OH BOY! We have a lot of
clutter, and I mean a lot. We like to
collect things, so I am going to change that from clutter to collections. Our collections range from Ball & Kerr
jars, clocks, meat grinders, enamelware and a lot of other primitive items I’ve
collected along the way.
We also have what I like to call the “ROOM OF DOOM” {my nemesis}. Before
we bought the house it was my mom’s sewing room. My parents converted the former living room
into a “room” so my mom had a front door for her business and people weren’t
walking through our house, she was a professional monogrammer. Anyway, the hubs took out the window and put a
closet in its place. The intention of
the room was a craft/sewing room/small storage room for our family.
It has just taken on a life of its own. If we’ve had a project in the house and had
to box things up, yep, you guessed it, it goes in that room. If there are items that we have intentions of
getting rid of, yep, you guessed it, they get put in that room. If we don’t have a use for it right then and
there, yep, you guessed it, it goes in that room.
You see, I have a problem, I’ve inherited from my mom, she
got it from here mom and now our youngest son has it also, we like to hoard….there
I’ve said it….we aren’t the type where the wall will come tumbling down if you
move one thing from the pile, but I have a problem letting go of things.
I still have some of our boys’ clothes, shoes and toys {they are 19 & 16}, the reason I
tell myself is “someday we will have grandchildren and they can use those items”. It will be cheaper to have the toys already bought and paid for...right...eye roll….by the time we have grand-kids the
toys will be brittle, the clothes will have holes or no elastic and the shoes
will have no grip left on the soles. I
know these things need to go, most of them, but I can’t part with them. I really need help. I plan on reading a couple of de-collectioning
{like how I just made up that phrase} books
over the weekend to find some inspiration.
If you have a story or advice, please feel free to leave a
message, I am open to suggestions. I’ll
let you know what I feel or think or if anything in the way of de-collectioning
was done over the weekend.
Uptown Grange
