What is the best housewarming present you've ever gotten?

aloisk57

My MOH and her FI just bought a HUGE new house and, since they've never had their own place, basically have no furniture or anything.  Her bachelorette party is this weekend and one of the BM and I were going to go in on a present (up to $100).  We wanted to get her/them something nice for the new house, but wanted it to be original and cool too.  What is the best housewarming gift you've ever received?

jemmini6

Wine :-)

aloisk57

Hahaha I'm sure wine would be appreciated, but I was looking for something they could use in their house for more than 1 night   The kit thing sounds cool!

balletdawn

I got some Home Depot gift cards and was very excited to use those. That makes me sound like a giant nerd but that's okay.

cwaggoner07

Since they are engaged, have they registered yet? Because the things they need may be on there. I know you may want to go off the registry, but maybe you can get an idea of what they need. Like, if they have a TON of kitchen stuff on there, then definitely something for the kitchen.

RailWayWife

Did she register for her wedding yet? You could get some ideas of things they want and need from there. If you want something a little more creative I would try uncommongoods.com

JordynLeighx3

The best thing I got was a gift card from parents to stock our cabinets with groceries. And a kit with cleaning products/kit of a bunch of Saran wraptin foilzip locks stuff like that. And a gift cert. for a house cleaning professionally before we moved in so everything was clean before move in.

cwaggoner07

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[QUOTE]I have actually never received a housewarming gift.  Clearly I need to find new friends.
Posted by LucyHC[/QUOTE]

Actually ditto to this. If I have ever gone to a housewarming party I have brought a bottle of wine. Cliche, but hey, I would never ever turn down a bottle of wine.

Summer2011Bride

We're moving into a new house at the end of July and while it's not huge, we also need to furnish a good portion of it since we currently reside in a tiny apartment. Speaking for me personally, Home Depot/Lowe's gift cards would be a god send! I would much prefer that than for someone to give me a decor item that may not be my style (not saying you would do this).

If they aren't registered and you aren't sure, I think gift cards are a good way to go so they can purchase what they like/need. I would also appreciate wine

RebeccaB88

I've only ever gotten one, and it was a Lowe's gift card. And it was awesome.

lyndausvi

For people who have nothing, I do a chocolate chip cookie basket.

 I get chocolate chips, flour, sugar, vanilla, bsically everything needed to make cookies that was not cold.

Then I get a cookie sheet, bowls, measuring cups and spoons, pot holders, 2 glasses for milk, spatula, mixing spoons.   Things needed to make the cookies.


It's always a hit.  Plus if they already have some of the items it's not a big deal.  You really  can't have too many bowls, cookies sheets or pot holders.

random4180

A vacuum cleaner. With two cats and a rabbit, we need a good fur removal system!

SoSaysTara

I like any sort of kit.  If they have registered, you could use something they registered for as a jumping off point.. Figure out what they would do with it, and buy them a bunch of cute stuff to go with!

brookerich

I've never had a housewarminng party so therefore I've never gotten a housewarming gift and I've only been invited to one housewarming party and I think I got them a gift card to Target or Lowes or something.

BUT I have been to several couples wedding showers, which around here, oddly enough are sort of like a housewarming party. 

So anyways, when I go to any kind of party like this I try to bring something for BOTH people, not just something that would be geared toward one or the other.  For instance the last wedding shower I went to I ended up making the bride to be a basket with girly things like candles and picture frames, a robe which she could enjoy for a long time, stuff like that which most men could care less about, then for the guy I made a "guy basket" I attached mini liquor bottles to the top of small wooden dowels and "arranged" them so that the mini liquor bottles looked like a bouquet.  Both the guy and the girl appreciated the thought that they were both thought of individually.