Tag Archives: hoarding
18 Tips on Shopping at Estate Sales
This is a companion piece to my earlier entry about how NOT to shop at estate sales. If you haven’t read it, you can find it here. Shopping at estates sales is not only economically sensible, but it is also … Continue reading
Filed under December 2011
Conspicuous Consumption
When you die, all those things you’ve been collecting, hoarding, saving for a rainy day,protecting, holding for your offspring, clinging to for the memories, forgot that you had, thought had been stolen but had only misplaced, hidden out of shame, … Continue reading
Filed under November 2011
Just a Few Curious Items
Here are some of the odds and ends I’ve found so far at the Desert Hoarder House:
Filed under November 2011
Hoarder House–part 2
Would you believe that we are still working on the first hoarder house I mentioned on July 28? We have been having so much fun! Okay, not so much, but it certainly hasn’t been boring either. First we had the … Continue reading
Filed under November 2011
Why Do Hoarders Hoard?
The term “hoarder” is one you hear a lot these days. At one time the term was used to refer only to those with a profound and psychological inability to limit their attainment of possessions and/or the inability to dispose … Continue reading
Filed under October 2011
Hoarding Life
There must be something about me that attracts hoarder houses. Maybe they sense the hidden hoarder within me? I’m still working at a heavy hoarder house (click to see that entry) in AZ, and now I’ve added another in CA. … Continue reading
Filed under September 2011
The Tarnished Yoke
How did I start doing this kind of work? Sometimes the way we travel is straight forward, but usually it is circuitous. I most recently (before being kidnapped into my current profession) worked for ten years as a manager for … Continue reading
Filed under Personal Findings, September 2011
Think this is Fun?
Every estate sale I do, I can count on at least one person (often more) saying to me something like this: “I would love to do your job! It looks like so much fun.” Little do they know. Take a … Continue reading
Filed under July 2011
