Whether you’re shopping for a new homeowner or a serious hobbyist, we’ve got a gift for you.
The BobVila.com team tests and evaluates home and garden products year-round—from robot lawn mowers and portable power stations to power drills and gardening tools. Among the hundreds of household essentials we encounter, some stand out for how much they improve daily life—so much so that we’d gift them to everyone we know if we could. We’re not gatekeeping these crowd-pleasing gift ideas. See what we’d wrap up for everyone on your shopping list—and what tops our personal wish lists.
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