@wondering7777
Can anyone help me part with my paint samples? I have a load and can’t seem to bring myself to give them away, even though I’ve no plans to redecorate any time soon!
A local horse stables or riding club might want them for painting their jumping poles. Someone who upcycles furniture could maybe make use of them. Or someone on a low income who has moved into a new but grotty home. Would it make you feel better to know you're helping someone out?
Could you use them yourself for some sort of arts and crafts purpose? That's what I'd do.
Does paint go off? If not, would it come in handy for touch ups in future to avoid the necessity of total redecoration? I don't feel that keeping them in a garage or loft for that reason would be a bad thing.
@8stone13 same, old fashioned values for my age.
I'm aiming for one day when I die, whoever clears out my home can look in a box/drawer/shelf and know instantly that it's full of the same type of stuff and therefore know if they want to look through it for keeps or donate it as is. I'm wanting everything to be in full working order so there's no clearing out of pointless broken junk/crap.
I'm also going to start using things up and not replacing them, so having what I need but less choice and moving towards becoming more minimalist. I don't see the point of dying with a home stuffed full of things.
I believe collections should be displayed, to get maximum pleasure from them and other things should be used, eventually becoming worn out or used up. Where's the pleasure in purchasing something that then sits out of sight in a drawer or box 90% of the time? I'm trying to tell myself that when I have a collection that's too big to display in its entirety or whenever I consider mending something that I already own a new/better/undamaged version of. It's hard though.
It's all about mindset I'm finding. I'm trying to be ruthless about anything that makes me feel bad eg a top with a small unnoticeable stain, but I know it's there! In the past I'd have worn it until it had holes and was good only as rags. Now I'm trying to remember I deserve things which makes me feel good.
I'm also asking myself where will I put it or what will I do with it, before buying something. Because so often the answer would be find a corner to put it in until one day I need it. I need to stop that.
I've found trying to embrace the council's curbside recycling schemes more fully is helping a little. I put some books into the paper one recently because I couldn't find anyone to give them too and they needed to go. In good condition so I felt bad really, but it's unwanted paper, right? And that's what the recycling bin is for. I couldn't find a new home for some good condition dining table chairs, so I took them apart to recycle the metal which felt better than the whole thing going to landfill. I have to mentally work myself up to doing it though. Destroying a useable item feels wrong.