The Master Kallah List for Setting Up a Home

You might not need it all, but it’s helpful to have a list to reference!

As a complement to this post which includes a week-by-week guide for planning a wedding and helping a new couple establish their home, I’ve compiled this checklist. Obviously, not every kallah needs every item on the following list. We tried to cover many different crowds and you can edit as you see fit.

HOUSEWARES:

• Air conditioner
• Alarm clock for Shabbos
• Apple corer
• Baking pans 
• Basic cookbooks
• Bath set
• Blech/Shabbos platta
• Broom
• Bulbs (make sure all lights work prior to wedding!)
• Can opener
• CD player or speaker to play music
• Chicken shears 
• Crockpot 
• Cutlery set (fleishig)
• Cutlery set (milchig)
• Cutlery set (Shabbos) 
• Cutting boards
• Dishes (fleishig)
• Dishes (milchig)
• Dishes (Shabbos)
• Dustpan
• Full-length mirror
• Garbage for bathroom(s)
• Garbage for kitchen
• Garbage for outdoors (if needed)
• Glasses (water and wine)
• Hamper
• Hand mixer
• Ice cream scoop
• Immersion blender (I love having one for milchig and one for fleishig)
• Iron
• Ironing board
• Julienne peeler
• Kettle 
• Kitchen clock
• Kosher Lamp and/or nightlight
• Ladle (milchig and fleishig) 
• Laundry basket
• Matches
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Meat knives
• Microwave
• Mixing bowls (milchig and fleishig)
• Mop
• Mugs
• Napkin holder
• Neggel vasser set
• Outdoor mat 
• Oven mitts or potholders
• Pail for mopping
• Paper towel holder
• Pasta strainer
• Peelers
• Pitcher
• Plunger
• Rolling pin
• Salad bowl
• Salt and pepper shakers
• Salt for icy sidewalks and driveways
• Set of pots and pans (milchig)
• Set of pots and pans (fleishig)
• Shoe rack
• Shoe polish 
• Serrated knives
• Serving spoons and forks
• Shabbos tablecloth
• Shovel for snow 
• Shower curtain and rings
• Sifter
• Spatulas 
• Sugar dispenser
• Tablecloth/placemats for weekday
• Timer for Shabbos 
• Toaster/toaster oven 
• Toilet scrubber
• Urn
• Vacuum cleaner or hand vacuum 
• Washer/dryer where needed
• Window shades 

LINEN, TOWELS, ETC. (This is the minimum we found necessary)

• 2 sets of linen
• 5 bath towels
• 10 dish towels (5 milchig, 5 fleishig)
• 5 hand towels
• 5 washcloths
• 2 blankets 
• 2 mattress pads
• 4 pillow protectors
• 4 pillows (2 per bed)
• 1 white sheet or set, if that’s your custom
• 2 dust ruffles or bed skirts, if needed

TRIMMING/WIG STORE:

• Basic sewing kit containing safety pins, black and white thread, and sewing needles
• Blow dryer or flat/curling iron 
• Rain bonnet
• Sheitel box
• Sheitel brush
• Sheitel comb
• Sheitel heads
• Sheitel grip 
• Travel sheitel head

CLOTHING:

• Boots
• Bra for gown
• Bras for everyday and Shabbos
• Coat 
• Crocs or slippers
• Handbag/pocketbook
• Nightgowns/pj’s
• Rain jacket
• Shabbos robe
• Shabbos shoes 
• Sheitels
• Shells
• Sheva brachos clothes 
• Slips 
• Skirts for weekday
• Sneakers 
• Snoods / pre-tieds / turbans / tichels
• Socks 
• Tights
• Undershirts 
• Underwear
• Weekday shoes
• White nightgown, if that’s your custom

COSMETICS AND PERFUMES:

• Cosmetics — whatever pieces you generally use
• Cosmetic bag
• Perfume: We recommend buying a few in sampler size so you can see what you like and switch things up. 

GROCERIES:

Stock kitchen with mostly non-perishables unless you will be home a lot during sheva brachos.

PHARMACY:

• Air freshener
• Bacitracin
• Band aids
• Bedikah cloths
• Benadryl 
• Bobby pins 
• Conditioner 
• Dental floss
• Deodorant
• Facial cleanser 
• Fantastic with bleach or the like
• Floor cleaner
• Hand mirror
• Ice pack
• Laundry detergent
• Lens case, lens solution 
• Lubricant 
• Lysol wipes
• Makeup remover
• Motrin/Advil
• Mouthwash
• Nail clipper/scissors
• OXI Clean stain treatment spray 
• Pads/tampons
• Paper towels
• Plastic gloves
• Pony holders 
• Q-tips
• Razors
• Shampoo
• Soap
• Thermometer
• Tissues
• Toilet paper
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Tylenol
• Windex

FURNITURE: (unless it’s a furnished apt)

• Beds with box springs
• Couch
• Dinette set
• Dining room set (if applicable)
• Bedroom set