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[Siobhan Shadow]

My husband is not a hoarder but my ex was, man oh man what a mess three garages, basement, attic full and started on the living area I could not handle that. I don't waste but to keep stuff to put into storage to never use seems like wasting to me. Maybe I am wrong, but it's a waste not to use too.

[srobins96]

All of what we have we use, but I am thinking that perhaps it is time to pass some of it one..the stuff we use not too often

SUE

[Siobhan Shadow]

A true hoarder is a person who collects stuff for the sake of not tossing it out. They never use it, it just goes into storage or they put it in there homes and their it sits. That is what a hoarder is. It's not using any of it that makes the hoarder. LOL HeeHeeHee.

[handy]

Originally Posted by pkingsly

My name is Pat and I'm an embroideraholic. I confess to collecting more designs every chance I get, as well as digitizing daily.
My friends want to know when I'm going to find time to sew out all the designs.
You're supposed to sew them, too?
I'll never live long enough.
Pat

OH, how well I can relate to this.........Sad part is I have much of the fabric to go along with many of the designs. Designs by Sick are coming out with so many new ones, which gets the mind going even more.

[Siobhan Shadow]

Fabric is different. There is always a use for fabric from patching to embroidery. LOL

[boblynn55]

Oh good! From what I am reading I may be a embroidery addict, but I am not a hoarder. I was begining to think I was a hoarder. My mother has claimed I was one since I was little.

I come from a family where my mom doesn't save anything. Not a week after dad died and she was giving away or tossing his things away. At least she did give some special things to each child, grandchild, or great grand. I had to convince her to save something that smelled like dad. He died last May. The other day she said "I am glad you convinced me to save those shirts. Last night I just missed hime so, I went and got his shirt and hugged it all night." Some things are good because of the memories they keep.

Lynn

[Siobhan Shadow]

I am so sorry to hear about your father passing away. I am sure no one here meant you should not keep items for keep sakes. Even I have a keep sake of my mothers. Again I am sorry to hear about your father. Siobhan

[boblynn55]

Actually I am a really good saver and I happen to live in a former 45 room hotel (not at all being used as a hotel) with a total of about 15,000 square feet for our living quarters and 6,000 for our business on the main floor. We also have two dirt floor basements that are 120' X 32'. Those are not typos. So I have the potential for lots of space for organized storage. But, you know what people say about stuff? -- It expands to fit the size of your house!

Unfortunately, we have been doing this project debt free and using as much of the original trims as possible so it is very slow process. We have been at it for 10 years. Our business is done, our main living area (2 beds, 2 baths, breakfast room, sitting room, laundry room, and kitchen), we just finished a one bedroom apartment for my mom (it is about 1200 square ft.) and are almost done with a guest suite. The rest of the place has been taken to the stud walls.

Mom's living room and dining room used to be my sewing room and craft area. Her kitchen and bathroom are where I kept my stash. Now my stash and craft supply is on shelves in the Ballroom (on the third floor) and I use the Music room (on the second floor) for sewing. I have stud walls with plastic over the insulations, extension cords and 125 year old floors that catch every thread and give splinters if you go barefoot --- but I have a place to leave sewing out and available when I am.

After putting the engineered flooring in my mom's apartment my husband said we could get some cheap variety to put on the floor in the sewing room. So I have to take apart this set up in a couple of weeks to do that. That should make things a little better. The old floors are impossible to clean and if I drop something it becomes covered with dust. It's an adventure to say the least!

[Siobhan Shadow]

I would love to live on the first floor of a hotel. Changing it around to make a home. Removing walls putting in kitchen, sewing room, craft room. It would be super. Siobhan

[boblynn55]

Our first floor is retail and other than the original restaurant was always retail, the hotel lobby and 45 guest rooms were on the second and third floor. Very steep stairs so since I have a spinal cord injury we installed an elevator. We have a bookstore on the main floor with a tea room at the back of it. We also have our publishing company offices and our warehouse on the main floor. We're in a little town of just 1500 people. It is an ideal situation -- no traffic jams more time for my embroidery addiction. lol