What do you actually need storage for?

[BalthazarsAThirstyBitch]

After having to deal with a couple of bereavements and associated house clearances in the past couple of years I’m determined to cut down on the amount of shit we have in our new house.
We’ve got a garage for garden toys furniture tools.
We’ve got the Christmas stuff in the loft but I want to keep it free of crap....so, we’re starting to think about inbuilt storage and buying furniture this year but I’m questioning what storage I actually need vs all the lovely things I want to buy but can’t afford and aren’t necessary.
Or am I just kidding myself and this house will look like The Junk Lady’s from Labyrinth eventually?

We've got lots of storage space. OH is a keeper of all things and I get rid of everything I can.

Nothing goes in the attic (I'm not going up there if he dies first).

If I don't include OH's office and his garage/sheds then I reckon I could pack up the house in a day. I have control of the under stairs storage, the three built in closets, the pantry and the kitchen storage areas and these are free of rubbish.

My home is easy to clean and everyone comments on how warm and inviting it is, so it can be done!

I live with a hoarder. But a hoarder who thinks that books on bookshelves make a room look cluttered and wants books stored in a box in the garage.

Piles of paperwork, his table tennis kit etc are in the corner but that's not clutter according to him.

I don't drink otherwise I'd be driven to hit the gin!

I would honestly think my parents mad if they'd kept my Spirograph through the decades.

And I have thought about rebuying it so it's not that I don't care for it!

Yeah... It's a bit unfair to expect your parents to store your childhood toys forever just so you don't have to buy them again.

Especially if they are downsizing, they need the space for their own things - not stuff that their grandchildren may or may not ever use.

@dudsville
everyone comments on how warm and inviting it is

It's a lifelong ambition of mine ot have a home people say this about. (They don't say it about my place.)
What do you reckon are thing things that make your home inviting?

Inviting homes are warm and cosy in my book!

Not full of shit and not completely bare, but the warmth definitely is important!

Interesting OneStepMoreFun.
Someone said to me only this week how lovely it is to feel the warmth in my home. (He is a retired minister, and also volunteers with a befriending scheme so goes in to a LOT of people's houses). His definition was that we always get the kettle on. He also liked that he is always made to feel really welcome and just part of whatever is going on, whenever he pops by - doesn't matte if we have someone else round at the time, everyone just shuffles up a bit.
Interestingly, no-one would describe my home as minimalist, or even tidy. 'Cluttered' or 'busy' would be more likely terms.
'Warm and Inviting' are to do with the people, not what your house looks like.