I envy those of you who have/had hope chests! My mother thought they were "lower class" and so never permitted us to have one. How sad is that? While my husband and I received many lovely new gifts when we were married, there was nothing as special as what might have been stored in a hope chest. Let alone that if I hadn't married, I'd never have received anything - even tho I'd still have had to set up housekeeping!
I want to encourage everyone to start a hope chest - call it whatever you like! - for the young people they love. While colors and patterns come and go, love never goes out of style. Even in the rare event that the beneficiary never uses the quilt or dish towels or pillow cases or whatever, the love and forethought (=belief in the loved one's future!) that went into the creation will almost certainly be treasured.