Today is the day! I’m very excited, today I get to help Nancy purge some stuff from her house. My friend Nancy is an admitted hoarder. She’s not as bad as the ones they make TV shows about but she still has way too much stuff.
Nancy loves beautiful things. She has a collection of quilts that she has found at yard sales and thrift stores. She loves shoes, clothes, handbags. Nancy is always very well dressed and loves putting outfits together, she also hates wearing the same thing all the time.
It’s going to be hard for her because she loves all of this stuff. My job is to convince her that as beautiful as something is, if you are not using it, it doesn’t add value to your life. Maybe someone else would use it every day.
My car is packed and ready. I have boxes, packing tape, trash bags and bins for organizing. Nancy’s church has a huge yard sale every June so that’s part of the motivation.
Getting rid of things will make it easier to enjoy what she has. Once we are finished purging it will be time to figure out how to organize, store and display what’s left.
Quilts are beautiful and I understand her obsession with them. However, they are not beautiful in a pile on the laundry room floor. My challenge will be finding a way to display those quilts. They don’t get used because some of them are too fragile to use but they still need to be displayed in a why that allows Nancy to enjoy them.
When you have too much of anything it’s hard to remember what you have. If you can organize and display things then the next time you see something beautiful you are better able to judge if you really need it, is it as beautiful as one you already have and then the million dollar question, where are you going to put it.
I’ll let you know how it goes. I love creating beautiful living spaces that people can enjoy.