What's a good house warming gift?
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We typically bring a bottle of wine if they are wine drinkers. Otherwise maybe an orchid?
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A cooler filled with beer.
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My favourite gifts I've received were an orchid and a cute photo frame.
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@mrs.shinerbock: yep, have beer!
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@sunny: @illumina: orchids are nice and she likes purple - maybe I can find a purple one!
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I usually do some sort of plant (orchids, house plant, succulent arrangement).
But I've seen people gift laundry detergent (hard if they have a particular brand/type of waster), Home Depot gift cards, pails filled with home improvement supplies, big coffee table book, frames..
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Unique umbrella stand
Pretty tea towels for the kitchen along with a small basket of treats
Wonderfully scented soap & lotion dispensers & guest hand towels
Stamp with the new address -
I do a pretty candleholder with a candle! Something like this:
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We do a choose-your-own custom address stamp:
http://www.papersource.com/item/Custom-Stamp-Gift-Box/6000_012/814753012612.htmlETA: I gift it as-is. The recipient gets to pick the design. The whole thing is pre-paid, so they choose what they want and it arrives for free.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: oh I like the stamp idea but I need it by tomorrow!
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Bottle of wine?
If this is their first home coming not from their own respective places (like they lived at home or shared an apt with some people), you could put together a cleaning kit with a bottle of wine. So magic erasers with some windex, clorox wipes, toilet bowl cleaner, etc.
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I recently gave some one a tray from home goods. She loves it and uses it all the time to carry stuff out to her deck or up to her bedroom (her house has like 5 sets of steps, kitchen is on the bottom level and bedroom is on the 4th). But even just taking stuff from kitchen to patio and you could throw in a bottle of wine/glasses
something like this http://www.steinmart.com/home-essentials-small-wood-and-metal-wine-tray-zid25-53665261/cat-25-catid-Homeaccents
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@MrsLonghorn: cool! will use that in the future
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Bottle of wine and command velcro strips. You can never have enough of those
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@Mamaof2: we usually buy a cooler for the housewarming gift and fill it with the beer.
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Tea towels, good wine or beer, orchids or some other potted flower/plant.
@Alivoo01: I love this idea. I remember how surprised I was by how expensive it wAs to get started on the essentials. Also, I would've loved lots of microfibres cloths!
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wine, koreans do laundry detergent, fruit, plants.
if you have a Whole Foods near you, they sell pretty hanging terraniums. one of those would be a lovely housewarming gift. -
Succulents and wine
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I love going to Marshalls or TJ max for those sorts of things. An easy one is cute kitchen hand towel, hand soap, candel and some sort of fun seasoning. If I know my friends taste well then I would maybe do a picture frame or some sort of decor.
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We usually do wine although I got my brother a Lowes gift card.
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@Mamaof2: Depending on the couple I do:
- Booze (usually can't go wrong there)
- Plant (that is the standard, right?)
- Candle set (gatta have a nice smelling house)If it's a really good friend, maybe all 3!
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@Mamaof2: we saw beautiful ombré purple orchids at Home Depot this past week!
We usually do wine or gift card to Lowes/HD/Homegoods!
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-Jo Malone diffuser and a bottle of wine or the matching scent candle
-If they are coffee or tea drinkers some cute mugs (Anthropologie has cute initial ones), a nice coffee or tea, and kitchen towels from Williams Sonoma
- love this ornament! Got it for my sister for Christmas when they moved into their new home last year.
http://www.lenox.com/bless-our-home-ornament/845098
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