The new year provides the opportunity to give gifts to friends and loved ones, and what better way to show your appreciation than giving a gift that can upgrade a home? Whether you know someone who is a new homeowner or someone who has established roots in their forever home, a gift can go a long way to making any home feel new, modern, and inviting.
To help you get started, we reached out to experts from Savannah, GA to Kingston, ON to give us their best gift suggestions to upgrade any home this new year. From smart locks to cooking experiences, keep reading to see what they had to say.
1. Protect your home with smart locks
We recommend smart locks for your home. Whether you’d like to see that your teen has arrived home from school, or want to provide convenient access to tradesmen doing renovations on your home, smart locks with a keypad enable you to provide a unique code to several people or unlock the door from your smartphone when they let you know they’ve arrived. – Memento
2. Always have a tool kit ready
For the handyman in the house, having a tool kit is essential for something that breaks or if you just need to attempt a project. There are many tool kit sets available, however, if you plan on doing a DIY gift, there are some essential tools such as a claw hammer and a leveler.
3. Provide a cooking experience
Help your friend make their house a home by helping them learn to cook, right from the comfort of their very own kitchen. There are cooking classes at all price points available, as well as totally free cooking classes. Pair this with a new set of kitchen utensils, a kitchen appliance, or pots and pans for the perfect gift to upgrade a kitchen. – Homemade
4. Upgrade their shower experience
Simple shower renovations can go a long way to making your home look sleek and modern. By switching out your outdated hardware with something more modern like a rain showerhead with matte black finishes, you can easily change up the look of your shower. This is the perfect gift for the season.
5. Gift a sweet display in the kitchen
Nothing makes for a more inviting home than something sweet on display in the kitchen. Gift your family and friends glass cookie jars to create a welcoming environment for visitors to gather and snack. We like to fill ours with pralines, of course. – Savannah Candy
6. Make a room feel bigger and brighter
Mirrors are the perfect gift, especially for those who live in smaller spaces. There are many mirrors you can gift from framed mirrors to freestanding mirrors. Mirrors can create an illusion of space, make a statement, and reflect light to make the room feel larger and brighter.
7. Customize their aesthetic with a walnut board
Like all the greatest gifts, our walnut boards are beautiful, personalized, and multifunctional. Customized to your aesthetic, our boards can be used as elegant kitchen decor, the breakfast board of your coziest dreams, or the dinner party charcuterie board everyone will covet. Luckily, there is no such thing as too many charcuterie boards, so go ahead and buy one for each and every use. – The Coffie Cutters
8. Give the gift of pizza
Maybe you have a friend that’s a pizza lover or just want to help perfect your friend’s pizza game. Either way, a pizza oven is a wonderful gift to give to any food lover. Pizza ovens can reach specific temperatures and circulate and conduct heat more efficiently for an overall better cooking experience compared to an oven.
9. Automate their cleaning
Give the gift of automated cleaning. If you know someone who may not enjoy vacuuming, a robot vacuum is a perfect solution. Robot vacuum cleaners can be programmed to clean at set times and only vacuum certain parts of the house.
United States
Canada