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decorworks · 10 months

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10 Thoughtful Housewarming Gift Ideas For Every Budget

Choosing the perfect gift for a housewarming occasion involves careful thought about the recipients' preferences, necessities, and the aesthetic of their new living space. One effective approach is to prioritize practicality and usefulness. Elegant kitchenware, cozy blankets, or high-quality household essentials can seamlessly integrate into their daily routine, contributing to the feeling of a cozy and welcoming home. Personalized gifts, like custom artwork, monogrammed towels, or engraved items, add a special touch that showcases a thoughtful selection process. Considering the size and layout of the new home is essential in order to complement the space instead of overwhelming it.Another strategy is to factor in the homeowners' interests and hobbies. A well-chosen gift that aligns with their passions, be it gardening, cooking, or entertaining, demonstrates a genuine understanding of their lifestyle. For instance, a set of top-notch gardening tools for those with a green thumb, a cookbook from their favorite chef, or stylish serving platters for the avid entertainer can be both meaningful and practical. In essence, the key to finding the ideal housewarming gift lies in combining functionality with a personalized touch, helping the new house become a warm and inviting sanctuary for its occupants.

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Hydroponics Growing System 12 Pods,LYKO Indoor Garden w/Full-Spectrum 36W Grow Light,Indoor Herb Garden Automatic Timer,Height Adjustable 3.5L Water Tank, Gifts for Men Women (Gold)$59.99 (less 20%) 3. Bespoke Recipe Cards:Compile a set of recipe cards featuring your go-to dishes or family favorites. This considerate gesture not only assists the new homeowners in settling into their kitchen but also establishes a sense of shared traditions.4. Fragrant Candles or Soy Candles:Scented candles remain a timeless housewarming choice that suits any budget. Opt for a fragrance that complements the season or go for a subtle, neutral scent suitable for year-round enjoyment. For green conscious home owners, opt for a soy candle to light up and celebrate for any occasion. Soy Candles Description Learn More 5. Local Chef Cookbook:Show support for local businesses by gifting a cookbook penned by a chef from the area. This not only introduces the homeowners to the local culinary scene but also provides them with a collection of new recipes to experiment within their kitchen.6. Snug Throw Blanket:A soft and snug throw blanket is an ideal addition to any home, particularly during chilly seasons. Look for one in a neutral hue or a pattern that harmonizes with the new home's decor.

Hug Sleep - Sleep Pod Move - Wearable Cooling Sensory Compression Blanket - Shark Tank Partner - Machine Washable - Weighted Blanket Alternative - Sleep Sack For Adults Kids & Teens - Grey - Tweens$69.99 Hygge Pillow Collection Shop Flower Teas Shop 7. Coffee or Tea Sampler:For aficionados of caffeine or tea, a sampler of high-quality coffee beans or an array of distinctive teas is a thoughtful and pocket-friendly choice. Pair it with a stylish mug to enhance the experience.8. Indoor Greenery:Bring a touch of nature indoors with a potted plant. Opt for low-maintenance varieties such as succulents or snake plants, making them perfect for both seasoned and novice plant enthusiasts.9. Personalized Cutting Board:A customized cutting board is a practical and chic addition to any kitchen. Engrave it with the family's name or a special date to transform it into a cherished keepsake.10. DIY Gift Basket:Craft a personalized gift basket with an assortment of small, thoughtful items. Include gourmet chocolates, artisanal snacks, and a bottle of wine or champagne to tailor the gift to the recipients' preferences while keeping within your budget.The essence of a housewarming gift lies in the thought invested. No matter your budget, these ideas convey your warm wishes and appreciation as your friends or family embark on this exciting new phase in their lives. Read the full article

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vostokovasmelina · 3 years

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— 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝟑𝐂. (𝐬.𝐰.)

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢 | 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐢 | 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

characters: fem!reader; sam wilson; archibald the tabby cat; sarah wilson (mentioned)

word count: 2.1k+

warning: none (no tfatws spoilers yet)

series summary: after the blip, sam wilson gets home to an unpleasant surprise - his key doesn’t fit the lock anymore and his apartment is now inhabited by a stranger and a grumpy feline. however, the unusual encounter is only just the beginning of their post-blip lives and the reader soon learns that what life takes away, it can give back in the most particular ways.

a/n: if this flops, i’m quitting.

Sam was tired. Truly, utterly tired. It felt like he hadn’t felt anything but fatigue for the last few days, the kind that seeps deep into your bones and cozies up in your marrow, the kind that never seems to leave. Like, ever again.

He knew he was probably supposed to call Sarah and tell her he was on his way. They had only talked once since he came back, right before Tony’s funeral, and even that was a rather brief telephone call. His sister had told him there was something he needed to know but Sam had said they would talk once he got to hers. First, he needed some rest. A short nap would do, really. And a cup of strong black coffee. Or maybe two.

He parked his car where he always had; the space furthest to the left, right under his favorite maple tree that looked so pretty in the autumn and kept the inside of Sam’s car relatively cool in the summer. He watched for a while as the light spring breeze played with the fresh green mane of this majestic old lady, and felt a soft wave of calm rush through every tiny particle of him. He was home. The battle was over and he was on his way to his family. He wouldn’t take that nap. He’d just get his stuff out of his car and put Cap’s shield somewhere safe - he would deal with that later.

But he would have that coffee. He did deserve a treat after all.

Sam had no trouble getting inside the building, thanks to a delivery guy leaving right when he was about to enter. He took a deep breath, just a short second before making his way up the stairs to the third floor. He had been told at least a million times that what felt like five seconds to him, had actually been five years for those left behind. And still, the dirty old apartment complex had not changed at all, not even a tiny bit. Everything had stayed the same; the chipped grey paint on the dense walls, the rusty banister, the dusty steps... It felt like a time capsule. It felt safe, it felt like home.

Except it wasn’t anymore.

As soon as he got up to his floor, he knew something was off. He didn’t realise at first but he did approach the door to his apartment more carefully, with a slight shadow of a frown on his face. Sam slowed down his last few steps and looked the door up and down, down and up again, checking every corner for something out of the ordinary, something that was not meant to be there. When he found nothing, he chuckled to himself. So stupid. He had become paranoid. It was only natural given his job but honestly, it had been high time he had calmed down. So he slid his hand into his jacket pocket to grab his keys, and with a small smile lingering in the corners of his lips, he tried to unlock his door.

And that was precisely when his smile fell.

The key just wouldn’t go into the lock. Sam tried to insert every single one of them, even went as far as attempting to force his car key through the tiny hole, which obviously didn’t work. His anxiety was slowly building up in his stomach again and just as he looked down at his key charm, he realised what had made him so suspicious the first time - his doormat was gone. His black scraper had been replaced by a dark green carpet doormat that looked like it was in desperate need for a wash. Or maybe a one-way trip to the dumpsters.

Eyebrows furrowed, Sam looked up at the rusty number 3c on the door and, once sure it was indeed his apartment, he thought he’d try his luck with the doorknob as well. His fingers were already wrapped around the cold metal when the door swung open with such force that Sam froze for a few seconds.

“I’m warning you; I’m armed!”

Sam immediately threw his hands into the air and even took a step back from your doorstep. He was frozen for a few seconds and only relaxed when he saw what you were actually holding in your hands - a tabby cat in one, and a bottle of deodorant in the other. He let out a silent sigh of relief at the sight and slowly brought his arms back to his sides, but he made sure to stay put and not to approach you just yet.

“It’s alright! I mean no harm.”

* * *

Several minutes later your heart was still racing, threatening to punch a whole through your chest and making a getaway down the corridor. However, you slowly relaxed your muscles as your breathing started to calm down, too, still staring the stranger dead in the eyes and making sure to hold Archie as steadily as your shaking hand could. Once you had decided you trusted the words of the man standing before you, you dropped your other hand holding the almost empty - and therefore useless - bottle. However, you did keep your distance and wrapped your now free fingers tightly around the doorknob on the inside, ready to smash it into his face the moment it would be necessary.

“Can I help you?” You asked, cradling your uninterested cat closer to your chest and burying your fingers deep in his soft fur. You raised a wary eyebrow at the stranger standing in your doorway who himself seemed just as suspicious as you were. As if he had any right to.

“Yeah...”

You watched him look you up and down, your little grey feline jumping to your defence and staring the man dead in the eyes as if daring him to spend one more second eyeing you. And it worked. With a tiny frown he looked you in the eyes again and continued. Good job, Archie.

“Who are you?”

You thought he was joking. So you laughed and then saw the man’s face and then felt bad. He was absolutely not joking. He was genuinely confused and obviously had no idea who you were. And it was not like you were a celebrity around here but you had built quite a decent following of fellow plant-lovers over on Instagram, so you were actually mildly offended.

But it was alright; you decided to let it slide and give this stranger a chance. Who knows, maybe he had been following your updates on your snake plant stories. He did look like a snake plant kind of guy.

And maybe you could also clear up the confusion around why he had been trying to break into your home just a minute ago.

So you told him your name and when he still looked as confused as ever, you looked at him expectantly, shifting Archie’s weight from one arm to the other.

“And... who are you?” You finally decided to help him out and even offered him a tiny smile, which evaporated the second you heard his answer leave his lips.

“Sam Wilson. I-”

“Sam Wilson?” You cut him off and stared at him for a few seconds, trying to process the information. The longer you looked, the more obvious the similarities got and you cursed at yourself silently for not having realised it before. Sarah had warned you about it the moment the news broke out but she had also promised to deal with it and let you know once she had enlightened her brother. You had been expecting a phone call or maybe a text, definitely not the brother himself right on your doorstep.

“Yeah. Why?”

You had already opened your mouth to answer but were interrupted by Archie who had obviously had enough of being cradled like a baby and since the drama seemed to have ended, he was no longer interested. You let him land on the floor gently and nudged him in the direction of your tiny living room before turning back towards Sam and opening the door several inches wider.

“You know, I really think you should come in.”

“No, I have to call my sister and-”

“You haven’t called Sarah yet?!” You exclaimed, stopping in your tracks and shaking your head ever so slightly. “She’s gonna be so pissed, man.”

You watched him furrow his eyebrows and do that thing again where he looked you up and down, down and up again as if you could be an alien in disguise trying to lure him into some intergalactic trap. As if you hadn’t just tried to protect yourself with an empty deodorant bottle and a kitten. Sam Wilson clearly was a poor judge of character.

“Yeah, I know your sister, get over it. Would you please come inside?”

You put on your most friendly smile just for him and stepped aside, gesturing Sam inside the apartment you both knew so well. He gave you one last wary look before stepping over the threshold, and you rolled your eyes at him behind his back before closing the door behind the two of you.

* * *

“Tea? Or maybe coffee?” Sam heard from behind him and did a double take before turning towards you, already making your way to the tiny kitchen area divided from the living room only by a worn wooden table. Sam watched you take out two identical white mugs from one of the cabinets and felt his stomach jump up into his throat and fall back into its place again; that was exactly where he kept his mugs, too. Well, used to keep them.

“Oh, ugh, coffee. Please. Black. One sugar.”

He saw you nod and get to work. Sam did wait for a while for you to start the conversation and finally explain to him what was going on. When that didn’t actually happen, he turned his head to look around, trying to shake off the weird feeling he had seeing you feel so at home in what used to be his home just a few days ago. Or five years ago. Question of perspective.

The first thing Sam noticed once he had actually taken the time to look around was green. What, at first glance, had slipped his attention was now screaming at him from every corner of the apartment. The living room was filled to the brim with houseplants. There were handsome little pots of plants on the windowsills, on the bookshelves, even on the kitchen counter. What hadn’t fit higher, got place on the floor.

You had turned the apartment into a botanical garden.

“Hey, plant lady? Is this even legal? It feels illegal.” He gestured all around the room and you followed his movement with your eyes, a tiny grin creeping its way onto your face but disappearing the very next second. Sam tried his best to play along and act like he hadn’t even noticed.

“Oh would you look at that, you can actually form full sentences,” you teased, giving him a side-eyed look before handing him your mug filled with hot black coffee, which Sam took gladly, ignoring the drop of sarcasm in your voice.

“Those are actually fine,” you continued after the first sip of your tea and pointing at the cat yawning on the dirty old couch in the middle of the living room. “Archie is the only problem here. But hush, he’s a secret.”

“How can you keep a cat here in secret?”

“I bribed the superintendent,” you whispered, leaning a little closer to Sam and flashing him a perfect albeit forced smile.

“Old Charlie? No way!” Sam scoffed, shaking his head in disbelief.

“O-ho, yes way! Everyone has a weakness and I’ve found our old Charlie’s.”

“Which is...?”

“... a secret I’ve vowed to take to the grave with me,” you replied and gave emphasis to your words with a tiny nod of your head, leaving Sam slightly disappointed but smirking nonetheless.

In the short silence that followed, he took another sip of his hot coffee, enjoying every millisecond of the burning, bittersweet sensation before finally addressing the elephant in the room. Because even though his suspicions had somewhat settled, Sam was still completely confused about how on Earth you could possibly know his sister and talk about her so casually. And you must have been thinking of the same thing because as he looked at you above his now half empty mug and your gazes met, you closed your eyes and let out a sigh, gesturing towards the small kitchen table.

“Let’s talk, I guess.”

* * *

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sardinesandhumbugs · 4 years

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The Wind in the Willows Musical, 2017

The Mole fell backwards on the snow from sheer surprise and delight. ‘Rat!’ he cried in penitence, ‘you’re a wonder! A real wonder, that’s what you are. I see it all now! You argued it out, step by step, in that wise head of yours, from the very moment that I fell and cut my shin, and you looked at the cut, and at once your majestic mind said to itself, “Door-scraper!” And then you turned to and and found the very door-scraper that done it! Did you stop there? No. Some people would have been quite satisfied; but not you. Your intellect went on working. “Let me only just find a door-mat,” says you to yourself, “and my theory is proved!” And of course you found your doormat. You’re so clever, I believe you could find anything you liked. “Now,” says you, “that door exists, as plain as if I saw it. There’s nothing else remains to be done but to find it!” Well, I’ve read about that sort of thing in books, but I’ve never come across it before in real life. You ought to go where you’ll be properly appreciated. You’re simply wasted here, among us fellows. If I only had your head, Ratty–’

‘But as you haven’t,’ interrupted the Rat, rather unkindly, ‘I suppose you’re going to sit on the snow all night and talk?’

#the wind in the willows #wind in the willows musical #witw gif #aka the reason why ratty interrupts mole in the musical #cause can you imagine if mole had this whole spiel in the musical?#the weasels would have eaten them before he got to the doormat

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tiredboi51 · 3 years

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wild wooder!mole au chapter 3

Ratty’s POV -

trudging through the wild wood and not letting any tree branches want to claw and my clothing

I wrap my arms around myself, worrying about how mole has not come back since I argued with him and he ventured in the wood on his own, i just hope he;s in Badgers company

I suddenly feel something hit my shin and the world slips from under my feet, hurling myself face first into a rough texture on the ground “Stupid branch” I say through gritted teeth as pain seers through my shin I squint at the ‘branch’ that tripped me, its not a branch, its a boot scraper

I feel the material i fell face first into, a doormat?

“No Badgering”

Badger didn't seem one for comedy, but I can only suppose its his doormat

looking up i see the doorbell and i quickly ring it, wincing as i stand on my injured leg

“Who goes there! Annoying people on such a night? Speak up!” a voice bellows out from the caves of the long lost city that Badger inhabits

“let me in please Badger, its me Rat, i do trust Mole is in there with you? He came in search for you and i hope hes in your company” I say nervously wringing my scarf

Badger pokes his nose out of his door “Why Ratty! unfortunately my dear fellow i have heard nowt of this Mole fellow, but i do trust he must be arriving soon, but lest not worry about him and instead that injury that has happened upon your shin”

I limp slightly as i follow the feeble creature that i called my dearest friend, he’s like a father to me, espcially since my--I shake the thought away and continue following him to his living room which housed his massive library of books and sculptures

“still amazed young Ratty?” Badger said with a chuckle

I smile and sit down

“Badger i regret to inform you, but it is indeed Toads hour of need, and now Moles missing too, theres too much stress going on!”

“it will all be alright Ratty, we best think of a game plan”

#wind in the willows musical #wild wooder mole AU #WITW

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envelor-blog · 5 years

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DIFFERENT KINDS OF DOOR MATS AND WHICH ONE IS THE MOST POPULAR

Doormats have existed since the 19th century, also known as entrance mats or welcome mats. The oldest variants were made of grass or reed or weaved blades. They also come in different variety of sizes, patterns, styles, and material type depending on the location from which it originated. For various applications, there are distinct kinds of doormats from matching your door entrance and soaking moisture to avoid slides or falls and retaining dirt, mud, rocks and sand away from entering the house. Depending on its use, the sort of fabric a doormat is made of can also vary. Absorbent and non-slip mats are used in bathrooms whereas nylon, rubber, stalks, aluminum and other metals may form an entrance mat.

Anti-fatigue Door Mats

Anti-fatigue mats are carpets intended to decrease fatigue from standing on a difficult surface (e.g. cement floors) for lengthy periods of time. It is possible to make fatigue-reducing mats of different materials including rubber, flooring materials, vinyl and wood.

Scraper Doormats

Scraper mats are created to put out the front of your door, allowing people to scrape off their shoes before they enter your home so that they don't walk inside dirt and debris. In design, they usually have abrasive edges that are ideal for putting against your shoe to make scraping simpler. To name a few, they are produced of very hard materials, including PVC, coir, and vinyl, and they are slow to disappear.

Drainage Door Mats

Drainage door mats are not only designed for comfort while standing in a kitchen or machine shop, but are also made to allow liquids and even small pieces of food to drain via the gaps in the mat to make cleaning much easier and faster afterwards. The primary reason that the mats are produced the way they are is so that when your shift is over you can pick up the mat and quickly fold or pull down the ground to clean it up again. They are also resistant to grease and chemicals and come in a broad range of colors and sizes to meet the requirements of each facility.

Coir Doormats

Coir Mats are eco-friendly door mats as they are made of natural coco coir fibers obtained from the coconut's exterior shell and are renowned for their durability, strength and water absorption. These coir door mats capture dirt and mud right in front of the door and are well known for their scratching skills since they are very efficient in brushing dirt from shoes. Their hard strands hold the dirt down and keep other shoes from picking it up again.

Anti-Static Door Mats

In workplaces around machinery such as printers, pcs, and copying machines, anti-static door mats are almost always used indoors. Usually they are produced from foam vinyl fabric to decrease muscle strain, and their primary aim is to eliminate damage from electrical shock. They are mainly used for companies like corporate headquarters, hospitals, and colleges.

Upstream kinds are used for different applications and there are many factors that could decide the sort of door mat you are planning to select for your home or business purpose. Coming to and from traffic of your home or business purpose is one of the components that should be assessed, also consider the aim of selecting a door mat whether it is for decoration reasons or to keep the entrance tidy.

#door mats #doormaking #coirmats #welcome doormats #drainage doormats #Scraper Doormats

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