{"id":8358,"date":"2017-09-01T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.elfster.com\/?p=8358"},"modified":"2023-05-09T10:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:32:27","slug":"best-housewarming-gift-ideas-first-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/01\/best-housewarming-gift-ideas-first-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Housewarming Gift Ideas for a First Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I remember feeling so proud as I stood in my 500-square-foot apartment in a run down three-story walk up, waiting for my guests to arrive. I didn\u2019t care if it was small and a little sketchy because it was mine all mine. I\u2019d just moved into my very first apartment\u2014and it was time to celebrate.<\/p>\n

Of course, my new place didn\u2019t really start feeling like a home until the night of my housewarming party<\/a>. It was a little empty, and I had yet to really make it my own. Thankfully, my sweet friends gifted me all sorts of goodies that made my space feel much homier.<\/p>\n

Thanks to my friends and all the fantastic gifts and inspiration they brought me, I now consider myself to be an expert when it comes to finding the best housewarming gifts for a first home. Whether it\u2019s your newly married friends moving into their first house together or your younger sister settling into her first apartment after college, I\u2019ve got the best practical, decorative, and DIY housewarming gift ideas sure to make any new space feel like their own.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no place like home | Image courtesy Etsy seller thehouseandthehen<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Luckily for me, a lot of my friends happened to be older and further along in life than I was at the time, so they knew the perfect gifts for first time apartment dwellers. I didn\u2019t even make a wishlist<\/a>, but they intuitively knew exactly what I needed. Many of them gifted me with practical gifts that I would never have even thought to buy for myself.<\/p>\n

For instance, my friend Rebecca gifted me with a super cute, bright orange, mini fire extinguisher which I swore I\u2019d never have to use. Much to my surprise, it did come in pretty handy when a homemade doughnut experiment went awry.<\/p>\n

Here are some of my favorite ideas for practical gifts that every homeowner or renter should have for their first home:<\/p>\n