Gifts for Couples

Shopping for two people at once is a special kind of puzzle. One loves gardening, the other loves football, and both claim they need nothing. The answer is a gift they can share: a hand-painted Limoges box that sits on their mantel and makes them both smile. It arrives gift-boxed, works for anniversaries, weddings, housewarmings and holidays, and settles the question of whose name goes first on the tag.

Cheese, Mice and Smooching on Benches

Romantic options include a couple kissing on a park bench, a pair tucked into bed together, wedding cakes topped with tiny couples and an oval painted with flowers and Happy Anniversary. For the couple who would rather laugh than swoon, there are mice: one snoozing on a wedge of cheese, one peeking out of a hole, and a red wheel of French cheese for the food lovers. Every piece is painted by hand in France, and the hinged lid holds two rings, a pair of concert ticket stubs or a note about the night they met.

Their Shared Shelf

Couples often build collections together without even meaning to. A box for the wedding, a box for the first home, a box from that trip to Paris. Over time, the collection becomes a scrapbook of their life together. Suggest they display their boxes on a bedroom dresser, on the mantel beside a wedding photo, or on a kitchen windowsill where they can see them every morning over coffee. It is the rare gift that belongs to both of them equally, which is very romantic, and very practical.

Find more for two in Anniversary Gifts, Mice and Housewarming & New Home.