Reverse Marie Kondo

[Teacher Terry]

Take a picture of the bedroom set. Obviously he didn’t get rid of it)

[iris lilies]

Take a picture of the bedroom set. Obviously he didn’t get rid of it)

For the past 30 years it has lived in his dad’s farm house. Yeah, I will take a photo one of these days. It js a pretty cool old thing. He got it at a farm auction decades ago, when he was single. I used my power of p*ssy to, before we got married, get rid of yhe hideous sets of furniture he had. I knew instinctively that if the stuff didnt leave then, I would hsve to live with it the rest of my life.

Also, it is much easier to move into a house where bedrooms are on the first floor , our Hermann house, than in our .victorian house with stairs.

[iris lilies]

Or thrift stores

God, yes. Mugs for 50 cents there.

[Teacher Terry]

When we downsized we didn’t even look at 2 story homes. I wanted one where we could age in place.

[ApatheticNoMore]

although if you are that obsessed with your mugs even ... wow. Furniture maybe, heck even pots and pans perhaps, but mugs ...

I just have glasses from bed bath and beyond and it's good enough for me, permanently.

[Chicken lady]

I am a potter. I have strong feelings about every mug in my house. In some cases they are dh’s mugs and the feeling is loathing.

[Yppej]

Good luck to her finding a boyfriend to move in who only has a suitcase.

[Ultralight]

Things really don't spark joy in me.

[pinkytoe]

I have changed my thoughts about things since selling our house of 17 years. The house we bought here is larger and three story and has quite a few empty spaces going "yoo-hoo". Since I know we won't grow old in this house, I am having fun with the acquisition and then shedding of things if they don't work out. Mostly all used so not at great expense or sentimental attachment. Lots of re-purposing just cause I like the creative aspect of that endeavor. The older I get, the less attached I get to keeping stuff, so at least to me, it becomes kind of fun to watch it come in and go out and on to some other incarnation - who knows where.

[iris lilies]

I have changed my thoughts about things since selling our house of 17 years. The house we bought here is larger and three story and has quite a few empty spaces going "yoo-hoo". Since I know we won't grow old in this house, I am having fun with the acquisition and then shedding of things if they don't work out. Mostly all used so not at great expense or sentimental attachment. Lots of re-purposing just cause I like the creative aspect of that endeavor. The older I get, the less attached I get to keeping stuff, so at least to me, it becomes kind of fun to watch it come in and go out and on to some other incarnation - who knows where.

That is an interesting acrivity, pinkytoe, and one I can relate to. I would be fun to swap out decor regularly and completely tomgive new looks to a room, or a shelf, or a table, or etc. One can do a lot with fabric and a few things from the thrift store.