How to Display Cremated Remains in Your Home

Minor Funeral and Cremation Center • April 10, 2023

Does your family like the idea of showing off a loved one's cremated remains in your home after their cremation services in Colchester, VT? See how it's done.

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Are you and your family going to stick a loved one's cremated remains into an urn following their cremation services in Colchester, VT and bring them home with you? If you are, you might want to put them on display once you get them back home. Before you do, though, you should figure out the best way to display them. It'll help you continue to pay tribute to your loved one long after their cremation has occurred. Here is a guide on how to display cremated remains in your home.


Pick out the right urn for a loved one's remains.


As we just alluded to, you'll want to stick a loved one's remains into an urn prior to bringing them home at the conclusion of their Colchester, VT cremation. But you aren't going to want to choose just any old urn. Instead, you'll want to shop around for an urn that you know will look great in your home. Ideally, you should search for one that's going to fit in with the rest of your home décor.


Find the perfect place to display a loved one's remains.


Once you have an urn for your loved one's remains all picked out, you should start to look around for a good place to put it. You're welcome to stick a loved one's urn almost anywhere that you would like in your home, but there are certain places that will probably be better than others. For example, putting a loved one's urn in your living room would be a fantastic idea. It would also be a good idea to put them in a foyer, dining room, or even a bedroom.


Look for photos and other mementos to display along with a loved one's remains.


You're probably going to want to display more than just a loved one's urn in your home. You'll also want to surround the urn with some things that remind you of your loved one. You won't necessarily need to create an entire shrine for your loved one. But it wouldn't be a bad idea to put out some photos of your loved one as well as some mementos that were important to them. These things will make their display look even better than it would otherwise.


Work to keep the area containing a loved one's remains clean.


After you have a display for your loved one's remains all set up, it'll be imperative that you aim to keep it clean. There is going to be dirt and dust landing on your loved one's urn and everything that surrounds it all the time. You should try to get into the habit of working to keep your loved one's display as clean as you can get it. Doing something as simple as dusting it every week or two should keep it looking its absolute best.


We can provide families with the help they'll need to carry out Colchester, VT cremations. We can also work to get them their loved one's remains back fast so that they can decide what they would like to do with them next. Contact us now to plan a cremation for a loved one through our funeral home.


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