guests in the living room while dinner’s in the oven!). The compact wireless probe and wood storage/charging case makes an attractive and practical gift fort the home chef on your list. $144, Meater Pro, meater.com.

Wood Garden Planter

Perfect for the green thumb on your list, the Algreen Vertical Planter works equally well indoors or out. It features a wooden frame and three generously sized rectangular planters with drainage holes. The planter takes minutes to assemble and can be placed freestanding on a deck or hung vertically on a fence or wall. Shelves are individually adjustable to accommodate most small to medium plants. $125, Rona, rona.ca.

Easy Clean Juice Extractor

Fresh-squeezed juice is a delicious way for the health-conscious person on your list to get more fruits and vegetables into their diet. But some juicers are a hassle to use and cleaning them can be a real pain. The Hamilton Beach Juice Extractor is easier to clean than ever, with most parts dishwasher-safe. And its extra-large pulp bin and powerful motor turns fruits and veggies into good-for-you, delicious juice in no time flat. $79, Bestbuy, bestbuy.ca.

Etsy candleholders

Etsy has always been a treasure trove for great one-of-a-kind gifts at great prices – and you’re often helping small, artisanal makers at the same time. Handcrafted candleholders, like these ones featured in Etsy’s Holiday 2024 catalogue, have a sophisticated, almost Japandi look, right on trend for 2025. Mt. Sutton Candle Holders, $155, etsy, etsy.com.