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Housewarming Gift Ideas: Handmade Blue Pottery for a New Home

Someone you love has just got the keys to a new home. Flowers fade and a bottle of wine is gone after one evening, but a housewarming gift they can use and display stays with them in the new place for years. Handmade blue pottery is a natural choice: it is practical, it suits both modern and traditional interiors, and every piece is painted by hand by artisans in Multan, Pakistan. Here are our favourite new home gifts , room by room. For the kitchen and dining table A tea set for their first guests The first thing most people do in a new home is put the kettle on for the friends who helped them move. A hand-painted tea set makes that moment special. Try the Breeze Blue Tea Set , the Blue Felicity Tea Set or the Khadi Tea Set — or see every design in Blue Pottery Tea Sets . Not sure which to pick? Read how to choose a tea set . Serving dishes for the first dinner party New homeowners often have plates but very few serving pieces. A large dish such as the Urban Blue Large Serving Dish or the Serina Blue Oval Serving Dish fills that gap and looks beautiful on the table. More in Serving Dishes . A complete dinner set For family members or a couple moving in together, a dinner set is a generous gift that furnishes the whole table at once. Our handmade sets serve 6 or 8 people — for example the Blue Felicity Dinner Set for 8 . Browse all Blue Pottery Dinner Sets . Mugs for everyday A pair of mugs is a simple, affordable housewarming gift that gets used every single day. The Blue Felicity Large Mugs (set of 2) and Breeze Blue Tea Mugs with Lid are popular picks. For the living room A blue and white vase A vase is one of the most versatile new home gifts — it works with fresh flowers, dried stems or on its own. The Blue Felicity Long Vase suits a narrow shelf, while the Blue Felicity Large Surahi Vase stands well on a sideboard or floor. See all Blue & White Pottery Vases , and get ideas from our guide on how to style blue and white vases . A camel skin lamp for a warm glow Lighting makes a new house feel like home. A camel skin lamp casts a warm, patterned light through its hand-painted shade — a gift that is both useful and a talking point. Choose from round table lamps such as the Rainbow Bloom Round Table Lamp , or crescent and moon-shaped designs like the Azure Bloom Crescent Camel Skin Lamp . Decorative bowls A decorative bowl on the coffee table is somewhere to keep keys, fruit or simply admire. The Women Art Medium Decoration Bowl is a striking piece of hand-painted art. More ideas in Blue Pottery Home Decor . For the garden, balcony and windowsill Plants are a classic housewarming gift — give them a beautiful home too. Hanging planters like the Blue Felicity Large Bottle Hanging Planter brighten a balcony, and the Antique Jharoka Planter brings a touch of traditional architecture to a windowsill. Browse all Blue Pottery Planters . For a calm corner An aroma warmer makes a new home smell like theirs from the first week, and an Islamic…