Books To Give As Housewarming Gifts
Housewarmings are one of those difficult occasions on which you know you are expected to bring a gift, but you have no idea what the happy new homeowners might want or need. As any bookish person might, I suggest giving the gift of reading. A well-chosen book can be beautiful and useful, adding to the joy of home ownership for years to come.
In December 2024, I moved into my 6th (or 7th if you count the overseas rental) house (my husband is retired military, so we’ve moved around a lot), and I can personally attest that every house needs some love to feel like a home. At this point, I feel like I am semi-pro at moving out and moving in, but I only had a housewarming for the first.
Way back then, we received as a housewarming gift the book Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook. This book has reference material for how to take care of almost anything homekeeping can throw at you.
- How to maintain your dishwasher ✅
- How to treat stains ✅
- How to clean your baseboards ✅
Having this resource of tried and true ways to care for my home has saved me from scouring the internet for questionable solutions time and again. Highly Recommend!
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Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home
“Encyclopedic yet friendly, Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook is a seminal work–a must-have for everyone who wants a well-cared-for home that will endure for generations.”
In the same vein, I think having a book about basic home repairs is also a welcome addition to any new home owners library.
Pretty Good House offers a refreshing approach to building and renovating high-performance homes.
Of course, there are myriad choices in home decorating books that might help your friends nail down their style, make their home more welcoming, or increase their comfort.
Find Your Style
From the country’s most popular interior design magazine comes a stylish, in-depth look at what it takes to make any room beautiful.
The chic, soulful, livable spaces of Texas-based interior designer Marcus Mohon exert a universal appeal with their air of timeless serenity.
The House that Pinterest Built
“If you want to explore. If you love to see. If you’re looking to look; this book is an example of a home made from the gifts of other people’s addictive yearnings for the perfect home, with the perfect landscape and the perfect interior. It illustrates my choices of your choices.” – Diane Keaton
The long-awaited design book from Shea McGee, beautifully showcasing all that is possible for every room of your home.
Explore Interior Design
Bestselling author and popular American architect Gil Schafer returns with the final installment in his trilogy on the rewards of living in the American house.
We all want a home that is as much tailored to our lives as it is inviting (and impressive) to guests. House Rules helps you achieve both, encouraging you to develop and elevate your personal style, putting it into practice with the tenets of interior design.
The new comprehensive bible of interior design, from a home styling guru who has coached an entire Scandinavian generation in the art of creating a harmonious home.
Embrace Color
An inspiring, accessible collection of the colorful interiors at the heart of the House Beautiful.
In her first book, Elle Decor A-List decorator Ashley Whittaker shares the secrets of her colorful, pattern-filled classic rooms.
From acclaimed Southern designer Janie Molster comes this lively collection of vibrant interiors and insightful advice for colorful living.
A loud-and-proud gift-style interiors guide crammed full of 70s maximalist inspiration that epitomizes the freewheeling, more-is-more energy of the era.
House of Joy takes stock of the undercurrents that are shaping the spaces in which we live and work – particularly those that make us smile.
Make Your Home More Welcoming
In Home Stories, learn how to create rooms filled with warmth, meaning, and your own unique story of home from an award-winning interior designer.
The owners of the acclaimed stores and decorating firm Circa Interiors present eight stylish, beautiful homes blending comfort, beauty, and function with classic Southern hospitality.
Through gorgeous photography and heartfelt essays, the interior designer and author of Made for Living reveals her detail-oriented approach to renovating, decorating, and building a beautiful home.
Increase Your Comfort
The hosts of HGTV’s Fixer to Fabulous welcome you into their home, sharing personal stories and gorgeous photos of their restored farmhouse, their delightful kids, and many of the beautiful, inviting spaces they’ve transformed over the years
More than just a stylish design book: The founder of Parachute Home teaches you how to design a home that’s not only beautiful but mindful, functional, and uniquely you.
With Hygge Simplified, learn how to find happiness with this essential Scandinavian mindset!
From Matt Armato and Beau Ciolino—the powerhouse couple behind the blog Probably This and #YourGayUncles—a comprehensive guide to living comfortably and beautifully on the cheap by and for millennials
An inspirational guide to home decorating with the perennially popular elements of a neutral palette, natural ingredients and a carefully curated mix of vintage and modern pieces.
Ever wish a home organizing expert could help you tidy up your brain too? That’s exactly what the author does with this guide to implementing better habits, setting boundaries, and simplifying your routines.
Other Ideas
Other ideas include books on houseplants, homesteading, gardening, or cooking.
Bonus points for choosing a book that is pretty enough to be a coffee table book.
Take your gifts up a notch by pairing your book gift with another token – flowers, wine, food, dessert and instantly add to the homey-ness of their new abode.
Do you have a go-to housewarming gift? Something that every home should have?
Let me know in the comments.
May your life be as full as your bookshelf and as long as your TBR list.
Happy Reading!
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