
Practical (and pretty) gifts for their new house they'll actually use
1. Colourful linens to decorate their kitchen
While they’re still working out where to put the pots and pans, add extra zest to their kitchen with lemon and seafood-patterned linens, from embroidered placemats to grace their table to a colourful apron or oven gloves to protect them while they’re cooking.
2. A doormat to create a welcoming entrance
3. Photo frames to decorate bare shelves
Filled with anything from personal photos to cheerful art, drawings and pressed flowers, photo frames in a variety of colours and sizes can be dotted around their new home to instantly add decoration and a personal touch to empty walls or shelves.
4. Coffee accessories to keep them caffeinated
Because unpacking is tiresome, keep their energy levels elevated while they open box upon box with coffee. Pair the energy-boosting gift with a beautiful cafetiere they can use long after they’ve moved in, either on their desk while working from home or during lazy weekend brunches.
5. Cushions to brighten their room
Keep them cosy by covering their bed and bedroom with colour, pattern and luxuriously soft texture in the form of cushions and throws. This green and blue cushion cover, gilded with a pop of golden embroidery, is ideal for adding shine to their new space.
6. Lamps for added illumination
Treat them to lighting for their bedroom, home office or living room. This blue table lamp comes with eco credentials too, handmade from recycled glass with a confetti-inspired pattern. The finishing touch? Add a naked light bulb and their gift will be ready to glow.
7. Vases to fill their home with flowers
Instead of a fresh bouquet, why not give them a vase filled with dried flowers? Vases can be placed almost anywhere in their home, from mantlepieces to side tables and dried flowers don’t require any watering, so will look good season after season after season.
8. Storage baskets for extra organisation
Nowhere to keep their clothes and clutter? No problem. Solve any storage issues in their new house with foldable boxes to organise clothing or linens and woven storage baskets to tidy away toys, cushions and throws in their living room.
9. Plant pots to add greenery
Freshen almost every room and even make a start on the garden with plant pots filled with leafy plants, delicious herbs or colourful flowers, complete with a watering can to help their garden grow. If they’re not blessed with a green thumb, then artificial plants will help them create a lush environment indoors, without any effort.
10. Glassware to help them celebrate
They’ll likely receive an influx of congratulatory bottles from their friends and family, so give them some fancy glassware to enjoy them in. Stock their home bar with wine, cocktail or gin glasses - they’re as perfect for serving guests at a housewarming party as they are for quiet nights curled up on the sofa with their favourite tipple.