hello there! I am blogging sitting in my living room as usual. Right now, there are 2 sofas in here. And I am feeling like a hoarder. In my defense, one of the sofas is on Craigslist waiting for its new home. My older sofa has a lovely new slipcover that I would *love* to share, but my home is a bit of a disaster as we are reworking some rooms. So it will have to wait. But, soon, I promise. On top of hoarding sofas (and ironstone, and mercury glass,vintage trophies....) I also have a problem with antique frames. I am a frame hoarder. Doesn't that sound repulsive?!? I am though. I always pick them up... they are so lovely in their chippiness and odd sizes. Sometimes I will paint them. Sometimes I won't. Every now and then I will weed some out and let some go. But it is always so hard. I always remember the ones that I really should have kept. I will be taking some to the shoppe this weekend after I decide which ones make the cut. And, when one goes home with someone else, I will feel a little stab of pain... almost like the pain of letting go a piece of English ironstone....
For all of you who collect and then sell some, what is the hardest thing to let go?
Okay, I have a full house in the workshop, so I am off to work... it isn't going to bibbity bobbity boo itself done *wink*
bye for now~
Vintage scales are probably my hardest thing to let go that I could reasonably hoard. I want to keep them all. Globes are right up there too.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, hoarding isn't a bad thing, as many vintage lovers know. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love old frames but everytime I find them at yardsales or the flea they are priced so high! I hear of people getting good deals on these but so far I haven't been very lucky. Keep them all and give them their own room! lol
ReplyDeleteServing platters are my weakness... I'm drawn to them, even though I already have far too many! But finding a good deal on one can totally make my day.
ReplyDeleteOld frames are so pretty, and there are so many uses for them. So, I think it is a good thing to hoard them. ;) xo Heather
ReplyDeleteI inherited so many antiques from my grandmother, that are so very, very old. So to really collect anything by buying, I don't. I will NEVER part intentionally with my family antiques. I might say that I hoard my grandmother's antiques!
ReplyDeleteI find the most difficult thing to sell is furniture I really like in our home. After I have worked so hard on a piece, brought it in the house to photograph, and looked at it for a couple of days I get attached to it. Putting a piece on CL's usually gets a piece sold in just a few days, but I still miss having it in the house.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm... hard, but probably ornate silver platters, serving trays. Just something about a really old, really well-loved piece of silver.. the patina it has. It is hard to buy them for my shop- some just probably won't ever make it to the website... Just keeping it real :) My Mother always taught us to
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Diana
I am a frame hoarder too, you are not alone. Frames and mirrors, I can't resist them. I find it hard to let go of some of the pieces I paint. I try to keep them in the garage, because if I bring them into the house I tend to get attached and keep them lol. I just painted my first union jack dresser in white and two shades of grey, it was alot of work and i will be sad when it sells.
ReplyDeleteThe hardest thing for me to sell is a piece from my vintage christmas ornament collection, EVEN IF it's a duplicate many times over. :)
ReplyDeleteThe hardest thing for me to let go is... ALL OF IT! lol I think I feel the same little stab of pain you do. Guess I'm an undercover furniture hoarder! heehee.
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Sammy ~ Renew Redo
Just discovered your lovely blog and Pinterest...I'm a new follower! For me, the hardest to let go of (so I keep a lot)...is vintage Christmas!
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