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Welcome Someone Home With House Warming Gifts

What to buy for house warming gifts varies with the age, family status, and tastes of your friends or family. House warming gifts that come in handy for parents with children, are not going to be as useful to a single person. But if you know someone's particular tastes, you can leave the "useful" aisles, and shop for something unique, that can be as functional as they are unusual.

House warming gifts and gourmet food

Gourmet food is always a goldmine for house warming gifts. You can order gourmet gift baskets, wine gifts, chocolate gifts and even unusual gifts: live lobster and dungeness crab, or filet mignon steaks.

Another idea is to choose a beautifully etched wall mirror to reflect your good taste in house warming gifts. They come pre-engraved, or can be etched with a personal message from you. To make sure there's always a place to hang your hat when you visit, they can also be purchased in frames that include coat hooks.

Depending on the type of home you want to purchase house warming gifts for, you might opt for a personal sign. These come in a wide array of styles and materials, from etched metal plates that fasten to the door or wall, to name plaques that hang beneath a mailbox. Local artisans are a good source for these, either wood-burned or hand painted.

Did a few things get broken in the move? Then dishes and crystal make excellent house warming gifts, especially when accompanied by a bottle of wine, to go with glasses or a favorite recipe to fill a clay casserole dish.

A great favorite, especially for a new neighbor, is to start them a friendship cake. There are literally dozens of recipes for these cakes, which require you to make a "starter" or "mother" blend, adding or stirring ingredients, for ten days. At the end of that period, you can wrap a cup of the starter in a decorative bottle, and include the recipe as one of your house warming gifts.