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<p>[QUOTE="User 67, post: 16857, member: 67"]I don't have pictures. My work room, where I bead is the worst. I started, every where in the house with a desk, and usually a bookcase behind it. I needed a desk to write at, but that became cluttered and filled with boxes, and a desk for 'wet' crafts and painting, soon cluttered as well, and there's two work tables that go in and out of clutter.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my Living room, bedroom and kitchen I have a strict take-and-leave policy, I try to follow. If I buy a new lamp, or see a new side chair, I can only buy it if I replace one I already have, otherwise the Living room would have 18 side chairs and still no where to sit (because there is always boxes piled on them). The stuff I replace, I either give to my aunt or sell to the antique store down the street. In that way, I improve my collection rather than just add to it. But seeing these photos makes me think of what I should be getting rid of, namely all the boxes in closets, under beds and in the basement storage that I never look at. Your are a hoarder when the junk dictates what you can and can't do. "Oh, I would love to have them over to dinner, It might take me a month to clear out the dining room."</p><p><br /></p><p>But it also makes me think of something I have never seen but would love to own. A Doll house decorated like an antique hoarder's house. Yes, I have a big box of miniatures down in the basement somewhere, all I need is the house, but where would I put it? Hmm, if I get rid of the junk on that writing desk I can't write at....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="User 67, post: 16857, member: 67"]I don't have pictures. My work room, where I bead is the worst. I started, every where in the house with a desk, and usually a bookcase behind it. I needed a desk to write at, but that became cluttered and filled with boxes, and a desk for 'wet' crafts and painting, soon cluttered as well, and there's two work tables that go in and out of clutter. In my Living room, bedroom and kitchen I have a strict take-and-leave policy, I try to follow. If I buy a new lamp, or see a new side chair, I can only buy it if I replace one I already have, otherwise the Living room would have 18 side chairs and still no where to sit (because there is always boxes piled on them). The stuff I replace, I either give to my aunt or sell to the antique store down the street. In that way, I improve my collection rather than just add to it. But seeing these photos makes me think of what I should be getting rid of, namely all the boxes in closets, under beds and in the basement storage that I never look at. Your are a hoarder when the junk dictates what you can and can't do. "Oh, I would love to have them over to dinner, It might take me a month to clear out the dining room." But it also makes me think of something I have never seen but would love to own. A Doll house decorated like an antique hoarder's house. Yes, I have a big box of miniatures down in the basement somewhere, all I need is the house, but where would I put it? Hmm, if I get rid of the junk on that writing desk I can't write at....[/QUOTE]
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