The Keepsake Restoration Gift

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Hi gift-givers! Better Gift Coach is here to remind you that the best gifts might be coming from the back of the closet to the center of someone's heart.

Thank you to everyone who has recently shared the story of one of the best gifts they’ve received or given. Please keep the gift stories coming!

The “keepsake restoration" Gift:

• Preserves a piece of family history for future generations

• High likelihood of being a great gift when you restore something they already love

• Allows for personal preferences - note how the husband let Karlyn choose the type or restoration she wanted

BGC Playbook for Keepsake Restoration Gifts:

1. Do an audit of their most loved/cherished keepsake items and consider if they could use some refurbishing or repurposing. 

2. Conduct research into how to get them restored or repurposed

3. Consider if you should include your gift recipient in the process (such as Karlyn’s husband did)

4. Take before an after pictures to appreciate the restoration or repurposing

Ways to find restoration vendors:

• Online research

• Antique stores and dealers may have connections to restoration experts or may offer these services themselves

• Online forums and communities. Reddit.com/r/restoration/ is a community for anyone seeking restoration help, wanting to show off their restoration projects, or anything in between.

Keepsake repurposing/upcycling ideas:

• Repurposed and upcycled vintage “junk” makeovers

• Clever furniture repurposing ideas

• Ways to repurpose old books

For a related, and very creative, family heirloom gift idea shared in a past edition: 🎁 The “Deck the Halls With Grandma’s Jewelry" Gift

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• Someone whose spouse just lost a loved one

• Someone whose loved on appreciates family heirlooms

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From my attic to yours,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coach

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