300: Plat du Jour – French Dinners Made Easy w/Susan Herrmann Loomis

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and are enjoying a relaxing long holiday weekend. If you’re looking for more gift ideas or Cyber Monday deals, we’ve got our final holiday gift guide to help you finish your shopping online.

A cashmere throw blanket is a gift that you might have to buy yourself and everyone on your gift list to make this winter more cozy. There’s a color perfect for every home.

This La Mer The Replenishing Moisture Collection is worth $509 but it’s on sale for $255. Buy it for your mom or very picky mother-in-law or both.

Send your sister on a virtual trip to the UK with the book British Designers At Home.

The gardening guru in your life would love this 5-Piece Garden Tool Set with Removable Tote and Folding Seat.

Send a monogrammed cheese board or other serving board along with some lovely cheeses, crackers, and a bottle of wine.

The Family Archery Set would be a fun gift for those with older kids and a house in the country

A box of Faber-Castell Colored Pencils would make a perfect present for kids or adults. Include a drawing notebook or pad a paper so they can get to work drawing right away.

Your germ-phobic friend will love this Stay Well Set that includes Byredo sanitizing gel cream, Nécessaire hand cream, a Slip face mask, and a signature Violet Grey make up pouch.

Any golfer would love this Personalized Golf Ball Gift Set.

I have the original Apple Home Pod and the sound is amazing but it is a little large. The Apple Home Pod Mini packs the same punch is a smaller package and allows you to use it with Siri and control your smart home.

Your photographer friend or family member would appreciate What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon.

If you want to splurge on a special woman in your life or yourself, I highly recommend this limited edition Westman Atelier Makeup Brush Vault Set. It includes seven brushes hand-made in Japan using traditional, centuries-old techniques.

Since we’re all going to be spending more time at home this winter, buy your family this Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine so they can feel like they’ve been to a fancy coffee shop.

Spend more time outside with your family by buying them this Copper Footed Fire Pot. Include the ingredients for s’mores and they will love you forever.

The chicest person on your list would love The World of Federico Forquet: Italian Fashion, Interiors, Gardens about “the work of celebrated bon vivant Federico Forquet–whose decades-long design career has embraced couture fashion, elegant interiors, and imaginative gardens, reflecting both the best of Italian style and the dolce vita era of Rome.”

If the man in your life hasn’t turned into a mountain man and is still shaving, upgrade his game with this Four-Piece Chrome and Resin Shaving Set.

Keep your friends and family socially distanced outside but warm this winter with this Patio Heater. Outdoor heaters have been in hot demand and I can’t believe there are still some in stock. Get one before they’re gone.

Create an outdoor theatre for socially distanced movie nights or an indoor theatre for your family with this Storyteller Portable Projector & Content Device.

If your husband is tired of hearing your loud hair dryer, have him buy you this Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer Fuchsia Gift Edition.

These Venetian Slippers are perfect for your friend who is missing Italy this holiday season.

Your interior design friend would love Rattan: A World of Elegance and Charm.

Maileg bunnies and mice already make me wish I had kids but this Dollhouse is beyond adorable. Any little person in your life would be delighted with it this Christmas.

Another great gift for a little girl is this cute Pink Chintz Children’s Tea Set for Two.

Cecil Beaton’s Cocktail Book “features a delightful array of recipes inspired by the decadent drinks of Beaton’s youth, and the fabulous friends and celebrities whom he photographed. Period classics such as the Hanky Panky, Manhattan, Negroni and Sidecar are given contemporary twists by the Head Bartender and Mixologist of the world famous Claridge’s Hotel in London, which played host to some of the most extravagant Bright Young gatherings.” It’s perfect for your friend who’s sad they can’t go to bars right now.

This Two-in-One Chess & Checkers Set is another fun set for those who’ve become obsessed since watching The Queen Gambit.

If someone you know is still obsessed with baking bread or has just started, this Artisan Bread Making Kit is the perfect gift.

The World of Peter Rabbit Books 1-23 in a Presentation Box is another great gift for the little people on your list.

How cute is this Ride On Hippo for a toddler?

If you don’t have room for a full size ping pong table, buy your family this Play On Table Tennis Set and set it up on your dining room table.

This Tea Forte Fleur Gift Set with Cafe Cup, Tea Tray and 10 Handcrafted Pyramid Tea Infuser Bags is perfect for your child’s tea loving teacher.

Get the kids started on cooking early with this Kitchen Range Toy Play Set.

If you are giving or receiving jewelry this holiday, include this pretty Velvet Jewelry Box.

You can also help get them started on making repairs around the house with this Premium Nordic Toolbox.

For your grandmother who misses playing bride with her friends, buy her these chic Audubon Birds Bridge Playing Cards and have her teach you and your siblings how to play.

Happy Holidays!

XOXO,

HC