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I have a few Longaberger baskets in storage.  I know they are not the thing to have and dsplay.  However, I just can't throw them out.  Anyone think the trend will ever return? 

[Buck-i-Nana]

I doubt they'll ever return on the level they were years ago.  I have a bunch of them and Peterboro baskets as well.  I don't have them for display, I use them throughout my home.

[Apple Crisp]

I have Longaberger and Peterboro baskets. I use them both for display and for storage. I have some in every room. They suit my style of decorating.

[Stormygirl]

Oh how I remember buying those baskets and even going to Zanesville Ohio for a basket themed tour and dinner with the Longabergers. LOL I know I am now secretly ashamed of myself for how much money I invested in that "home party" craze in the 90's but Oh well....was for relatives and friends. I have sold quite a few of my basket stash and the others and signed ones I use to display towells etc. I do not think they will ever come back big as they once were given the grand price in this economy and the possible very hard times ahead. I have went from 50 down to 5 of them. I see many on E-Bay now selling them to recoup some of the money. That whole "home party" (Longaberger, Party Lite candles, Pampered Chef) doesnt attract the masses anymore.

[Kachina624]

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@Buck-i-Nana wrote:

I doubt they'll ever return on the level they were years ago.  I have a bunch of them and Peterboro baskets as well.  I don't have them for display, I use them throughout my home.

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That's what I'd do with them, put them to work.  They're still pretty and add to the homey, cozy factor.

[qualitygal]

Love Roses, my mom had some, and I use them as sewing baskets. Yarns could look pretty in them. I now want to use the things that maybe others might just look at. I want usefulness as well as pretty.

[Krimpette]

Slightly O/T:  I heard the other day that Longaberger has been trying for quite some time now to sell their "basket" building.  No takers.  The down-side of building something so specific.  

[KKlim]

I also got swirled up In that 90's trend . Buying from my gf's parties.😡 Lol. Even though the trend is gone , they are still durable, handy baskets. Just put them to good use for storage around the house.🙂

[151949]

I still use them too, My kleenex box is still hidden in one in the guest bathroom, I still have one under an end table in the living room to hold all the stuff that seems to accumulate where we sit to watch Tv - like controllers and glasses and kleenex, books and my sewing. Keep all that clutter hidden under the lid. When my housekeeper finds things like a pen or a button - small things - in the living room, and she doesn't know what to do with it she puts it in that basket.

[Kachina624]

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@qualitygal wrote:

Love Roses, my mom had some, and I use them as sewing baskets. Yarns could look pretty in them. I now want to use the things that maybe others might just look at. I want usefulness as well as pretty.

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I bought some scrap skeins of vegetable dyed yarn from a craft center in Northern NM in all different shades of rose, pink and burgundy.  My mother and I rolled them into balls.  I display them on my coffee table in a hand carved bread bowl.  Had to put them away when I got a puppy; he thought they were toys for him.