19/11/21

Christmas Gift Ideas

Chartford’s Christmas Gift Edit for New Home Owners

For many new home owners, first time buyers especially, furnishing and accessorizing a new house and making it a home can be a costly, time consuming yet super exciting process. That’s why opportunities like Christmas, can be the perfect way to help your friends and family make their new house a home, with a well-chosen gift.

To help you find the perfect house warming gift for your loved ones this Christmas, we’ve put together our room-by-room gift edit to give you plenty of inspiration.


Take a look below…
 


Gift ideas for the kitchen


  1. How about a swanky new coffee machine or if you’re working to a smaller a budget, how about some artisan coffee from an independent retailer? As Leeds locals ourselves, we definitely recommend Leodis Coffee.
  2. Brand new mugs are a small but effective way to bring a little personality and luxury into someone’s kitchen space. Our favourites include Heals, Le Creuset and Emma Bridgewater.
  3. New pans are a great gift choice if your friends or family enjoy cooking and entertaining. You can either go for a standard saucepan set which is good for everything, or personalise things a bit more with something like a Wok or griddle pan if you know their favourite cuisines.
  4. The Home Edit storage solutions are a must buy for anyone that appreciates both organisation and colour co-ordination. Their compartmentalised turntable storage option is a particular favourite of ours.
  5. On a similar theme, a label maker is the perfect gift for anyone that likes to maintain a well organised home. Trust us there is nothing that can’t be improved with a well made label.


Gift ideas for the living room


  1. To help add a little extra comfort, decadence or homely vibes to a living room, you can’t go too far wrong with a decorative cushion. They come in all shapes, styles and sizes so you’re guaranteed to find one to suit any taste too.
  2. Another lovely gift idea is a flower subscription and depending on the length of subscription you choose, it’s a gift that keeps on giving every month!
  3. The Interior Design Handbook by Frida Ramstedt is great as both an interior design resource and a stylish addition to any coffee table or book shelf.
  4. Photo frames are never lost and they’re versatile enough to go in virtually any room. As an extra personal touch, you can even find a photo to go in the frame yourself so you’re gifting a memory as well as the frame.
  5. Smart home technology is a great gift idea if you’re shopping for a technophile. From speakers to smart plugs; there’s lots of choice in this area so you can find something to suit almost any budget, and it can be the starting point of a sequence of related gift ideas, so you can help them build their smart home technology over time.


Gift ideas for the home office


  1. For anyone who’s recently transitioned to working from home, organisational stationary is the perfect gift idea. Paperchase has some great ranges which include desk pads, notebooks, planners and pens, so you can bundle everything together into a stationary hamper or you can pick and choose smaller items that are perfect for stocking fillers.
  2. Air purifying plants are a lovely addition to any home office, they look great and, in many cases, they even have health benefits that can help improve concentration and efficiency.
  3. Another home office gift idea we like is motivational wall art. You can pick up prints in lots of different styles and sizes to suit any space and depending on your budget, you can even frame them too.


Gift ideas for the master bedroom


  1. Alarm clocks can be both a practical and stylish gift. There are lots to choose from, including radio alarm clocks and light alarm clocks and they’re available in a wide range of prices.
  2. Fresh pyjamas are more of a personal gift than a house warming gift admittedly, but honestly, who doesn’t love a fresh set of jammies?
  3. Throws make a stylish statement in any bedroom and it’s the kind of finishing touch that really does help make a house a home.
  4. Trinket dishes are ideal for keeping precious things like earrings and other jewellery safe and they can make a lovely personal statement too, depending on the colour and style you choose.


Gift ideas for the children’s bedrooms


  1. We think stuffed animals work on two levels as gifts because they can be personal to the little one you’re buying for, but they can also be displayed on bedroom shelves to add a little cosy touch to a brand-new bedroom.
  2. As any parent will tell you, you can never have enough toy storage and toy boxes or shelves can make the perfect Christmas gift for someone just settling into a brand-new home. We love the range offered by My First Years and virtually everything they do can be personalised too. Check out their “little home” range.
  3. Play mats are another great gift idea that combines practicality, fun and style. Depending on the playmat you choose, it can be a great way to give a gift that adds an instant pop of colour and personality into a new bedroom.
  4. Mobiles look lovely over beds and cots and make a fabulous gift for little ones that can be turned into a keepsake when they get older.
  5. Finally, you can’t underestimate the joy that a personalised door sign can bring to a child’s bedroom! This has to be one of our favourite gift ideas for children.


Gift ideas for the bathroom


  1. Bath salts and bubble bath always make a lovely gift and if nothing else, it can encourage people to indulge in a more luxurious bath time.
  2. Scented candles look great, smell amazing and can make the bathroom in any new home an even more relaxing space.
  3. There aren’t many opportunities for ornaments and decoration in the typical modern bathroom, but a well-chosen, stylish soap dish can be the perfect addition to any bathroom. We recommend looking through sites like Toast or Anthropologie if you need some inspiration here.
  4. Fluffy towels are not only one of life’s little luxuries, they also make a perfect gift idea for a new homeowner. They tend to be something we buy because we need it, but by giving these as a gift, you can buy something a little more indulgent than the towels someone might by for themselves, taking the humble bath towel from a simple necessity to a real treat.


Gift ideas for the garden


  1. At Chartford Homes, we like to think of the garden as an extension of your living space but more specifically than that, you can make it an extension of someone’s kitchen space, with gifts like garden pizza ovens. This is the perfect gift idea for anyone that loves cooking, eating and entertaining.
  2. Fairy lights & lanterns can add real atmosphere to the garden and they make awesome Christmas gift ideas. There’s a wealth of styles to choose from in regards to both lights and lanterns, but for us, there’s nothing better than a string of solar powered festoon lights.
  3. Garden signs are another good gift option. They look great on garden sheds and fences and you can choose all kinds of shapes, sizes, colours and quotes to suit whoever you are gifting it to.
  4. For the wildlife conscious gardener, bee hotels & butterfly boxes are a lovely gift and they’re also fun for children too, creating a focal point in the garden that’s both fun and educational.
  5. Last but by no means least, why not jump one of the hottest trends in garden design right now and give the gift of a super stylish garden rug?
 
So, there you have it, our room-by-room Christmas gift guide for new homeowners. And here’s one final idea… if you don’t feel confident choosing an item for someone else’s home yourself, why not gift them an Ideal Home magazine subscription, then they can get some stylish inspiration and make their own home furniture and accessory choices?
 
Happy Christmas shopping!