I hope you all are amazing and doing well + looking for some fun house warming gift ideas from Amazon!
My very best friend of all time just bought her very first house! (ahh!!) This is such an exciting time for her and her fiancé. I wanted to make sure their experience was one of a kind! I’m SO excited to share this with you all! This is the gift guide I put together for when I was shopping for their perfect gift!
Courtney (bestie) and I are all about the stuff that NO ONE thinks about when searching for a gift. All things cleaning, batteries, tide pods, baskets/containers. Like, if it’s not the usual gift, we want it. We get an insane amount of joy from these things, it’s weird, but it’s us 😛
Which is probably why I am SO excited to spoil her (and him of course) with some fun things I know they will love and enjoy! woohoo, let’s go!
I LOVE putting my gifts in something other than just a bag – I go for either baskets, jars, containers etc. depending on the purpose or extent of the gift! For this particular gift I used a basket!
Below I’ll share with you the 5 best categories for house warming gift ideas from amazon and you can either fill said basket with all the items from just one category or a few items from each category – which is what I did, you decide!!
~ the 5 best categories for house warming gift ideas from amazon ~
- Personalized
- Cozy
- Home Delight
- Cleaning Supplies
- Something Fun
1.) PERSONALIZED
The very first thing I KNEW I was getting for Courtney and her fiancé was a custom made sign from smallwoodhomes.com! I found this company on Instagram through a friend and ended up using them for allllll of my wedding signs and absolutely LOVE them, (i’ll share more of my signs after our magical day actually happens!)
This sign was something very simple that could hang in their home, but also very personable. On the smallwoodhomes website you’ll find it is VERY easy to navigate through to customize your own product.
Side note with smallwoodhomes – they don’t ONLY do custom signs, you can easily purchase straight from their inventory!
2.) COZY
As i’ve mentioned above, I like to put my gifts in something cute and useful and in this case, a basket! I had SUCH a hard time deciding on which basket to choose because they were all SO cute… so I’ve linked a few below so you could see a few of my favorites!
I always try to think of something creative to put gifts in so that it’s also a part of the gift and nothing you have to throw away. I’m curious, are any of you the same way?!
I personally just think it adds so much to the gift and I love to see them being able to use it in their home, or everyday life!
large white and tan basket | white and brown basket | white and gray basket
3.) HOME DELIGHT
This is part of the gift that is something they would initially “need” for their new home! As everything in the basket will of course be something they need, it’s also mainly more “fun”, right?!
You want to make sure they can benefit from the gifts further than “just” hanging it on the wall or making the room smell good, yeah?
Lucky for me they will be getting married this fall so their registry has been up for a while and I’m able to see all the home delight items they are still in need of. SCORE!
I decided on this glassware set from Bed Bath & Beyond because I knew she didn’t have any yet, and the day after move in day would be a little funny drinking everything from their coffee mugs amiright? LOL!
This was something I knew she needed so I chose it based on that – but here are some more favorites that would fall perfectly in this category!
elegant drinking glasses|silicone kitchen cooking utensils|knife set|kitchen-aid mixer|bath towels|cheese board|mop & broom holder|clear fridge containers
4.) CLEANING SUPPLIES
Now THIS is where all my fun came in!! And because I know my best friend so well, I know this will literally be her favorite part! I grabbed all the goodies I could find and just tossed them in the basket!! See my favorites below!
Courtney and I are 100000% the complete opposite person, no joke. But when it comes to cleaning supplies and anything Dateline/crime mysteries -we are TWO.PEAS.IN.A.POD.
We have been obsessed with these things for as long as I can remember (12… 13 years old?!) so we can’t even blame it on adulting…
Like, who gets genuinely excited about tide pods, Oxi clean, dish detergent, ziploc bags, chip clips, sponges, new bottles of anything?! We do.. and yeah we are aware … we are loonies! But we’ll almost always have a clean house and that will be just fine with us (!!)
multi-surface concentrate|room freshener|swiffer wet jet|tide pods|unstopables|yankee home sweet home candle|chip clips|lemon scent cascade
disclaimer: I’m OBSESSED with my swiffer wet jet! I could swiffer all day long! I don’t know what it is about it but it’s so therapeutic HAHA!! The refills in the scent “open-window fresh” are my absolute fave! ugh. wow. love it.
5.) SOMETHING FUN
This category could literally be ANYTHING under the sun that would be considered fun or funny! From a gift card to their favorite activity place, an activity game itself, or pool floats for their new oasis (yup the house came with a pool!!)
Personally, I think a gift basket isn’t fully a gift basket without their favorite beverage – so they each got their favorite beverage .. plus something a little cheesy and fun below.
flamingo pool float|inflatable drink floats|incohearent|toilet bowl light|poo-pourri|HB for dummies book|new home mug
Courtney and I have been best friends (AND neighbors) since the day she was born (i’m 4 months older hehe) and though i’ve been traveling and living in different places throughout the years, she’s always here when I get home and ready for our dateline “sleepovers”.
It will definitely be weird having to DRIVE 6 whole minutes (lol) just to go for our morning walks – or now… laps in the pool 😉
We have been waiting for the day we get our “own” space that we can decorate ourselves, walk around in our robes, make a mess in the kitchen, yell at ourselves for keeping every light in the house on.. and it’s finally here for her, and I am OVER THE MOON happy for them – which is why I wanted to make this basket more than perfect for their first ever house warming gift!
AS ALWAYS
Thank you all SO much for reading and I truly hope you all are able to use this as a guide for your next house warming gift needs!! Or even if you just wanted to tReAt Yo’SeLf
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XOXO -B
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Josfolio says
Wow, every idea is good, I don’t think cozy or personalised item might go in vain. Keep posting
simplylivingxob says
Thank you so much! Such kind words
Poli-Archivist says
I love the idea of cleaning supplies! There are so many practical things, like those, that you just don’t think of when you move into your first home! Love it!
simplylivingxob says
Exactly!! Most people are thinking more decorations or furniture (also very important) but cleaning supplies 👌🏼👌🏼 is a must!! Thanks for reading!