The Housewarming Gift Nobody Else Thinks Of: Custom Paint-by-Numbers · Lily – Be Artistic Club
New homeowners get a lot of candles. They get a lot of bottles. They rarely get something that ends up on the wall.
A custom paint-by-numbers — of the new house itself, or a place that means something to them — is the housewarming gift that quietly outlasts everything else they unwrap that day.
The New House Itself
Take a front-on photo on settlement day (or grab the agent's listing photo). We turn it into a custom paint-by-numbers kit. They paint their own house in their own house. It's a small, recursive joy.
Wrap it in kraft paper with a sprig of eucalyptus and a card.
Or a Meaningful Place
The street they grew up on. The beach where the proposal happened. The pub where the housemates met. The previous rental they loved.
A custom kit makes any place specific. If no single place stands out, our landscapes and nature collection covers the same ground without needing a photo.
Gift Card Option
If you don't have the right photo, a printable gift card lets them choose. It's the same gift, with a different first step — worth a quick look at how a photo becomes a kit so you can explain it on the card.
Either way: it's something they'll still see in five years.
Houses get filled with stuff fast. Make sure the first thing on the wall is something they actually chose to be there.
— Be Artistic Club