Best Housewarming Gifts and Host Gifts / Hostess Gifts
When you are shopping for the best housewarming gifts for the cherished people in your life, it can be challenging to figure out what’s a good housewarming gift to give. A bottle of champagne or wine is almost always welcome, but often that may not last through to the end of the housewarming party.
Best Housewarming Gift Ideas
These housewarming gift ideas will help you choose an awesome gift that will both be remembered and cherished.
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The Best Housewarming Gifts for 2024
Hostess Gifts and Housewarming Gift Ideas Beyond a Bottle of Wine
Whether you choose to get something practical for the home, something gourmet for their kitchen, something funny to make them laugh, or a set of protective statues to guard over them, these ideas can help you find a perfect and unique housewarming gift!
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Home Décor Gifts
Help new homeowners settle into their new home in style with these popular home décor gifts.
Foo Dog Statues
Foo Dogs, or Beijing lions, are traditional symbols of Chinese guardians that protect family wealth and social status. The ancient guardian statues are always portrayed in pairs (male and female) and often displayed at the gates of temples, gardens, and house entrances.
Animated Light Sculptures
Delight someone with the unique hypnotic art of a stunning animated light sculpture! Sit back and enjoy the changing displays that provide an impressive dancing light show!
Diptyque Scented Candles
These luxurious and fragrant Diptyque candles add iconic scents and classic style to any space.
Woven Storage Baskets
These stylish woven storage baskets offer an attractive way to keep frequently used items where they are most needed.
Cotton Rope Baskets
These versatile cotton rope baskets have countless storage uses and offer a chic way to corral items around the house. The broad baskets hold towels, blankets, toys, magazines, or whatever else needs to be contained.
Sofa Throw Blankets
These highly-rated throw blankets are made from 100% high-quality acrylic and have a soft, silky, lightweight touch. The design features a unique pattern with rolled fringed edges for a beautiful finish that won’t unravel in the wash. This popular, high-quality item has over 25,000 reviews online!
Buckwheat Bolster Pillows
These buckwheat bolster pillows are designed to support poses for yoga or meditation, but the bold colors and versatile designs also make them display-worthy on their own!
Decorative Serving Trays
These elegant serving trays offer a chic way to serve drinks, share appetizers, or add a touch of stylish organization! Choose from colors to suit any décor aesthetic.
Agate Drink Coasters
These natural drink coasters were sliced from agate geodes. This is truly a unique housewarming gift, as no two agate sets will be alike!
Tissue Box Covers
The clever house-shaped design of these tissue box holders adds a fun way to keep tissue boxes where they are most needed.
Gourmet Housewarming Gifts
Gourmet gifts always make welcome treats, but they are especially appreciated after a move!
Housewarming Gift Baskets
Some of the most appreciated housewarming gift baskets include sweet or savory snack options.
Luxury Housewarming Gift Baskets
Give the gift of gourmet treats with these luxury housewarming gift baskets that include premium assortments of the most snackable foods.
Glass Drink Markers
A set of wine glass markers can help guests keep track of their glass throughout the night, then wash off with soap and water when the glasses are cleaned! Creative types can use these for labeling other things as well — label spices, cheese plates, dinner plates, or add fun seasonal messages on windows and mirrors!
Personalized Housewarming Gifts
Gift them something truly unique with a personalized housewarming gift that is custom-made just for them.
Personalized Cutting Boards
These personalized wooden boards are customized with your message and make a memorable gift they will cherish and use for years!
Location Specific Artworks
These custom-made artworks put hometown love on proud display.
Outdoor Housewarming Gifts
Help them love their indoor and outdoor spaces equally with these great housewarming gift ideas for the outdoors!
Copper Hummingbird Swings
Attract and enjoy more hummingbirds with this beautiful wood and copper hummingbird swing. The piece is the perfect size for hummingbirds and adds color and style to a bird garden.
Portable Waterproof BlueTooth Speakers
Make sure the jams are always pumping with a highly-rated, rechargeable waterprof BlueTooth speaker.
Practical Housewarming Gifts
Ensure they settle in easily with these housewarming gifts that will immediately find practical uses around the house!
Streamlight Tactical Flashlights
Every household needs at least one really good flashlight that they can count on during emergencies like these tactical flashlights from Streamlight! Buy with confidence as these flashlights include a limited lifetime warranty!
Smart Wi-Fi Plugs
These smart plugs use a Wi-Fi connection to turn basic electronics into devices that can be turned on or off from anywhere with your smartphone, with voice control, or on a schedule! The compact design won’t block other wall outlets and works
Hammer and Screwdriver Multi-Tools
This single hammer holds an additional four screwdrivers inside its handle. This item is compact enough to go anywhere and comes in handy everywhere!
Miracle Cleaning Wipes
These highly-rated cleaning wipes are made of breakthrough Nanolon fabric that works with water to handle tough household cleaning jobs. NonoTowels, in a variety of colors and sizes, eliminate the need for paper towels and toxic cleaning products. They are 100% guaranteed and come with a one-year warranty!
Folding Step Stools
This foldable step stool provides extra reach for all kinds of jobs, including hanging new art, changing light bulbs, and reaching the top shelf! The lightweight and sturdy design includes slip-resistant steps.
Fun Housewarming Gifts
Show off some personality with these games and gifts that encourage conversations and interactions.
New Home Candles
This cheeky housewarming “New Home” candle is both amusing and functional! Choose the size, lid color, scent option (58 choices), and a personal message for the back of the candle! Allow an extra 4 – 5 days for the candle to be created.
Secular Saint Candles
Gift a “secular saint” glass votive prayer candle to help brighten spirits and rooms at your friend’s new home! Choose from pop-culture icons Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, Freddie Mercury, Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Billie Holiday, and many more!
Zen Buddha Boards
Add a touch of zen to a home with the easy-to-use Buddha Board that creates soft, beautiful, temporary images with a rich, inky Japanese look. Enjoy creations in the present moment because as the water evaporates, the masterpiece fades away, creating a blank slate for the next moment of inspiration.
Tiki Toss Games
This tiki toss ring toss game looks deceptively simple, but is surprisingly challenging and provides hours of entertainment. Great game for any age or skill level!
TableTopics Conversation Starters
These tabletop conversation starter games ask thought-provoking questions and are perfect for starting unique conversations. Multiple versions of the game are available, including couples, girls’ nights out, grandparents, teens, family, and more.
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What are your favorite gift ideas? What were the best & most memorable gifts that you have received?
These are some amazing housewarming gifts you have collected to share with your blog readers. I need to buy a few of them like the servings trays and coasters to go with the decor the new home owners have chosen. I have bookmarked your website for easy access and shared on social media.
Thanks so much for sharing with your network! I’m glad you found some great housewarming gift ideas.
I’m not sure what I was expecting when I checked out your article. But what I found was a treasure-trove of wonderful gift ideas, and I could purchase them without going anywhere else! I bookmarked your page to come back later and do some serious Christmas shopping.
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The only very tiny issue I had, (I got over it right away) was the pop-up that came up asking me to sign up for a newsletter. It came up so fast, I hadn’t even looked around. The brand name on the newsletter didn’t match anything I saw, so I declined If I knew it was your newsletter, I would have signed up if it had popped up later on my journey through your store. So perhaps delay it’s pop-up, Otherwise, I am very impressed and I will be back to shop!
Keep up the great work, and Thrive!
Al
I love the cotton rope baskets, have a few of those myself. They work for so many different purposes, so I love them! My son is moving into his own place, and I know that he will need a couple of these for laundry and dog toys specifically 🙂 They will work great. Thanks for the Christmas idea!
Hi Leahrae, Those cotton rope baskets are always so handy and make great gifts! Now that you mention it, after getting our dog a subscription to Bark Box, we may need another rope basket to contain all of her new toys! 😉
Home warming gifts are a great way, in my opinion, to help persons to acquire what they need, these gifts will help that special one in so many ways! While some may not immediately notice the need for these gifts, they are indeed a great help and I will encourage persons to get involved in this type of gift giving. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Norman, My last move into a new home is recent enough to remember quite vividly, and thoughtful gifts like these were definitely most welcome. No matter how much one plans for a big move, there will always be many surprise visits to the store for essentials. These thoughtful gifts may help bring smiles to someone who is otherwise quite stressed by their move!
I was looking for a housewarming gift for a friend when I came across this post. The thing I really, really love about this is the range of traditional, funny, useful and practical gifts I see here. I think that anyone could find a great housewarming gift for any family from this list! I have decided to get them the Hypnocube Animated Light Sculpture. What a unique gift! I think I’ll buy myself the hummingbird swing as well. Thank you for posting this!
Hi Cynthia, I think you’re going to love the unique and beautiful lighting from the Hypnocube Animated Light Sculpture – the mesmerizing light show is an excellent choice whether you keep it for yourself or gift it to someone special!
There were many great ideas on your list. I particularly like the idea of the small step stool. I have one that is very similar and I use it all the time. The olive oil looks amazing as well and I’m considering trying it out for myself. I personally would steer away from the smart devices, just because for me personally I like to keep all of them in one system and they may not match up, but for most people, it is probably not an issue.
Hi Mike, Even the tallest people in our home need a step stool on occasion – they are definitely helpful items in our home!
Very helpful to find this article on housewarming gifts. I’m actually shopping for other occasions but have found that these items are good gift choices for most any occasion. Lots of very cool items that also seem like they would be welcome around the house (I’d like to receive these as gifts anyway – lol).
Thanks again for the versatile list of host gifts.
Thanks Josh, gifts for the home are definitely a good gift choice for any occasion.
I’m in the holiday mode of shopping now and I see a lot of great holiday gift ideas on this list. Items for the home can be a very thoughtful gift and I like the variety of options you have shared. The foo dogs are cool looking and supposed to bring fortune and protection – what a fun gift idea for my best friend who is crazy hard to shop for!
Thanks Harry, those foo dogs are definitely super fun! Great gift choice!!
Thanks for sharing about the host and hostess gift selection, have been terrible when it comes to chosen gift for hosts, most of the time I spend hours in the store not knowing what to choose from, reading this give me a lot of ideas on whta to buy for host and hostess the next time I am visiting.
Hi Saint, It is certainly easy to overthink picking outa gift — and when you multiply that by your whole gift list it can feel like a lot to do! I am glad that you quickly found some suitable housewarming gift options!!
Cool ideas for the best housewarming gifts. I’ve always found it a bit difficult to know what to get for new homeowners.. or how much is appropriate to spend. Usually I just have gone with a decent bottle of red wine or something similar. I liked the copper hummingbird swing on your list of best housewarming gifts because I love birds and that is pretty interesting idea. Next time I think I might give one of those with my usual gift. Have a good one.
Hi riverdogg, I’ve always been fascinated by the wildlife that lives around an area, and as a homeowner, I love to make sure I create a space where the beautiful creatures have a welcome place to visit. The copper hummingbird swing gift is pretty to look at even when there aren’t any swinging birds! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing these amazing gift ideas! I love the wine markers the most. Every party I cannot seem to find my glasses and I do not want my friends to bust out a fresh one. Win win for me, a perfect gift that I can use for the future lol. The croc serving tray is also very unique, I love that. Will totally check them out . Thanks again!
The writable / washable glass pens are very handy — both for marking your wine glass and for other labeling projects as well!
We are in the process of moving to a new house and are planning a housewarming. Unfortunately, most people bring quite useless gifts with good intentions. I would be happy to get plants for the garden, as we have enough stuff for the house, coming out of a big house already.
I must admit though the bottle of olive oil would be welcomed, as well as the wine glasses and the match holder. Maybe I should send this post along with the invitation so that people can get an idea what to buy.
Thanks for these inspiring ideas.
I agree that plants are always welcome gifts at my house, but even those can be tricky to choose well (do the homeowners have pets and are the plants poisonous to them?, is there enough light for the plant?, etc). Sending along some ideas or creating a wishlist of items is a great way to make sure that you get something that you do really need for your home!
There are a lot of great ideas here and many would be suitable as gifts for other occasions as well.
I’m thinking of a young couple that is getting married in the near future and will be setting up their first home together. I think several of these would be great decorative choices for their new home.
Those agate costers look pretty cool. Nice colour and a great gift for house warming. Even the young couple I mentioned would probably appreciate these. I know for a fact that she likes blue so these would be perfect. I think they would like that Hypnocube as well. I would like the cube.
The wine glass markers would be a great idea for any party. Lessens the chance of losing my drink.
Great ideas that I think anyone would like in their home.
I want the cube 🙂
Wayne
Hi Wayne, That cube is definitely a cool looking piece of art, so it makes a great gift for the house (either for yourself, or someone else!).
I think as a guest at any house party you should always bring a bottle or two, wine, champagne, whatever the occasion calls for. As for the actual house warming gift, I always like to go for something I know the new homeowners would love, but would probably never buy for themselves. Of course it’s going to depend on their tastes, but some really fancy wine glasses, or maybe a cocktail bar set. An ice cream maker perhaps? The sky’s the limit, and you’ve got a lot of good things on your list already.
Cheers 😉
You sound like a very thoughtful guest and friend!
This is interesting and i have some new ideas for gifts i would be getting my friend who hosts me during this holiday.
Frank is a tech guy and it would be amazing the reactions he would get for Video Doorbell w/ HD Video, 2-way Audio, & Motion Activated Alerts as i love it and would be getting one for myself also.
These are all great products you have picked out and would make for great indoor decor
I can tell you that the video doorbell / monitoring has been great to have!
Brilliant!!
I’m so bad at choosing gifts so this is exactly what I needed.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil!!
It was so obvious all along but everyone wants that… but nobody needs it!
And the nano towels is literally genius. Do you have a favourite in the list?
I’ve added them to the list for next time. Thanks so much
Hi Mike, I have many favorites on the list! The Streamlight Flashlight, plug-in dimmer, video doorbell are just a few of my personal favorites.
Hi, Alyce!
What a fun thing to research and write about! I am amazed at the things we have access to – at our fingertips. These are all great ideas for gifts! Anyone searching for the perfect gift is surely able to choose something from the list you’re providing. Something great for even the hardest to buy for! You’re right- wine is usually always welcome, but it just doesn’t last. Why not grab something that lasts a while!
Thanks so much – I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed the list of host gift ideas!!