Starting points for buying for someone else
Most people who look through our pages are buying for another person. That means guessing what somebody else wants, which is hard. We narrow the catalog down with three practical questions about the home, the lettering, and what is being spent, instead of trying to guess a person taste from afar.
Question 1Start with the room it belongs in
A room is something a giver knows. A taste in color or pattern is something a giver only thinks they know. When you start from a kitchen, a sitting room, a closet, a front step, or a yard, the choice gets simpler right away. Our kitchen and table shelf holds pieces that stay by the sink or the stove. The yard and porch shelf, along with the porch geese, belongs outdoors through the changing seasons. The shelf for around the house, the closets and laundry shelf, and the everyday ease shelf each do a job in a specific spot.
Question 2Decide if a name belongs on it
The biggest split in our catalog is whether a name goes on the piece. The shelf of pieces that take a name holds things that cannot be handed off to another person later. That is both a gain and a loss in the same move. Lettering makes a present belong to one person alone, which gives it weight. But the spelling stays set once it is on there. If you want something that can pass between family members or move to a different room, choose from the things a person wears or our general household shelves instead.
Question 3Consider what is being spent
The range in this catalog is wide, running from small tokens to larger outdoor pieces. What is being spent narrows the pages quickly. The modest end of the range is a real answer here rather than a consolation, holding practical items for everyday ease and small kitchen tasks. Three questions will not read minds, but they point you toward the right shelf. From there, walking the pages yourself is still the best way to find what fits their home.
Worth knowing before you answer
- Our catalog divides home goods across eight main shelves from the kitchen to the yard.
- Pieces from the personalization shelf receive lettering that cannot be altered after the work is done.
- The porch geese and yard shelves hold outdoor pieces meant to remain outside through the seasons.