It’s that time of year again, when we have to find the perfect gift for our friends and family, and every year it seems to get more difficult to find unique presents!
Kristin Schweitzer is the owner of Back East Home, a Littleton business that offers an assortment of gifts, home decor, and items that embrace holiday cheer and gifting all year round.
Her business ownership path began when Schweitzer was a child growing up in Pennsylvania. Her mom would elaborately wrap all of their Christmas presents with beautiful handmade bows.
In 2015, Schweitzer, inspired by this idea of the bows, asked her mom to teach her how to make them. She then sent out an email to about 80 of her friends around the holidays asking if they would like to buy some bows from her for their wreaths or Christmas tree toppers. She got an overwhelming response.
By 2018 she decided to expand the business to include not only bows, but holiday decor. She had attended the Gift Market in New York every year and realized there were so many unique items that she had not seen here, so why not bring them to Colorado! She decided to host open houses at her home in Littleton during the holiday season.
In 2020, she set out to find retail space in Littleton, where she lives, in the community that she loves. She found the perfect space at Bowles and S Platte Canyon Road in May of 2020 and by November of 2020 opened up her new retail store named Back East Home.
Now that she had more space, Schweitzer decided to really expand her product offerings to include general home decor, gifts for men and women, and even some gifting food items.
The retail store, Back East Home, has been open now for five years and Schweitzer keeps the inventory fresh by bringing in new products constantly. Gifts can be found in the store for anyone who is hard to buy for - from teenagers to adults.
During the holiday season, Back East Home offers private holiday shopping events. Hosts can invite their own guest list to an exclusive shopping and sipping event. The host can also choose a charity and 10% of the proceeds from the event go to that charity. It’s a great way to get your holiday shopping done and to make a charitable donation.
Back East Home offers private holiday shopping events. An exclusive shopping and sipping event where hosts can choose a charity and donate 10% of the proceeds from the event.