Celebrating the start of a new chapter with family and friends as they move into a new home can be bittersweet. Perhaps they are moving farther away, leaving their childhood home to pursue a dream job, or heading out to live in their favorite city. Maybe your loved ones are moving closer to you or even into your neighborhood. Whatever the case, as you help them settle in, nothing is more thoughtful than the perfect housewarming gift. Welcoming your loved ones into their new home with a symbolic gift that reminds them of your love and friendship is the perfect warm welcome or heartfelt “see you later.” Here at Schaff Floral our experts have the best ideas for good luck plants, welcoming flowers, and sweet housewarming gifts.

Warm Their Heart & Their Home

Alstroemeria

One of the most symbolic flowers to gift a close friend is the sweet, delicate, and colorful alstroemeria. These blooms represent the strong bond friends have created and the mutual loyalty, support, and connection they share. What makes alstroemeria a beautiful housewarming gift is it signifies strength, support, love, and friendship as your loved one begins their next big chapter or adventure.

Sunflowers

Walking into your new home to find a bouquet of vibrant sunflowers on the kitchen counter, living room coffee table, or dining room table is truly warming. If you want to send a message of admiration in addition to love, joy, optimism, hope, and peace, sunflowers are an ideal choice.

Jade Plant

Jade plants are lovely houseplants, which always make for a fantastic housewarming gift for friends. Specifically, jade plants offer well wishes and enhance the positive energy in a home and are believed to bring good luck, prosperity, and wealth.

Heartleaf Philodendron

While symbolizing health and abundance, a heartleaf philodendron also expresses your love for someone in a non-romantic way. Think of a heartleaf philodendron as an appropriate housewarming gift for a best friend, somebody you really care about, or a family member that doubles as a friend.

Turtle Doves

A sign of love, peace, and friendship, turtle doves are a symbol of connection or faithfulness since they mate for life. If you loved the Christmas classic Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, then you might remember learning from Mr. Duncan that giving one turtle dove to someone special and holding onto the other one yourself means you will be friends forever.

Friendship Bracelets

Even if summer camp was years or decades ago, friendship bracelets never go out of style simply because of their timeless symbolism. Whether you handcraft a pair out of colorful string yourself or select more trendy or sophisticated jewelry, surprising your BFF with matching bracelets is the sweetest sendoff.

Pineapples

Pineapples have been a sign of welcome and hospitality for centuries. When sailors safely returned from their voyages and were ready to chat with friends and neighbors, they would place a pineapple on their front porch to signify welcome, hospitality, and friendship. So, whether you display a pineapple outside your home to welcome your friend/new neighbor to come over for a morning coffee or gift them a pineapple as a sign of hospitality, welcoming them to the neighborhood, you cannot go wrong.

Eucalyptus Scented Candle

Candles are a warm, fragrant, and alluring way to make any house feel like a home and, therefore, are fantastic housewarming gifts. Candles ignite the senses with their soft flicker of light and sweet scents, and eucalyptus-scented candles are known for their reinvigorating aroma that offers balance, relaxation, and stress relief. After moving to a new home, what could be better?

Moving into a new home is certainly not a walk in the park. While selecting the perfect housewarming gift for your close friend, think about what might ease their worries or make their new house feel like a home they have lived in for years. Whether it is a token of your friendship or a symbolic flower arrangement from Schaff Floral, they will cherish your housewarming gift forever.