If someone close to you has recently moved house or completed a renovation, a thoughtful housewarming gift is the perfect way to make a new home feel special. These gifts are intended to add a personal touch to a home and foster a homely, welcoming atmosphere, so if you are looking for gifts that make any house feel more like a welcoming home, explore our list of presents for homeowners today.
1. Decorations
Whether you opt for small, intricate metalwork designs, or large, ornate pottery pieces, decorations are the quintessential housewarming gifts to add personality to any living space. Amidst the complications of moving, and the focus on getting the essentials moved on time, features such as paintings, decorations, and final touches are often overlooked, leaving a new home to feel empty or uninviting.
These items, ranging from elegant art pieces to cosy decorative pieces, can dramatically alter a room’s ambiance by reflecting the occupant’s tastes and making it feel lived-in and loved. So, when searching for the best decorations for your loved ones’ new space, make sure to choose interesting features that resonate with their preferences and personality to create a welcoming atmosphere.
2. Candles & Fragrances
Candles and fragrances stand out as ideal housewarming gifts, blending aesthetics with welcoming scents to transform the ambiance of a space. The multi-sensory experience offered by these gifts offers a welcoming touch, making a home feel warm, well-lit, and inviting, and if your recipient has a particular favourite fragrance, then gifting them this scent is an affordable and effective way to make the new space feel familiar and welcoming.
3. Photograph Frames
For particularly personal presents for homeowners, photo frames blend personal sentiment with decorative designs to make a new house feel like a home. Whilst decorating a new space, these frames serve as a canvas for showcasing treasured memories and photographs of family and friends, turning blank walls into galleries of personal history and heartfelt moments.
Depending upon your relationship to the recipient, the frames can be gifted with or without photographs – but no matter how they are gifted, the opportunity to showcase their photographs grounds homeowners in their new environment and offers a tangible connection to the people that matter to them whilst decorating their new house.
4. Cosmetics & Toiletries
When moving home, the bathroom is one of the last homes to receive any attention, and it is likely that your loved one will not yet have added any finishing touches to make the bathroom feel like home.
These gifts, ranging from beautifully crafted soap dispensers to elegant towel sets, elevate the mundane hygiene tasks into little moments of relaxation, and elevate a bathroom from a purely functional space into one that reflects the homeowner’s style and attention to detail. By opting for these practical yet stylish additions to any new home, you are contributing not only to the aesthetic appeal of the space, but also the comfort and well-being of the residents, making toiletries particularly useful presents for homeowners.
5. Books & Puzzles
For a particularly useful and thoughtful gift, books and puzzles are an excellent choice. If your recipient is looking for a distraction from the stress of moving, or a way to bring the family close together in the new home, then puzzles are a great analogue alternative to films or TV and encourage open communication over a game.
Books are a similarly useful present, as they cover any topics or themes you like. From gardening manuals that encourage a connection with nature, to home management guides that improve organisation and efficiency, these literary gifts not only decorate shelves but also cater to the diverse interests of homeowners and help the new owners navigate the challenges of setting up and maintaining their new house.
6. Cushions
With a vast array of designs, fabrics, and colours available, scatter cushions instantly add a splash of colour and texture to improve sofas and beds with minimal effort. These gifts are both decorative and practical, depending on their size, as they make a bedroom or sofa setup look complete whilst providing extra support and cosiness.
They are also removable and able to be swapped around as the decor and tastes of the homeowners change, or simply as their moods change, transforming rooms time and time again with minimal effort.
7. Rugs & Throws
Whether draped over a sofa or chair, or used as the centrepiece of a room, rugs and throws add warmth and comfort to a newly occupied house. With an array of styles to fit any decor preference, they are key design elements when creating a cosy and inviting space, and their textures anchor a room’s decor whilst making it feel lived-in and welcoming.
8. Blankets
Similarly to throws and rugs, blankets bring warmth and comfort to a newly occupied space, offering a soft and warm embrace during relaxing moments. They not only provide warmth, but also demonstrate your thoughtfulness in giving a gift that fosters a sense of physical security and stability during the stressful or overwhelming moments of moving home, making them an ideal gift to celebrate a new chapter in someone’s home life.
9. Hampers
Rather than simply gifting a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates, offer your loved ones useful gifts to fill the fridge with a hamper or gourmet food packages. With all the stress and overwhelming tick boxes of moving house, these packages are a thoughtful way to celebrate the new beginning, allowing homeowners to unwind and enjoy amidst the chaos of moving and settling in. These high-quality, artisanal selections range from exotic teas and coffees to fine wines, artisan cheeses, and decadent chocolates, offering a taste of luxury and indulgence that homeowners often struggle to find when moving.
10. Tableware
Tableware, including dishes, glasses, and utensils, are housewarming gifts that endure, becoming part of the homeowners’ daily life and special gatherings. Whether you opt for ornate cake forks as a small gesture of your love, or a full set of plates and silverware for the whole family, utensils turn everyday meals into special occasions and enhance their every dining experience.
So, select quality tableware for your homeowner loved ones, and give a long-lasting gift that serves a practical purpose, acts as a decorative element, and encourages hospitality.
Presents for homeowners
Whether you are keen to give a practical gift to streamline the moving process, or gift decorative finishing touches to complete their space, finding the perfect gift requires a thoughtful journey through your recipients preferences and your own intentions behind the gift.
Creating a warm and inviting home for loved ones is a group effort, so explore Roxtons’ ‘Presents for a Cosy Home’ collection today for a range of presents for homeowners that are designed to make a new house feel like home.