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  • Learn More About Housewarming Gifts

    When someone moves into a new home or apartment, friends and loved ones often help celebrate and furnish the space by giving housewarming gifts. The traditional housewarming gifts are bread, wine, salt, olive oil, and honey. Each has their own meaning, like making life in the new home sweet. You’ll find creative twists on these traditional housewarming gifts from Etsy sellers, like flavoured sea salt mixes and handmade ceramic honey pots. Today, many people pass on these housewarming customs and choose popular new home gifts like: 

    • Kitchen items: Deck out their new space with well-crafted kitchen and dining items, from cooking utensils and gadgets to hand-printed tea towels to beautiful barware. Or present them with a custom charcuterie board, and the new homeowners will be ready for entertaining. 

    • Decor: Help decorate their new space with gorgeous home decor gifts such as wall hangings, scatter cushions, scented candles, and picture frames. 

    • Plants: Always a popular housewarming gift idea, house plants bring instant life and colour into any living space. Place plants in beautifully decorated planters and pots for a special touch. 

    Find more inspiration with these picks for the best housewarming gifts, chosen by Etsy editors and shopping experts and beloved by buyers.

    Gifts for new home owners can have a more modern twist when you opt for technical gadgets, contemporary decor, and useful items. Shop for housewarming gifts designed for couples like personalised name signs and custom illustrations. Give them a fun neon sign to brighten up their rec room or home bar. A magnetic key holder provides a practical and decorative place to hold their new house keys. Help the new homeowners keep track of time with a sleek, minimalist wall clock. A personalised welcome mat is a useful housewarming gift with personality.

    Home sweet home takes on a whole new meaning when you give new homeowners a thoughtful, personalised gift created just for them. Here are just a few of the thousands of personalised gifts on Etsy that are great for housewarming:

    • Custom house portrait: Commemorate their new home by working with a talented artist on Etsy to create a custom portrait of their new house as a one-of-a-kind piece of wall art to hang in their living room or home office.

    • personalised home decor: Add a distinctly personal touch to their home with personalised home decor like a monogrammed welcome mat, embroidered towels or throw blankets, or a hand-crafted wall sign with the family’s name. 

    • Custom-made kitchen gifts: Gifts like personalised chopping boards, engraved serving trays, and custom mugs will bring a special touch to a new homeowner’s kitchen.