Practical (and pretty) gifts for their new house they'll actually use

Whether they’ve purchased a place or they’re moving into a rental, make them feel at home with useful housewarming gifts to help them decorate, organise and enjoy their space from the minute they move in. From colourful glassware to toast the big move to textiles to brighten their bedroom, these are some of our favourite gift ideas that aren’t just practical, they’ll add a pretty touch to their new abode too.

Colourful tea towels on a table with white plates

Fruit Tea Towel Set

Blue oven gloves on a green metal chair in a garden

Voila Oven Glove

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.

Bonjour doormat on door step in front of door

Shrimp Bonjour Doormat

2. A doormat to create a welcoming entrance

Add colour to worn or unsightly floors with a doormat for their entranceway. They’ll create a cheery welcome to greet them when they return to their new home, and, if placed inside, will add a bright pop of colour to their hallway too.

Green Velvet Photo Frame

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.

A glass cafetiere and colourful coffee mugs

Kona Glass Cafetiere

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.

Three patterned cushions on a white bed with yellow throw

Checkerboard Yellow Throw

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.

A green patterned cushion with ‘Hey’ on the front

Ines Yellow Table Lamp

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.

Nomi Bud Blue Vase

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.

White Seagrass Storage Basket

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.

Green and blue patterned drawer organiser on a white table

Three outdoor plant pots on a wooden table

Toba Outdoor Plant Pots

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.

Cocktail glasses and barware on a bar cart

Claro Grey Martini Glasses

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.