Is your collecting obsession taking over your house?

I can't stand clutter and my mother was a pack rat growing up and because of my fear of being like that I am the firt to throw something away , more so because my husband is a pack rat as well but I did start collecting scrapbooking supplies about six or seven years ago . I save anything I think might be useful when I decide to do a page , weather it be a cute button or a piece of paper that I find to be pretty :) It has taken over most of our basement and one day my husband is supposed to make me a scrapbooking room for all my stuff before it takes over the upstairs lol . I got into collecting for this when I realized how expensive it was to buy in the stores when there is so much around the house we throw away every day that would look really nice on a page . I have spent a lot of money on collecting scrapbooking supplies because even though I save everything around the house for it , I also love to shop for new and different scrapbooking pages and what makes it worse is that once I buy it I am to scared to use it so it sits in a bin waiting for the day that I will not be too afraid to ruin a page or it not turning out the way I wanted and wasting the nice item I bought :) I don't display any of this because I have them all in albums and I keep the albums up as I am afraid they will get ruined but I do take them out once in awhile to look at or show others that come over that scrapbook as well or just to let the children see what they looked like when they are younger . My reason for getting into this was so that I could keep track of all the good memories in a book that I will eventually give to each of my children when they are older to keep there memories alive and so that they will always know how much they mean to me with the little stories I have in there for them or what happened on a particular day . I don't believe I will ever give up scrapbooking but one day will give the children there albums when they move out and start there own lives and families . When this happens I will have to start some for grandchildren lol .

I only have one collection, it is Crystal Figurines, so far they all fit in my china cabinet so they are not taking over. My husband has a comic book collection but stopped collecting years ago, the collection is in our crawl space so it is in not taking over either. So we do have our collections under control.

hi rocketj1 I collect beanie babies or did but right now all my free space on shelves and atop dressers is covered. I have about forty ranging from Garlfield the cat to a giraffe, elephant, dodo bird, and all other animals. I love my beanie babie collection and would never part with it no way JOse.I also have a collection of pretty bottles that is on one dresser and a little pink pig beanie baby. so cute.

i was an antique dealer for years & i was my best customer, i collect lots'of kitchen stuff, alot ofgreen depression,wall pockrts, sillohettes, carnivval glass elvis memrobila,furniture etc. got a house ful & love everything i have,don't want to part w/any of it. lol

Not really. I only collect cards after all. But my mother collect this little figurines like angels and its kinda all over the house. I don't really mind though.

Yes! I collect those Jones soda bottles...which is something I started back in high school because of the different pictures on it. And I only did it for like 2 months...and now its just in the way, but i don't want to throw any away because someone may come out looking for one of the bottles that I have. Thats $$$ in my pockets...

I collect anything that has to do with rough collie or Shetland sheepdog memorabilia from mugs to other ornaments because I love these breeds. I have a section in my room and I try to select what i buy. I don’t want my room to become clogged and appear shabby. If I buy an item for collection I am not ready to sell it.

Hi rocketj1, I am not much into collecting, but my wife loves to collect things, especially dolls from around the world. I often think that her obsession is taking over the house. Blessings

Old cookbooks are great! I remember looking at some and besides the obvious recipes, they had ways to be a good wife. Of course, you stayed at home and you had dinner waiting for your husband and when he came in the door he would be so tired that you would be understanding and get him his slippers and give him time to relax, not bothering him with any problems you may have. Those are great. I don't collect too much, pretty much purged all that and let go of those things. I do have a small collection of pin cushions, I dont' know why I like them because I don't even sew! I guess the old tomato cushion reminds me of one my mom had and it grew from there. I have considered selling them because we could use the money but I have been too lazy to Ebay them.

i do not have such money and time to do so.because collecting such things will cost me a lot of time and money,obviously, i have none of this two things. and i think most people in the world is the some with me.but i do appreciate those one have such interest. because they can do that they want and keep this habit.

I have a few collections such as stamps, bookmarks, keychains, fridgemagnets and books. i have already framed the stamps and bookmarks and i hanged them in my daughters room. The keychain is in a display cabinet which is in our living room. Fridgemagnet is at the fridge door while the books, i have them on my shelf and is my mini library,;). I am not sure whether its worth a lot of money but i do treasure them a lot. I had to part with my books when i go to college/university but after i got married, i have transfered them from my moms home to my own home. The other collection, i just started them when i was in uniersity/UK so they have been with me all the while.

We wouldnt let a collection take over our house,the house is of average size but not big enough to accomodate any collections,the rooms would be cluttered and look a mess.Tho I do envy those who collect certain things,it must be really interesting,stamps and coins,china and objet d art,all collectables in fact.But maybe you need to have a room that can be devoted to your collections?or is that not possible,and when you have other things always wanting your attention then collecting will be the one thing that takes a back seat.