Our 12 Favorite Kitchen-Related Housewarming Gifts

FAQs

What’s a nice housewarming gift?

A thoughtful housewarming gift doesn’t need to be expensive or hard to find. Your recipient will appreciate a gift chosen with a few considerations:

• Where are they in life? Are they recently-married or first-time homeowners who are trying to outfit a larger kitchen? Or did they recently retire and downsize (aka they probably don’t need more picture frames or flatware)? 
• Is this gift super practical; one that you know they’ll use? Or is it unique and aesthetic, so you know they don’t already have one, and they might not splurge on it for themself?
• Avoid gifts that have to be taken care of, like a plant or (AH!) an animal. 

Is wine a good housewarming gift?

This depends on the recipient. If you’re attending a housewarming party where you aren’t very close to the host, a *nice* bottle of wine is a safe gift. Unlike other gifts, you don’t have to worry about getting something that is a double of something they already have, will take up space, or that they just won’t use. Ensure this person isn’t sober or abstaining from drinking. 

On the other hand, If you do know the recipient well, and they’re not a wine connoisseur, maybe consider thinking outside the bottle. Most people will get plenty of wine as housewarming gifts, and an offering that takes their interests, personality, and season of life into account could be more thoughtful.