Gwyneth Paltrow's favorite V-Day gifts are not flowers

(Image credit: CB2)

published 21 January 2025

Forget the cliche gifts; Listening is the most romantic thing you can do. This Valentine's Day, honor your home-obsessed loved ones with design-led presents that make the space more comforting and target common pain points. Gwyneth Paltrow has the perfect recommendations.

The actress and wellness guru is a known design lover, embodied by her celebrity home decor collection with CB2. In this year's Valentine's Day Gift Guide from Goop, she puts her design sensibilities to good use. The guide features several candles and home technology ranging from a fridge to a bed cover. All of these gifts will last much longer than flowers and chocolate, making your home a more romantic place.

Paltrow's recommendations are perfectly in line with current interior design trends. Megan Slack, Head of Celebrity style at Homes & Gardens explains: 'As the idea that our interiors should be a curated reflection of our personalities has grown more popular, design elements as candles have become more common as gifts. These items are a thoughtful reflection that you are paying attention to what someone wants in their home environment. Items like the Pod mattress cover that adjusts sleep temperature can have huge wellness impacts, improving both the look and experience of home.'

Matte Vessel

Tyne Candle

This palo santo, sandalwood, and clove candle smells deliciously woody and warming. A white matte vessel makes it double as decor.

High-Tech

Bed Cooling System

If you sleep hot, The Pod is the holy grail. It includes dual climate control, to adjust the temperature for different people sleeping on the same bed. Its many features place it an innovative cut above the rest.

Multi-color

Skatedeck Triptych

This stylish Love skateboard triptych by Robert Indiana would look so cool as part of a gallery wall. I love the combination of green and red here, and it would make a perfect gift for an art-lover in your life.

Plant-Based

Massage Oil Candle

Spice up your love life and home scent with this candle that melts into massage oil. The plant-based material is moisturizing and smells amazing.

Handmade Craftmanship

Botanical Palets

Infuse your home and your closet with woody fragrance in a stylish way with these Carrière Frères pallets. Cedar acts as a natural insect repellent, to ward off moths in your closet.

Fluted Front

Super Smart Fridge

This brilliantly designed fridge has isolated temperature zones is ultra-quiet with a high-end compressor. A corresponding app lets you view what's in your fridge from anywhere.

Whether it's Valentine's Day, a birthday, or an anniversary, thoughtful home-centered gifts are a generous way to show your loved ones you're thinking of them. Paltrow's suggestions are the perfect place to start.

Sophie is a London-based News Editor at Homes & Gardens, where she works on the Celebrity Style team. She is fascinated by the intersection of design and popular culture and is particularly excited when researching trends or interior history. Sophie is an avid pop culture fan. As an H&G editor, she has interviewed the likes of Martha Stewart, Hilary Duff, and the casts of Queer Eye and Selling Sunset. Before joining Future Publishing, Sophie worked as the Head of Content and Communications at Fig Linens and Home, a boutique luxury linens and furniture brand. She has also written features on exciting developments in the design world for Westport Magazine. Sophie has an MSc from the Oxford University Department of Anthropology and a BA in Creative Writing and Sociology from Sarah Lawrence College.