Queer Handmade Home Decor Gifts for Everyone on Your List (2025)

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Queer artists and makers work hard all year long, but due to the seasonality of product sales, many only make the majority of their income during the final three months of the year. So this holiday season, instead of buying from mega-retailers who love to slap rainbows on their merchandise for Pride month, you can put your dollar to better use by shopping small and buying direct from LGBTQ+ sellers.

Plus, with your house being such an important space for relaxation and recharging, what could make a better gift for queer loved ones in your life than handmade home decor? It’s a win-win: Your friends and family will get quality things to beautify their abodes, and you’ll help pay a queer person’s bills.

If you want to help your friends and loved ones jazz up their space, here are some incredible options for handmade home decor made by queer artists. (Buy something for yourself, too. We won’t judge.)

For plant parents

The thing about adopting plants is that it’s too easy to go from having a few here and there to an apartment full of aloe, monstera, and pothos. If you know someone whose home is overrun with greenery, you can never go wrong with the gift of a new container, so get the plant parent in your life a bright, 3D-printed flower pot to really make those leaves look good.

Plum + Lime Wavy Planter

$36.00, Etsy

Made by the completely queer-owned design shop Object Lover, these pots are constructed from recyclable, biodegradable corn-based plastic, so your eco-conscious friends can feel good knowing their plants are helping the planet.

For candle lovers

Nothing is more synonymous with the holidays than a good candle, especially as the days get shorter and darker during winter. But there’s no one-size-fits-all candle, so here are two very different options:

Queer Candle Co. is your go-to if you’re buying for someone whose style is a little more subtle. The glass jar and black-and-white label are both fairly nondescript, but the scents spill the tea. You’ll find blends like their astrological bundles for Fire Signs, Water Signs, and Air Signs as well as decadent scents like dark plum — all of which are tastefully designed by a queer-owned company who wanted to “promote visibility and amplify the voices of members of our community.” The company contributes 10% of their profits to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.

Campfires & Carabiners Candle

$18.00, Violet&Jade

If you’re looking for another candle company with product names that elicit some queer rebellion and cheekiness, look no further than Violet&Jade. With scents like Leather Daddy, Campfires & Carabiners, and Drag Brunch, these candles will make a great addition to any queer person’s mantle or side table.

For people who like to burrow in a nest of blankets

As the days get shorter (and colder), everyone could use all the coziness they can get — which is why a big, fuzzy blanket is a perfect gift for friends and family. This sapphic tarot throw blanket from queer-owned company Sapphic Divinations is perfect if you want something that reads queer sans loud rainbows. For those of us who like a little more color in our decor, this “Golden Hour” blanket by artist Zoe Schlacter will add a burst of rainbow and pattern to any room. If you’re looking for an interactive gift for the avid knitter in your life, queer pattern designer Linnea Ornstein has patterns available on Etsy, including this adorable one to make your own horse blanket.

Golden Hour Blanket

$240.00, Zoe Schlacter

For queers who love shiny objects

We all know that some queer people love to adorn their homes in bright colors, so this embroidered wall hanging that reads “Heart” in shiny beads will fit perfectly into their home decor color scheme. Because the artist hand crafts each piece of embroidery, no two are exactly alike. This wall hanging is a great option for people who love all things fiber art, especially one-of-a-kind pieces.

HEART hand beaded embroidery

$35.00, Etsy

For the friend who lives out of a cute tote

Nothing goes together like a graphic tote and the iced coffee-drinking queers who lug them around. If you know a friend in need of a new tote bag (because you know they’ve just about worn through their current one), look no further. Loud and proud queer folks will love this tote by queer artist AmyStarship that reads “This Bag Contains Queer Stuff” in bright pink letters.

Queer Stuff Tote Bag

$20.00, Etsy

For the religious and spiritual

Many Jewish homes have mezuzahs in the doorway and these hand-painted rainbow mezuzah cases are the ideal way to display LGBTQ+ Jewish identity from the moment someone crosses the threshold. For folks who know Jesus loves all his children, this “Shezus” print is a lovely reminder that the hymn really means all when the line “all are precious in his sight” is sung. And this “Love on the Mall” print of two dads is bound to make LGBTQ+ Muslims smile and say “Masha’Allah.”

Love on the Mall print

$20.00, Etsy

For the tea drinker

If your friend is more of a cottagecore queer who likes to read books, decorate their home, and drink tea, this one’s for them. This enamel mug by queer artist Callie Garp has a bouquet of marigolds printed along its side, framing the words “Queer Magic” in a yellow haze. If your tea loving friend has a million mugs already, check out Sis Got Tea, a Black and queer-owned tea shop based out of Louisville, Kentucky. Their online store has a wide array of blends to choose from, including black rose, extra spicy chai, and get well soon.

Queer Magic: Enamel Mug

$25.00, Etsy

And finally, prints for all

Art is one of those classic gifts that can do so much for a space. And what better way to liven up an empty spot on a wall than a piece of gorgeous, representative, and affirming queer art?

My fat, hairy hotties, this one’s for you! Based in Pittsburgh, pocalyptic has prints of fat, hairy femmes who know they look good. We especially love this print of a couple in which top surgery scars, big nipples, hairy legs, and body rolls are celebrated and adored like the beauty marks they are.

Queer Magic Illustration Print

$8.00, Etsy

One of our favorites is this print of a sapphic Desi couple that’s as empowering as it is stunning. Simply titled “Kamadeva, bless our love,” the print showcases the couple’s warm embrace as Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love, aims an arrow at them. This print of a Cantonese cowgirl waiting for her lover was made by Hong Kong-born, Austin-based queer artist Tsz Kam, and pays tribute to all the queer cowgirls out there who like to stand longingly under plumeria trees.

Cantonese Cowgirl Waiting For Her Lover Under Plumeria Tree Art Print

$20.00, Etsy

Los Angeles-based Mexican artist Polaris Castillo, known as Missing Cosmonaut on Instagram, made a vibrant tribute to queer Mayans in his print, “El Caracol”— named after the observatory in the background, which was built by the Maya in pre-Columbian times — so it’s the perfect gift for simultaneously embracing queer love and giving the finger to colonizers.

El Caracol Print

$33.00, Etsy

To wrap up, here are some more of our favorite wall art options: Indigenous artist Demian Diné Yazhi’s “Decolonize Your Luvvv” makes a print designed around an 1877 photograph of Apsáalooke badé Osh-Tisch and their wife.

And Mexico City-based artist Felix d’Eon has been busy creating art featuring LGBTQ+ folks from all different walks of life. From lesbian adelitas to gay Filipinos, Felix has so many different prints out there you’re all but guaranteed to find one for the person you have in mind.

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