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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 18908, member: 37&quot;]You are not telling me anything I don&#039;t know. I actually have made a lot of progress in cutting this hoard. I sent a lot of stuff to auction before moving here. I am down from two storage units to one. I am only home 2-3 days a week so don&#039;t have all that much time to go through things. I have tried craigslist with zero results and, in a town of 250 people in the middle of nowhere, a garage sale would be unproductive. I am busy using my time for things that actually make me some money. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know there are things that are not worth continuing to store. The stools belong to a set. The bar/table that matches them is buried in the storage unit. If I could get them together, I can sell them in my store. Some things could be sent to auction but it takes time to organize it all. Other items are my inventory for my business waiting to be worked on and I will get to many of them. I have stopped buying things that need work other than quick fixes. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the paintings, when you have hundreds of them, you can only hang so many. I do have many hung on the walls. The big boxes in the spare bedroom are full of paintings with cardboard or other padding between each. Those leaning against walls are mostly in transition. Either I have just bought them, they are waiting to go to the store, or they have just come back from the store without selling. Paintings are one thing that I can&#039;t seem to quit buying, though I have become more discerning.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I take your words as constructive criticism, you can&#039;t know my circumstances. It is easy from the outside looking in to say that I need to do this or that but the reality of making it happen is not so easy. I am sure that many would look at my hoard and say, <i>Oh my God!</i> but there is some organization and purpose to most of it. Besides, I can still see the floor, get through it if I want to, and it is not hurting anyone else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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