How to Build the Perfect Housewarming Gift

The best housewarming gifts are used in the first week. That rules out anything that needs a shelf to be built first.

Our formula: something to light, something to keep, and something to open. A candle, a hand-marbled tray, and a wrapped box with a handwritten card.

If you know the home, match the tray to its tones. If you don't, ivory and taupe belong everywhere.