@ksdm -- You're absolutely right about many of our kids not wanting our "old family items" for several reasons... some don't have the room in their home for them; or they don't particularly like them ("not our style"); or they don't have a strong personal attachment to them (eg., my wife and I only rarely used the OFI -- dishes -- we inherited while our kids were growing up).

BUT I like to think that, whenever we end up donating our OFI to a reputable charity, some truly appreciative family of strangers may cherish the item's unique beauty / value, and respectfully receive them as a blessing from some other unknown, but caring family, from a prior era. (Am I getting too mushy here???).

/LarryG