Leather Coasters by Commune, $30 for six from communedesign.com
If buying furniture overextends your gifting budget, consider a product that will protect your recipient's existing collection. Coasters say, "I know you have a nice house and when you invite me over, I won't leave condensation on your prized Danish teak sideboard or etch a ring into your Carrara marble countertop." Commune, the Los Angeles–based design studio, makes these leather pieces. Pairing them with a monograph on the collective's work is an extra-nice touch.