Christmas gift guide: Homeware for women

Christmas gift guides ladies: Love pillow covers Photograph: PR

Christmas gift guides ladies: silk bed linen Photograph: PR

Christmas gift guides ladies: Love print Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Christmas gift guides ladies: Diptyque candles Photograph: PR

Christmas gift guide ladies: ceramic bowl Photograph: Joe Morse/guardian.co.uk

Christmas gift guide ladies: Missoni throw Photograph: PR

Christmas gift guides ladies: picture frame Photograph: PR

Christmas gift guide ladies: Initials Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Christmas gift guide ladies: Venetian cut glass mirrors Photograph: PR

Christmas gift guides ladies: silver candlesticks Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Bendy vase: It looks stately and sturdy but it’s made of rubber and can be squished and squashed as you please. Good design credentials at a surprising price. £15.99 from the Conran Shop, conranshop.co.uk, 0844 848 4000 Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Hot water bottle: Complete with bottle, fleecy cover and pretty applique. Purchase for the special price of £9.95 (instead of £12.95) using voucher code G2DOT at dotcomgiftshop.com, 020-8746 2473. Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Padded coathangers Slipping your clothes off a padded hanger makes the whole experience of getting dressed much more pleasurable. These are cotton, with jolly polka dots. £2.80 each, or four for £10 from antique-designs.co.uk. Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Smythson diary: It is impossible to overestimate the allure of those blue Smythson boxes, with their neat bows. Taking the lid off is a gift in itself. The leather Panama diary is a classic and a present that will grow in companionability over the year. From £28, from Smythson, smythson.com, 0845 873 2435. Photograph: guardian.co.uk

With a 30% beeswax content, these candles smell warmly fragrant and come in a stately giftbox too. Chunky, at 5.7cm x 10cm, each has a burn time of 38 hours. £20.95 for four, from St Eval, stevalcandlecompany.co.uk, 01736 336965 Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Anemone crystal flower bottle, £35
Dartington
johnlewis.com Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Tree birds candle stand, £45 each
balconygardener.com Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pink flocked phone, £85
By Johnny Egg
heals.co.uk Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Knitted owl cushion, £40
By Donna Wilson
heals.co.uk Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Air Constellation gift set, £59
By Molton Brown
Buy online at moltonbrown.co.uk Photograph: PR/guardian.co.uk