My husband and I recently bought our first home. We just paid for a new there-bedroom townhouse with a garden. A couple of days ago, we held our very first house warming party. We received a lot of delightful house warming gifts. My favorite was a gift basket containing meats, cheese and snacks. We served them to our guests immediately. It was an instant cocktail hit.

In a couple of weeks, it will be my sister’s turn to host her own house warming party. She had just purchased her own studio in the city. I looked around for house warming gifts to give to her and I found several more baskets which I’m sure she would love to receive. Some come in the shape of a house and others are overloaded with goodies and snacks. These baskets are more practical than furniture and fixtures because your taste might not match the owner’s taste.