Gifts for Homeowners

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Homeowners need to mind their manors! This being the case, we've constructed the following list of potential home improvements.

To the recipient who has moved to a new community, you might wish to give one of the following:

Family membership to a private club or community pool
Enrollment in a children's museum program
A subscription to the local paper
Season tickets to a local concert series, sports event, or community theater
Stationery or change-of-address cards with the homeowner's new address
Passes to a nearby amusement park
A gift certificate from one of the area stores or restaurants

Less expensive gifts include single-event tickets to the above.

Give tickets to a decorator's show house or tour of homes.

Home furnishings and accessories make great gifts for homeowners. Occasional tables, lamps, rugs, bar stools, planters, clocks, mirrors, and art objects are possibilities.

Offer your services to help with a project around the house:

Build or paint a fence
Install or refinish a hardwood floor
Help seed a lawn or lay sod
Finish a basement or another space
Build a deck or patio
Paint or paper a room

A security system or burglar alarm might be appropriate.

Frame an enlarged photograph of the recipient's house or commission an artist to paint a house portrait.

The purchase of a new house opens up many gift possibilities. With savings accounts drained from down payments and closing costs, an appropriate gift might include the services of a professional landscaper to design a special family space outdoors. (Depending on your price range, this could be scaled down to a consultation or limited space.)

Or, how about hiring a decorator for a few hours to help arrange the furniture and accessories in the new house?

How about giving the services of a handyman to hang blinds and curtains, install new locks on doors, or to construct extra shelves in the closets?

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