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Post by teriann on Sept 28, 2012 16:11:34 GMT
The "hoarding gene" was mentioned in Karens post... I think I have it... I have a futon bunk bed in my studio that I planned to move out of the room... until it occured to me that I could remove the top matress and use it for storage... and pile fiber all the way to the ceiling...  |
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 28, 2012 20:05:06 GMT
we hoard, by we I mean everyone in the extended family on the farm. We have out buildings and storage trailers and attics and lofts and basements. We have all sorts or things for all sorts goings on. We love junk shops and garage sales and most of all who can say no to something that is free. We don't quite belong on hoarders but maybe a month or 2 with clean sweep would be a good thing.
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Post by zed on Sept 29, 2012 11:48:37 GMT
The thing is, the minute you throw anything away, you realise how much you need it. Even if you haven't even looked at it for 15 years.
I'm a collector aswell as a hoarder, shells, beach glass, beach metal, crystals and gemstones, books, cds, dvds, fabric, cameras, wood, paint, fimo etc
I know I can't live here much longer though, so I started to clear out last year, I started with clothes, yep even stuff from the mid 80's was still in my loft. I gave as much as I could bear to charity, even clothes with labels still on. Then I went through my books and dvds and gave my whole book collection apart from 20 or so books, almost all my dvd collection (not the Aussie films!) and a lot of cd's to our local gay youth centre. I'm starting again this week. It does feel good to get rid of clutter.
It doesn't help that my family have used me for a dumping ground for all the stuff they can't bear to throw away, but don't want cluttering up their houses. I piled 20 bike innertubes into a bag yesterday from my dad, and theres a box of pedals and old lights to throw out too.
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 29, 2012 21:21:05 GMT
Are you moving Zed? I try to avoid hoarding but can't manage to do that with fiber.
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Post by jufergu on Sept 29, 2012 22:04:40 GMT
I guess I am sort of the oddball here. My husband had a job for the last 20 years of his career that required moving every few years to another city. I had to get rid of most of what I had and keep only enough to furnish an apartment. When we retired in 2006, I got rid of almost everything and bought all new furniture. I am a neat freak. Do not like clutter, but my walls are full of my artwork. All my art supplies are in an 8 X 10 room with shelves built into the closet. Everything is in clear plastic containers that are labeled. I have two bookcases filled with art books and fabric art books. Painting books in on bookcase and fabric art books in the other. Ok, you can probably tell that I have OCD. lol
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 30, 2012 2:58:15 GMT
Ross' mom said it was much easier to keep the clutter down when they moved every few years. His dad was in the military. I moved to the farm when we got married and there was already lots of stuff here.
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Post by zed on Sept 30, 2012 8:48:07 GMT
Fiber and art supplies don't count  I was thinking of moving, Ruth, but not until next Summer at the earliest, but the Tory government have brought in yet another benefit cut and anyone who has what they think is a spare room and gets help with rent, will have it reduced. I can't afford to pay the amount it'd cost to stay. So I have until April to find somewhere temporary. |
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 30, 2012 13:38:50 GMT
I have 1/3 of a house to rent Zed. It's a bit far to move though. I hope you find somewhere to settle without to much trouble.
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Post by Tess on Sept 30, 2012 22:38:45 GMT
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m not too bad I don't think, all my hoarding seems to be related to my art/craft work. I have a big box of boxes!!!, my son doesn't get it but when you create an item, and sell it of course it has to be packaged into the correct size/type box for shipping to its destination.
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Post by zed on Oct 1, 2012 8:41:22 GMT
Yep, I have a collection of boxes for shipping too I used to save cereal boxes for painting and pastels. I couldn't afford anything 'proper' to paint on, so cut them up to use the insides. I still haven't found anything better for acrylics or pastels |
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Post by teriann on Oct 1, 2012 16:45:13 GMT
Yes, boxes of boxes and boxes of reuse packing foam and peanuts. To be honest, I had these before I started selling stuff. I just didn't know why... but thank goodness I saved them  Same for the weight watcher scale, super size canning pot, and the turkey frier that I don't use for their original purposes. The list is, of course, much longer |
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Post by Tess on Oct 1, 2012 21:15:44 GMT
I have a template I use and cut good clean boxes up to that pattern, then hot glue it up, works really well.
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 2, 2012 13:02:30 GMT
We are the people that archaeologist love and those people that go to antiques road show.
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Post by lyn on Oct 2, 2012 20:40:36 GMT
Am I the only one.................
......................to keep large or odd shaped boxes for years, then decide that as I've never used them I probably never will, so off to the recycling they go...........
....................then within a few weeks I find I need exactly what I've thrown away !!
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 2, 2012 21:04:05 GMT
I diffinatly fall into that group lyne and its not only boxes
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