https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:06:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2054924 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:50:49 +0000 Anonymous 2054924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like a great solution for all of you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2054769 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:14:11 +0000 Eirlys 2054769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I hope all goes well for us. It's a new idea as far as I am concerned but it means I don't have to clear the family home and I don't have rent to pay! I am having fun thinking about furnishing a new place entirely as I want it. Offspring roll their eyes when I say I want a white/magnolia background but one can add different colours so easily.</p> <p>Thank you, Bridgie, for the birthday wishes, my first birthday without my husband, Even when he was ill he would ask what I wanted for my special day!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2054575 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:28:02 +0000 Sal 2054575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is a challenge Eirlys and I have recently been through this with my Mum.&nbsp; We found new homes for some things and also my sisters and I took some bits and pieces.&nbsp; I had some friends who wanted various things too that I donated.</p> <p>It sounds like a good plan to swap homes and you can be in a smaller fresh smart place.&nbsp; What a great attitude you have. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2054571 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:47:43 +0000 rachylou 2054571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My cousin and her parents switched. It was a win win </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2054546 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 20:04:19 +0000 JAileen 2054546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would donate them to a thrift store. We had someone donate a huge collection of elephants recently. We’ve been selling them, and the money helps fund our charitable projects. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2054527 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:15:12 +0000 bridgie 2054527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Eirlys, your new arrangements sound so nice.&nbsp; I think you will enjoy your new lifestyle.&nbsp; More opportunities to do different things, and not have to devote so much time to maintaining and upkeep of a large home.&nbsp; Of course you enjoyed it when your husband and children were there. But I do believe you will enjoy downsizing.&nbsp; I speak from experience.&nbsp; I am close in age to you.</div><div>BTW, Happy Birthday!&nbsp; Hope it was very special.&nbsp; I suppose part of it was</div><div>devoted to the project you mentioned above! :)<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2054524 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:35:25 +0000 Eirlys 2054524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really enjoyed reading your comments. So much has gone and I feel "lighter"!! This afternoon Daughter and her friend came and sorted one of the large storage spaces. Even the cat joined in!!<br />I now have SPACE where once resided rubbish! Not strictly true, perhaps where the latter is concerned, but certainly items I can well do without.&nbsp;</p> <p>I may be moving from a six bedroom house to a one bedroom flat! The latter is where Younger Son and his wife live and they really need more room. I don't! So, the plan is that we swop! Their place is being gutted and I am acquiring a new kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living-room. I aim to start afresh now that I have lost my lovely husband. In this way I can keep my independence and have access to shops and restaurants, libraries, and even a theatre. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2053683 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 02:55:22 +0000 cindysmith 2053683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the 90s, I had a collection of stuffed animals. They were all oversized, as in ginormous--like they were all about my height (5 foot 7 inches) and they were ridiculous but I loved having a 6 foot tall stuffed Foghorn Leghorn and a 4 foot tall Speedy Gonzalez and I had both Bananas in Pajamas and a gigantor Tweety Bird and and and </p> <p>LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2053616 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:27:45 +0000 Anonymous 2053616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great advice.&nbsp; I might add after having to clean out my parents' home after they had left that many of one's "treasures" can be destroyed or disappear one way or another.&nbsp; My dad spent a fortune on books that were ruined by rain and water running into a basement room.&nbsp; Give them away or sell them while they have value.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2053593 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:23:32 +0000 kkards 2053593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m a collector and not in downsizing mode...but I spent much of 2017 helping my mother downsize from a 2 level with full basement townhouse to a 1 bedroom with den apartment.<br /> 1) go as quickly or as slowly as you need. Don’t try to get it all done at once. It’s hard...physically and emotionally. So give yourself room<br /> 2) think about how you want to go through things. Do you want to tackle the collection of x by yourself? If not who do you want there. Different people may be better suited for different collections<br /> 3). Research who in your area might want/need what you have. For example my mom had a collection of charity cookbooks. Turns out there is a library at Radcliff/Harvard that collects and preserves them. Don’t know if they actually kept the ones my mom donated, but it made her feel they had meaning.<br /> 4) ask family and friends if/what they may want. You may be surprised<br /> Hope this helped. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2053588 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:08:59 +0000 LAR101 2053588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eirlys<br /> Last winter I enjoyed reading<br /> ‘The Swedish Art of Death Cleaning’ and you might enjoy this short book also.<br /> The author is downsizing and she writes about the process in a practical and funny way. You might find a kindred spirit there.<br /> L. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2053567 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:54:33 +0000 Murph11 2053567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wasn't a collector, well, until mid-century modern gravy boats came into my life! I have 2 shelves worth (10) high in my kitchen, and that's it; no more. If I'm gifted one I cannot live without, it will stay at the sacrifice of one from the collection. No-growth policy strictly adhered to ;-)</p> <p>Take a series of photos (individuals or groupings), print them off, and tuck them into a photo album. Then, let them go. You can look at the album anytime you like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2053562 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:45:35 +0000 Anonymous 2053562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kittens! I had a collection of Breyer model horses as a teen, but moved and didn't have space. Then a collection of exotic musical instruments- even after I stopped performing. Both sold to specialty places. They turned out worth much less than expected </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2053529 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:01:34 +0000 rachylou 2053529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ohmigosh. Had/have a crazy collection of porcelain figurines from my grandma. My mum didn’t understand them, but I love them. The history of porcelain is such a story! Once worth more than gold! Those figurines are the equivalent of gold bullion. Grandma did maybe buy one too many of the SAME ballerina, lol. But then again, she shipped all the ballerinas to us preparing to flee the home country (never did, btw), sorta using them for their original purpose.</p> <p>Anyways, found an antiques/vintage/estate dealer to evaluate and take the duplicate ballerinas. Maybe there’s a local vintage/estate person in your town? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/collecting#post-2053517 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:44:31 +0000 Eirlys 2053517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Over the years I have collected brooches and compacts, displaying them in cases and on boards. &nbsp;I then found that china cats had somehow collected me! On shelves Norfolk cats appeared as did Beswick and Royal Doulton kittens.They look life-like and best of all, don't need feeding or vet care.&nbsp;<br />Now, however, the time has come when I have to dispose of them. it isn't easy! Some have appreciated in value but the majority haven't. I shall keep one or two but the rest have to go.I intend down-sizing and living a more-minimalistic life.&nbsp;</p> <p>Has someone else been in this situation? How did you deal with it?&nbsp; </p>