first house

Paper towels
Toilet paper
Cleaning supplies
Vacuum cleaner
Lawn mower
Basic tool box
Duct tape (if it's moving and it's not supposed to)
WD40 (if it's supposed to move and isn't)

Add a can opener to your list. A handheld can opener will work just fine (:

OMG this dont forget the can opener. I'm a bit jealous that youre getting to buy a home without having to do the apartment step. Good for you guys.

Spatuals, tuperware, rags and old towels (you'll need them for some of the dirty jobs), someone mentioned a spotbot or spot cleaner thats great if you have carpet, cutting board, colander, extra blankets for when it gets chilly, fans, a couple really good knives, utility scissors, box cutter, long lighter, tub and toilet cleaner, toilet bowel brush, toilet plunger, 3M hooks different sizes, nails, screws, screw driver, hammer, bathmat and tub liner if it's slippery, shower curtain, shower rods, shower hooks, tape scotch masking, packing and duct, mop, floor cleaner, a good duster, and handy husband. Oh and trash cans and maybe a trash bin and trash bags and old plastic bags.

Have fun there will always be something you forget, but it's fun outfitting your home.

I think you should unpack those boxes and find some proper attire.
If you're married and showing your azz all over MFP, it's kinda disrespectful.
New house new outfit.

*singing*

Come on, babe

Why don't you paint the town?

And all that azz

You're gonna rouge your knees

And roll your stockings down

And all that azz

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Ow! Curtains for your windows.

all the tool set people: my husband is a plumber and works on classic cars at home....im so excitee to put all his (FIVE. FIVE!!!) toolboxes in the garage!

FIVE tool boxes?!?
So he's fairly new to the business? Pretty soon that will grow to TEN! LOL
Check out garage journal dot com for real tool fanatics

Be careful you don't go overboard though! Get a few essentials and some all-purpose cleaner, and just pick up those details as you need them. I went overboard (and spent way too much money on little things after dropping all my money on my house) and bought a lot more than I needed right away. Accumulate it over time, it won't be such a hit to your bank account, and you'll end up with what you actually need. I still haven't used the stainless steel cleaner I bought nearly 4 years ago!

^^THIS!

We bought a house April 2011. Our mortgage was approved on my 23rd bday, and my husband (fiance at the time) wasn't 23 until June. We dragged the mattress off my bed at my parents' house and spent the night in OUR HOUSE the day we closed, and we hadn't even moved half of our stuff yet.

The first night, I had to run out and buy a shower curtain

We were 7 miles from my parents, and a 5 minute drive from a Walmart.

Pick things up as you realize you need them. What one person needs, you might not necessarily end up needing. For example, I don't have a dish rack. When I handwash dishes, I pull out the top rack of my dishwasher and use that as a drying rack. (I had a dish rack in college. It's lost in my parents' attic. I can't find it, but knowing it exists prevents me from buying another.)

You can usually come up with work-arounds: If you make pasta and realize you don't have a colander, WRITE IT DOWN so you remember next time you're out, then put the lid on the pot and tilt it up over the sink. The water will drain out. You can carefully pull the lid out so there's a couple-millimeter opening if you're brave and you have a good grip, and the water will drain out faster.

On my list that I never thought of until I needed them:

mini flashlights
2-3 step ladder and an extension ladder
basic set of hand tools (hammer, flat blade driver, phillips driver, utility knife, adjustable wrench)
broom/mop/vacuum
Garden hose with a regular nozzle and an adjustable nozzle
Garbage bins with lids (at least 2-3)
Extension cords
Power strips

Also: borrow a few old towels from your parents to get you through for a few weeks, and wait for a good coupon/sale at Bed Bath & Beyond or something (I ended up using Kohl's), and get yourself a nice set of "house towels." Then you can give your mom her "drying the dog off after her bath" towels back.

That way you can get nice plushy "grownup homeowner" towels instead of just settling for something boring and cheap because your house just sucked all your money but you NEED TOWELS.

(We skipped the apartment step, too! Graduated college in 2010, and you know what the housing market was doing. We got jobs and lived with our parents for a year, squirreled money away, then took advantage of the way the timing worked out for us and bought our own adorable little tri-level in a really great neighborhood full of young families and cops. We have like 6 neighbors who are cops.)