The Best 10th Wedding-Anniversary Gifts

The smaller version of one our favorite ladders, this aluminum-and-resin step stool from Hasegawa is as functional (for, say, hanging frames) as it is design-y. And because of its compact size, you won’t mind having it out, even when it’s not in use. Or you can use it as a (very narrow) shelf, like this Strategist contributor does.

Sure the exterior of this chef-recommended pan is stainless steel, but it’s the inner aluminum core that ensures it heats up evenly. Tony Cacace, the executive chef of Oro Restaurant, tells us that “it will handle everything from oatmeal and black-rice porridge for breakfast to risotto for dinner and ice-cream bases for dessert.”

Home cooks with a taste for the finer things will appreciate this tin of olive oil from Spain that has “hints of grassiness, almonds, and butter,” according to James Beard Award–winning chef chef Jonathan Waxman.

This elegantly flared serving bowl is made from Nambé’s proprietary aluminum alloy, which is purportedly nonporous and insulating, too.

None of your guests will go wanting for a cold drink with this hand-hammered aluminum beverage tub, which can hold plenty of wine, Champagne, and beer — and has cutout handles that make it easier to carry.

Chefs cite Nordic Ware as a favorite source of durable bakeware. The brand’s elegant aluminum bundt pan will create impressive-looking cakes for special-occasion baking and is pretty enough to keep on display.

Sure, you can get a more technologically advanced juicer. But none of those look quite as charming as this retro-style citrus juicer made from recycled aluminum cans. It would make getting that morning glass of OJ a much more fun, and elegant, ritual.

This tin full of peanuts comes from Virginia Diner, an establishment that’s been selling peanuts since 1929 (and calls itself the “Peanut Capital of the World”). Lightly salted, they’re the perfect snack to go with your brewski.

After you finish these chocolate truffles (flavors include “Strawberry Romanoff” and “Sicilian Orange”), you’ll want to keep the stately tin they come in on hand for storing trinkets.

We recommended this tin of Tabasco-spiked dark chocolate wedges as an affordable last-minute gift because “spicy things + chocolate things = gifting success.” Given this is for an anniversary, we should mention that both chocolate and spicy foods have reputations as aphrodisiacs.

According to architecture student Emily Wisseman, a floor mirror can create the illusion of more space in a tiny apartment. If you don’t have the floor space, this one can also be hung on the wall.

Slim enough to fit in the tightest of corners, interior designer Tiffany Thompson of Duett Interiors calls this streamlined anodized-aluminum floor lamp a “conversation piece.”

There’s something equally old-timey about this just-as-cool-looking space heater that will warm up a chilly room in colder weather (and happens to be one of our favorite affordable bedroom pieces).

Enamelware is one of our go-to cheap-but-expensive-looking styles of dishware. Each of these durable, enameled tin mugs holds up to 15 ounces, making them just as great for morning tea (or coffee) as they are for evening hot chocolate.

Some quintessential British tea in a very handsome tin.

This woodsy-scented candle comes in a handsome tin and has notes of tea-like white florals, aged hickory, oud, frankincense, and vetiver. In other words, it’ll evoke a cozy autumnal feeling whenever you burn it.

One of our top-100 pens, this fountain pen has a sleek aluminum body (in a striking ocean blue) with, as our tester writes, “straight edges for ergonomic finger placement.”

In an ode to the portable projector that she and her husband use for watching streaming media on a 120-inch display, writer Rachel Rosenblit says, “This aluminum cube lets me pretend I’m at the movies.” Her exact model is no longer available, but this one (which is the size of a soda can) gets rave reviews on Amazon and is also, appropriately, made from aluminum.

This clever repair kit in a tin has everything you need to patch up a punctured tire or tighten any loose screws and joints. It includes a six-headed Allen set, a patch-repair kit, two metal tire levelers, glue, buffer, and a bone tool.

Made from powder-coated die-cast aluminum and steel, this desk lamp would give their shared workspace a decorative touch and brighten it too. The expert who told us about it adds that it doesn’t “look like an obvious desk lamp.”

This cooler in the iconic shape of an Airstream trailer is made of hand-cast aluminum and can hold up to four quarts (that’s about a 12-pack and some ice).