Baskets make great housewarming gifts.  Why?  They are great because they are so versatile and practical.  Baskets can be very simple, rustic affairs to intricate woven woods and fibers.  They are usually hand-made items, and have their own unique character.  Baskets can be as common as something to hold picked flowers or so unique and beautiful as to become family heirlooms.

And aside from the beauty of the baskets themselves, they are extremely functional.  They make the perfect package for housewarming gifts because they can hold absolutely anything.  When new neighbors move in, or when friends or family buy a new house, there will inevitably be glitches.  Things forgotten, or lost, or never even considered in the move.  Baskets can fill in these omissions.  They might hold a paintbrush, or a new hammer.  They can present menus to new restaurants, or an invitation to join a neighborhood event.  Baskets can hold a packet of flower seeds and a gardening trowel, or something as pragmatic as bottle of cleaning solution or a bar of bath soap.  They allow you to personalize gifts, introduce yourself to new neighbors, or simply cover an omission from your own transition to a new home.  Maybe YOU forgot to bring bathroom tissue to YOUR new home, and you don’t want your brother to go through the same experience you had.