EEEKKK - More rage and frustration

debodun

debodun

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I had cleared enough away from the middle bedroom closet door to look inside. Guess what...it was filled up to my shoulders with curtains, drapes and bedding. I cleared out about half, then thought to take some photos - I couldn't believe it myself. And I thought those curtains stuffed in the window seat were were enough to make Job swear! First photo is the closet after I had pulled out about half the contents. Other are the heaps I had. Looks like the city mission is in for another donation. My question is why did my mom feel she had to have so many curtains, drapes and comforters? Most of those window dressings don't even fit the house windows.

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deb: "My question is why did my mom feel she had to have so many curtains, drapes and comforters? Most of those window dressings don't even fit the house windows."

My answer is: For the same reasons she couldn't let you go. You know I'm right.
 
Possibly a theatrical group would want them. You could offer them All or Nothing for free and they pick up. Anything to save you from packing them downstairs and driving away.

Or even quilters might want them. Again, All or Nothing.
 
When we were having a garage sale of my grandma's stuff, I found a massive horde of pink brocade fully lined high quality drapes. 96" long all of them.

There was a set for a 14 foot wide window (she didn't have a 14 foot wide window), there were 8 sets of double windows and 10 sets of single windows. Thousands of dollars of custom drapes she had paid $300 for and never used.

A lady took one look, handed me a $100 and said, "DON'T SELL THEM, I'M GOING TO GET MY DAUGHTER!"

She came back with her daughter, who burst into tears. She had just built a new house and was doing the interior in burgundy and pink (shudder) and had a huge picture window and many double and single windows. We agreed on a hundred more for the drapes. She left with her arms full and still weeping. I was happy to see them go to a good home.
 
For my mother, who is 96, it’s coats. She has several coats. Drives my sister in law crazy. Me?, I don’t care. Why does she do it. Idk, but she grew up during the depression and I think she must have not had a coat and was often cold; but idk.

Why did you mother need drapes? Idk.
 
I don't need them. Put them up for sale on Marketplace - not one nibble (I'm asking in the $5 - $10 range for a set - some sets have 6 panels). The owner of the house I bought is leaving all the original window dressings - they are custom made, so probably wouldn't go in her apartment. I can't get over how small the windows are in my new house - hardly larger than my current bathroom window. A realtor that looked at my Victorian widows and said that they aren't "standard" size and if I had window replacements done, each would have to be made-to-order.
 
@debodun I'm wondering if your cat figurine count exceeds mine. Admittedly I do have some in boxes. Because I keep hoping I'll move. I'd like to get them all together and take a picture of them one of these days.

I love vintage linens, lace curtains. I have only a lace valance in the bedroom right now. These two cats of mine are curtain climbers. My last two didn't.
 
Even though I was enraged at having do deal with all that fabric in the closet, I did find some nifty items. My high school graduation dress (difficult to believe I was ever that thin), my college graduation gown (I had to buy it, so I kept it), my mom's Bicentennial dress, two fur coats (in horrible condition), two of my dad's tobacco pipes, a vintage mothball holder and an antique lawn sprinkler. Here are the mothball holder and sprinkler:

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I don't know what to do about the fur coats. There's no furriers within 30 miles and I don't think anyone would buy them in the condition they're in. Seems a shame to trash them - after all, animals gave their lives to make them. Some of them might be salvageable, but I'm no fur expert. I couldn't even tell you what fur they are.

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