10 Last Minute Housewarming Gifts to Help Them Feel at Home

Text It On Moving Day So Their First Meal at Home is On You

Buy a Domino’s Pizza gift card

Moving day is always a blur. There are boxes and stairs, propping open doors, half putting things away, trying to figure out roughly what goes where, and relocating a bunch of things once they’re in the door anyway. And at the end of it all – once your stuff is finally inside this strange new place you’ll learn to call home – when you’re exhausted and sweaty and tired, it will occur to you that you’ve got to figure out something for dinner.

Nothing quite christens a new home like having pizza on the floor of your soon-to-be living room surrounded by boxes. Treat the new homeowner in your life to the first of many meals in their new house, and text them a gift card to a chain like Domino’s so that they can just have something delivered instead of moving another inch.

(PS - If you’re local to the neighborhood, you can also check to see if your favorite pizza joint is in the GiftYa catalog. We’ve got thousands of local and national vendors, and it just might be one of them.)

Buy a Domino’s Pizza gift card

Help Them Find the Little Things That Make a House a Home

Buy a Homegoods gift card

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A new home is a blank canvas, just waiting to be filled up and turned into a home. So what makes the difference? Personality, mostly. Those little touches that might not work in every house, but for this particular person, they’re a perfect fit. The flamingo statue in Aunt Laurie’s kitchen, or the angel fountain in Grandpa’s front yard. Even mom’s collection of country chicken themed knick knacks.

Whether they’re moving into a home of their very own or you’re helping to warm the house for a couple who recently took the plunge and decided to move in together, they’ll need to figure out what home looks like for them. And there’s no better place to get started than Home Goods. With all sorts of decor ranging from funky furniture to colorful rugs to subtle accent pieces, they’re sure to find everything they need to make the new place their own.

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Go-To Spot for Linens and Gadgets Galore

Buy a Bed Bath & Beyond gift card 

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Getting settled into a new home can take some time. Whether they’re first-time homebuyers or have been house-hopping for decades, there are always things that need to be purchased or replaced to fill out a new space. 

Maybe the new house can store the seasonal backup linens they could only dream of having storage space for in their studio apartment. Or maybe they arrive at the new place to discover that their bath towels somehow just don’t… match (???) the new bathroom? How is that even possible? But anybody who has folded their old towels on the counter of a sparkling new bathroom and noticed how ratty they really have gotten over the years will understand.

Either way, Bed Bath & Beyond is sure to have all of those little home needs and more. From linens to kitchen gadgets, they can find everything on their must-have list here.

Buy a Bed Bath & Beyond gift card

Stock Up on Hardware Essentials for Those Home Improvements

Send an ACE Hardware gift card 

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Moving into a new house usually comes with a mountain of a to-do list. Wallpaper might need to come down, curtain rods put up, siding power washed… who knows. And just multiply that if the new homeowners opted to stretch their budget to the max by going for a fixer upper. 

Help them knock out a few of those weekend projects with a gift card to ACE Hardware. Known for being the Helpful Place, the folks at ACE can guide new homeowners to anything they might need to turn their new house into their dream home. From grills and lawn care tools for their new yard to lighting and paint to update their interior space, they’ll find what they need at ACE.

‍Send an ACE Hardware gift card

Fill Up the Shelves in Their New Space

Buy a Barnes & Noble gift card 

Any book lover will tell you that purchasing a home is an exciting milestone, yes, but it’s just taking them one step closer to their ultimate dream: having a library of their very own. Whether the home you’re warming has plenty of shelf space already or the new owners will be bringing them in over time, you can bet that they’re chomping at the bit to buy new books to fill them.

One of the largest book sellers in the world with an impressive online collection and brick and mortar stores across the country, Barnes & Noble is a no-fail option when buying for bookworms. For those with less of a literary bent, they might still be in the market for a couple of new glossy-paged coffee table books to put the finishing touches on their living space. Either way, a B&N gift card is sure to be a win.

‍Buy a Barnes & Noble gift card

Candles That Smell Like Home

Buy a Yankee Candle gift card

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While people love that new car smell, the new house smell is a little less beloved. This new place doesn’t smell like your cooking, or your favorite countertop cleaner, or your room spray of choice… yet. And since our sense of smell is linked closely to memory, letting the new homeowners pick up some of their favorite, homey scents can fast track the process of making a new house feel like it’s really their own.

Yankee Candle is, of course, one of the biggest names in the home fragrance game. Stocked with candles, room sprays, plug ins, and more, your favorite new homeowner will have their choice of products in a wide range of scents. Whether home smells like a cool breeze on a bright spring day or cookies baking in the oven, Yankee Candles has countless year-round and seasonal scents to fit their definition of cozy.

Buy a Yankee Candle gift card

A Great Housewarming Gift For Any Dog Owners In Your Life!

Text a Dogtopia gift card

Dogtopia is the nation’s fastest growing pet care franchise with locations all over the country. And what makes them a great option as a last minute housewarming gift is that they offer both pet daycare as well as pet grooming. Which means that if the person you are getting the gift for needs somewhere for their dog to stay while they are going through the arduous process of moving into their new home they will have a great safe place for their dog to stay while they go through the move in process. And on top of that, they can also get their dog completely groomed from head to toe. Which means that when they are moving into their brand new clean house, they don’t have to worry about their dog shedding all over everything on the first day. Instead they can get them completely groomed and have them squeaky clean and ready to move in and explore their new home! 

Text a Dogtopia gift card

Bring the Steakhouse Experience to Their New Home

Buy an Omaha Steaks gift card

Moving into a new home is exciting, but checking out the local restaurants can get pricey, fast. Give the new homeowner a chance to try out their new kitchen when you treat them to a gift card from Omaha Steaks.

Omaha Steaks is known for selling high-end meat – steaks of course, but also pork, chicken, seafood, and other meats. Plus, the homeowners can pick out their favorite side dishes and even wine to complete their order, or opt for one of their bestselling packs. Whether it’s everything they need for a family cookout in the new backyard or a romantic steak dinner for two to celebrate their new start, they’re sure to find something scrumptious at Omaha Steaks.

Buy an Omaha Steaks gift card

A Great Retailer That Sells All the Move In Essentials!

Send a Wayfair gift card

Wayfair sells a little bit of everything that a new homeowner might need. They have everything from furniture and rugs to cookware and decor. So no matter what they need to finish up their new place, they’ll be able to find it at Wayfair. You can get everything from a new blender and dog bed to outdoor patio furniture and a new bedspread. Which makes this a really great gift because you can be sure that it will cover all their bases. And if you send them a digital gift card to Wayfair they’ll be able to pick out exactly what they need and you won’t have to worry that you get them something that is gonna clash with the style of decor they are going with in their new place.

Send a Wayfair gift card

A Practical and Adaptable Last Minute Housewarming Gift!

Build a custom last-minute gift card

Still haven’t found a toasty enough gift for this housewarming extravaganza? Don’t worry, a customized Visa gift card is always a practical and appreciated option. This versatile housewarming gift can be used anywhere that Visa credit cards are accepted. That means they can use it towards moving-day expenses, stock the new kitchen, or pick out some home decor that’s totally them.

Plus, when you build a custom card with Gift Card Granny, you can add a personal message and even a custom photo background in just a few clicks to give your housewarming gift an extra thoughtful touch.

Build a custom last-minute gift card

And there you have my list of the top ten gifts to get as a last minute housewarming gift. Not everybody needs the same things when they are moving so I tried to get a little bit of variation in this list so that way you would have plenty of options to find them exactly what they need for their move. But if you didn’t find exactly what you were looking for on this list, be sure to check out all the national brands that accept GiftYa so you can be sure to find the perfect last minute gift!