The best gifts to give anyone are those that have been personalized or customized. Personalization makes much more of a lasting impression than something just bought from the local supermarket or crafts store. Mixing in parts of someone’s personality with a gift shows a lot about you as a person as well since it will demonstrate your ability to learn, listen, and retain significant information on the other person.
When someone has just bought a house, personalized house warming gifts are probably the best thing they could receive as they’re more than likely scrounging to add themselves into the new space and it will definitely help them feel like it’s more of a home than just a house.
While it seems a little cliché at first, if you’re artistic at all, giving someone a work of art that you’ve created yourself is actually quite a good house warming gift. You should already know your friends rather well so pay attention to the décor they’re looking to establish in their new home and put together something that fits in well with their theme while also blending in pieces that are distinctly them.
At the very least, you’ll give them something very nice to hang on their wall or place as their center piece. The author recently did this with her sister and she loved it.
If you’re looking for something a bit more functional in terms of a good house warming gift, there are plenty of places online these days that will offer up personalized appliances that work just as well as the traditional ones. In most cases, people have their dream color scheme mapped out in their head and try to get as closely to it as possible, but few people actually achieve it.
Find out what colors or styles they’re looking for and see if it’s possible to have a toaster created with pink accents or their initials engraved on the side. The chances are likely that they’ll love you for it and they’ll be touched you thought enough to order a customization for them.
Going the traditional route is also an option. Some people like the standard house warming gifts such as wreaths, door mats, and fruit baskets. Fortunately in this day and age, all of these things can be personalized for pretty much any occasion if you’re willing to spend a little extra money.
Wreaths can now be tailored to anyone’s specific tastes with specific flowers while door mats can be made to say whatever the buyer wants them to. Fruit baskets are extremely easy to have personalized as it’s really as simple as ordering certain types or fruit while leaving others out to create a basket that is filled only with things that the recipient is actually going to eat.
They can also be wrapped in several colors or styles and most of them include cards, which can also be personalized for the occasion.
House warming parties are usually the time when people get random items to scatter around their house under the guise of being thoughtful when in reality, most of it gets stored in a closet or returned to a store for credit. By creating something special or ordering a house warming gift that is completely personalized to the recipient, not only will you stand out from the crowd, but they’re bound to love whatever you give them.
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That’s why I’ve fallen in love with etsy for gifts. I can get something that’s unique and personal rather than another Bed Bath and Beyond standby.
I like getting cool wine openers for our friends when they move. Well, just the ones that like wine, lol. So far, they’ve been very well received and used a ton. 🙂