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Bringing a gift to a house warming party: Do’s and Don’ts
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People love house warming parties, but they love house warming gifts even more. It doesn’t matter if you’re hosting a party or going to a best friends first home. A lot of people will register for house warming parties, it’s become a growing trend to register house warming parties like you would a wedding. Most people agree that you should never include your registry information when you send out invitations. It can seem pretty tacky to some people because it appears you’re asking for gifts.
If a guests ask you about your color scheme then you can tell them where you registered your house warming party. Or else, the feel of the party could change from “Come on down” to “Come bring me some stuff.”
What are some options for a house warming party?
Throwing an Empty House Party
It’s exactly what it sounds like, a house warming party that happens before you’ve moved anything in. This way nothing gets spilled on the furniture and there’s no need for the homeowner to have to buy all new household items. A housewarming party takes place before you’re in the home, so this is more of “Welcome, look at our new house party.”
You should welcome your guests to your house. Every inch of your house should be spotless, every window cleaned and all the walls exposed to show your house as it is. This is a fairly new concept for a lot of homeowners, but it might be difficult to get your guests to bring something besides alcohol.
When you’re a guest, what should you bring as a gift?
Unless, the hosts says they do not want any gifts, then you should bring something with you. They may not expect an ornate and exotic gift, but you could go either way and get them something small or large from Authentic Models. Authentic Models has a wide selection of home décor items that would make for an excellent addition to the home of a nautical enthusiasts. Your host may not expect a gift but if you’re very close with them, then it’s perfectly fine to bring something for their new home.
House warming party etiquette is fairly relaxed, unless you make a scene at the party! You might want to consider bringing a bottle of wine or a houseplant, but depending on your host, they could want something from an electronics store.
Sometimes a nice bottle of wine or champagne is the perfect gift. Food and drinks are always welcomes in peoples home. A serving platter or baking dish, complete with your guest favorite dish would be a perfect welcoming gift.
So, take a look at what your guests are interested in, if they haven’t registered somewhere, then decide based off of that. There are a lot of do’s and don’ts, but it is still a party, so try to have some fun.
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While ship-faring culture is not a huge part of the modern world, the mystery, adventure, and romance associated with voyaging out over the high seas is familiar to all of us, if only through books and film. These ideas are all present in the look of modern nautical decor.
Whether it’s via a tiki bar that looks as if it were imported from a foreign beach, or a handcrafted recreation of a European antique jar, nautical decor often reflects the destinations, as well as the voyages themselves. And truly, while the journey was an adventure all in its own, nothing can have compared to the wondrous delight experienced upon alighting in a new world.
In the suburban world that seems so far removed from this adventure, even from our pasts, our ancestry, more and more Americans are turning to Nautical decor for a feeling of continuity, of tradition. It’s a great way to add that old world charm to your home or office.
Furthermore, in this day and age with all of the poorly-constructed fiberboard products out there, attractive solid-wood products can be hard to find. Yet, with nautical decor, you can find well-made, classic products that you can expect to hold up in almost any use scenario. After all, many of these were initially designed for use at sea!
For example, to spruce up a living room that looks a little staid, even tired, try setting an oil lamp on the mantel — let your loved ones know that you’re keeping the home fire lit. Set a carved water meditation basin on a side table, perhaps with a few flower petals floating on top. A campaign box or a travel desk in the corner will round out the image of your home as a place of rest, after exotic adventure, pleasantly remembered.
A Turkoman knot rug would look rich and welcoming in your entryway and a beautiful wooden Grand Hotel coat stand would mean no more throwing coats on the bed when you have a big party.
A exact replica of a gorgeous antique globe is just the thing to make your office look like the refuge of a truly learned person — especially when that globe comes with a wrought-iron, hand-forged floor stand (which also means that it needn’t take up any desk space).
Set a rich mahogany barograph nearby on the desk, and your office suddenly becomes an aged library. You may want to set some leather-bound classic books behind you, where you sit, to close out that picture! Now, there’s a setting that will command respect.
Interested in finding some lawn ornaments that don’t too closely resemble those awful pink plastic flamingoes? Nautical decor is the answer, yet again.
Whether you’re looking for a water fountain that doesn’t scream cheap reproduction or hand-cast statues for the lawn, anything you can imagine is available in this classic old-world style. Mermaids, dolphins, fish, birds, and so forth —all the classic images are available.
Nautical decor is how you make you give your home a truly classic look.
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