Celebrating a New Home
Getting a new house is a big deal, even if you’re only renting. Whether you own the property, or you’re leasing it, it’s a fine idea to have a housewarming party and commemorate this change in your life.
Now, if you’re attending such a party, the question becomes: what gifts are best? Here we’ll look at 5 housewarming ideas so you can celebrate with friends or family by helping them enhance their new home.
1. Paintings, Tapestries, and Epic Photography
A painting can tie a room together by adding a spot of color to a blank wall. Tapestries can cover the whole wall, and might be just the thing a new homeowner is looking for to offset paint they don’t like, or minor damage to the sheetrock. Photos designed for artistic presentation can have a similar effect. All these are fine housewarming gifts.
2. A Salt Lamp, a Lava Lamp, or Something Similar
Pink salt lamps are stylish and diffuse gentle light through a room like a lava lamp does, but without the same sort of motion. Either option is a fine housewarming gift. Generally, new homes tend to be light on lamps, so even a traditional standing lamp is apt to be well-appreciated.
3. Some Traditional Housewarming Gifts: Globes, Flowers, Etc.
Nobody buys a globe for themselves—well, unless they’re a school teacher, anyway. Okay, that’s an assumption, but here’s the point: a housewarming is a perfect time to give someone something you normally wouldn’t, like a globe.
Here’s a link with more ideas if you’re trying to figure out the best gifts for a beautiful home. Flowers, globes, trinkets, and appliances; all are worth considering.
4. Bamboo, Spider Plants, Succulents, Cacti, and More
Plants clean up the air and make a home feel more alive. Bamboo, spider plants, succulents, and cacti are popular options. They differ from flowers in that such plants aren’t “cut’; they’re living—they’re growing. Also, the air purification properties of foliage help a home have cleaner air and smell nicer.
5. Mirrors, Mirrors, Mirrors: Lots of Mirrors
Mirrors make rooms seem bigger, and they spread light around. So a given property that’s small feels more spacious with plenty of mirrors. Also, you don’t have to use as much energy at night, because the light gets reflected around.
You can find stand-up mirrors about a foot wide and four feet tall for around $7 a piece at Walmart. Maybe get your friend or family member in their new house a stack of ten for $70, and let them put the mirrors up wherever it makes the most sense. Doors, walls, garages, inside, outside—there are plenty of places a mirror can go.
Gifts That Complement a New Home
A painting, a tapestry, epic photography of beautiful natural vistas, salt or lava lamps, traditional housewarming gifts like globes and flowers, plants such as bamboo or succulents, mirrors; these are all fine housewarming gifts.
Ultimately, the best option for your friends or loved ones will depend on their new home, and their preferences. Hopefully, at minimum, these suggestions help to stimulate your imagination.
