If you have a housewarming party coming up, or you are planning a first-time visit to the home of a friend or relative, tradition holds that you should present your host with a housewarming gift. Sometimes choosing the best gift for the host is difficult, especially if you haven’t known them for very long. The trick to finding the best housewarming gift for your host lies in choosing something that is either useful, functional, or that has a sentimental meaning behind its presentation.

Useful Housewarming Gifts

Useful housewarming gifts are especially popular for new couples, or for folks that are moving into their first home. It is a simpler task to choose a useful gift if the host or couple has registered for gifts at a particular retailer and have created a wish list of the things that they want to receive as gifts. If the host or couple is registered, then it is just a small matter of choosing a gift from their list that falls within the parameters of your budget.

Typical useful gift items include small appliances, like a toaster or a wok, towels and linens, canisters, and so on. Another great housewarming gift is a gift card. This allows the host to choose their own gift at the store where you purchase the gift card. This is particularly nice if you know what type of stores the recipient likes, or you can choose a universally loved retailer to purchase the card from. You will find gift cards are offered not just at brick-and-mortar retailers, but online as well. Choose a store that sells home furnishings, home decoration items or improvement items, like paint or wallpaper, or home decor items, like wall art or wall hangings.

Practical Housewarming Gifts

The practical gift also makes sense when gifting a homeowner who is not registered on a gift registry. The practical gift will also be useful, even if the recipient does not use the item right away. Practical gifts are those like hand creams and soaps or other toiletry items, potpourri or fragrant candles or candle holders. If the home has a wood-burning fireplace, a basket of scented pinecones or bundle of kindling is a welcome gift. Another option is a decorative basket that is stocked with cleaning supplies. Anyone moving into a new home will appreciate the sentiment!

Sentimental Housewarming Gifts

And finally, the sentimental gift is a wonderful idea when looking for a gift that will become a favorite item within the new residence. Close family members and friends usually choose a sentimental housewarming gift that means something to the recipient, since they know the recipients’ tastes and preferences. Often, a sentimental housewarming gift will be one that the recipient will cherish for years to come. Typically a parent will bring a child who has bought their first home a sentimental gift to mark the occasion, or lifelong friends may do the same.

Some great ideas for choosing a sentimental gift for a housewarming present include wall decor or wall art that holds a special meaning, a collage of photographs that hold significance to the giver and the receiver, furnishings for the home, or gifts of some other significance that go with a theme or motif that the homeowner is looking to go with. Well-made quilts or collectible figurines make wonderful sentimental gifts.

Keep in mind that if you are giving a sentimental gift that you should have some knowledge of what the recipient would consider ‘special’. Not every guest should bring a sentimental gift. If you are just a casual acquaintance or a distant relative, it is likely best to steer clear of trying to present a sentimental gift and go for practical or useful gift options instead. And then, of course, you can always go with an old standby for housewarming – a fine bottle of wine, a box of premium chocolate candy or a gift basket of gourmet goodies!

Author Bio: Jessica Ackerman from WallDecorandHomeAccents.com, has skills in all areas of red metal wall art paying special attention to purple metal wall art.

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