Collector or hoarder???

[starrynightin64]

heard a new term today....

re-purposer

what do you think???

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Books. I could open a little library with my collection.

 

[Trekka]

I hoard data. My email inbox hasn't been cleaned out since 2006. It's like a museum in there!

 

[Mebtaz2000]

Books. I could open a little library with my collection.

Ditto. And I don't want a Kindle. I want to hold the book and turn the pages. My collection is moving towards obsession. Oh who am I kidding, it is an obsession.

 

[fungatorgurl101]

Books real and electronic
Frogs
Beer pints
Crochet supplies and yarn
CDs and music

Hoard collect lol call it what you want

 

[DoRaMe]

Ok,

Books
yarn (not parting with my Noro, Malibrigo, etc)
Jewelry supples (beads, gemstones, soldering equipment, kiln, metals, torch)

What I am starting to purge myself of since I will be out of this house in 4 years at the least.
Numerous cookware/bakeware. I have over 70 cookie cutters to giver you an idea.
Sets of dishes, including my fine china and Christmas dishes
Old/vintage clothing (old cashmere sweaters with detachable white fox collars, 60's sequined tops and dresses of my mothers, satin skirts, etc)
Glassware of my mother/grandmother.

Daughter and niece will have first dibs and then the rest will be sold/donated.

I just realized this sounds like a Craigs List posting. lol

 

[starrynightin64]

I sometimes think it would be best if I just lived in a library

 

[Suz_anne]

I collect antique glass pieces (serving bowls, water pitchers, etc) and small watercolor paintings.

I have built in cabinetry in my dining room where I display the glass and my rule is if I buy one, I have to sell one.

The paintings... I haven't had to give any up yet. I have 17, but they're small-ish. And I have a lot of wall space.

So I'm not a hoarder... yet.

 

[starrynightin64]

Been watching all the politicians trying to collect people....

 

[lovetopleasewomen]

Been watching all the politicians trying to collect people....

and hoard votes.

 

[VanGogh66]

I like to think I'm a collector and not a hoarder.

 

[SCcouple1990]

So much crap, I'm not sure how we have any room.

Collectable plates
Thimbles
Shot glasses
Books
Sports cards
DVDs
Ceramic masks in attic along with Friar Tuck figurines and Christmas ornaments

That's a lot of crap.

 

[starrynightin64]

I always wonder about all those storage unit places.

 

[starrynightin64]

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[DarkSimian]

I used to say the difference between hoarding and collecting is organization. But since the move, who am I kidding.....I'm a hoarder!

 

[Greeneyedcanadian]

Certainly not a horder. I give most of my stuff to charity when I am done with it so I don't have stuff lying around that I don't use. I don't collect anything except dust until I get to cleaning.

People give me stuff if I say I like it...my mistake. I said that was nice and thank you when I received a snow globe for christmas one year. The next several years I received snow globes...wtf. I didn't want to be rude but I don't collect this stuff...geez

 

[starrynightin64]

If it's books it can never be hoarding!!!

 

[OxfordDon]

Pens and pencils....and bits of wood

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Yeah, I collect a lot of diffferent things. A samping is as follows:

Baseball cards
Autographs
Marbles
Fossils
Antique tools
Cars
Books
Records
Root beer mugs
Coca-Cola
Signs

Need I go on?

That's only a small sample of what we had both before and during our 23 years in Florida. Old baseball cards and Lional trains are good junk.
My wife loved flea markets, yard sales, car and bike event swap meets. She bought every piece of women's clothes that was sligtly sexy and piled it in the five large closets. She had enough jewelry to open a shop. She was a hoarder.
Thank goodness one vacation we were ransacked and much was taken.
Me, I had antique cars and older street rods. I was a collector of good junk.
Then we moved to a small home in the midwest. I only brought a few things to help keep our memories going. You know, an old traffic light, street signs, car parts, a large dinner bell, etc.
Even got rid of all but two street rods. After two months we realize that crap was all material things. This place is uncluttered and most closets are empty. I refuse to take my wife to another yard sale or swap meet.
I might need some car parts in the future.

 

[jmarx20102012]

Music. 2000+ CDs and 800+ LPs. I've gone mostly digital the last 5 years so this has slowed things down

 

[Penuche]

Art and craft supplies.

This means I have a cloth stash, a yarn stash, a needles/hooks/pins stash, a paint stash, a markers stash, a brushes stash, a paper stash, a scissors stash, a wire stash, a pliers stash, a tape stash... and that's before I start listing the books consulted or used for inspiration.

 

[starrynightin64]

If it's small toys / collector items in their original boxes???

 

[calculated_risks761]

Books, books, books and look more books.

 

[starrynightin64]

Books, books, books and look more books.

I miss paper books a lot.
Most the newest books I have are digital

 

[Pantyboy74]

I collect Paper and Digital books. Currently 600+ paper and 15000+ digital.
Also Paper and Digital comics. 1000+ paper and 50000+ digital.
(Every Spiderman, every starwars, every star trek, every X-Men)