"New additions *for*..." or "New additions *to*..."

Question

If I'm trying to advertise that you can scroll through this webpage to find additions that go in/on your home, would it be...

"Find new additions for your home."

"Find new additions to your home."

Does "find for your home" technically mean that your home itself is literally looking for new additions and you're looking on its behalf? And therefore "to" is correct?

The problem is, what if it were something like advertising gift-giving, and said...

"Find shoes for your friend."

In that case, it could be read as finding shoes on behalf of your friend, but also finding shoes that suit your friend. Certainly, "find shoes to your friend" is absurd. So, why does it work in the home example (assuming "to" is correct in the home one)?

Thank you :)

Answer 1

Does "find for your home" technically mean that your home itself is literally looking for new additions and you're looking on its behalf?

In the UK, homes are not sentient beings, nor do they possess organs capable of finding things...

You will note that

"Find" is (i) an imperative with an implied subject of "You" or (ii) an infinitive with an implied modal "can/may/will, etc" and a subject of "You"

for = for the benefit of

to = associated contextually with

Answer 2

For this native speaker of American English, and in the context you provide,

Find new additions for your home

conveys potential: “Here are some things you could do…” (I don’t read the sense of “on behalf of” that concerns you.) It is the far better choice. By contrast, using the preposition to establishes a sense of completion. And

Find new additions to your home

has the peculiar effect (again, for me) of changing the meaning of find (!). It might be suitable in a context like

During your six months abroad, our builders have been very busy preparing a surprise for you. When you get home, you will find [that they have made] new additions to your home.”

As for why to is syntactically acceptable, that’s because addition is something we idiomatically do to houses, while we don’t find shoes to friends.

Answer 3

Both of the previous answers are consistent of my understanding. I will just make it a touch clearer. An addition to your home would be a feature that becomes part of the whole that is your home. A fence, a swimming pool or a deck. An addition for your home might be suitable for your office or home such as hat stand or a hall mirror. I've upvoted Greybeard's answer.