Expanding my passion for antiques

 There should never be a question in anyone's mind that I love antiques.  I have for as long as I can remember.  And, if you follow my blog, you know that my love of antiques began with my family.  Truly starting with the old family home in Wingate and branching out to Grandmother's and Aunt Billie's and our own home. I love being surrounded by them and knowing their history.  I asked a lot of questions growing up about where things came from, who they belonged too, what they were used for etc.  It was my strongest passion for about 10 years.

I never really lost that passion, but it did get put on the back burner for awhile for various reasons.  But lately that desire is being rekindled.  This time, it's a little different.  I want to thin out my collection.  Shocker, I know.  But there are several reasons for this.  One, I have always wanted to run an antiques shop, so why not look into that.  Or at least a booth in a mall or selling online.  I'm not getting any younger so why not work on that dream?

And yes, another reason is space.  But I'm approaching that in a different way now.  When I look back on all of the family homes, the one thing that really keeps them all on the same page is that everything had its place.  I'm not saying that by the time I came along that everything was still being used, but it definitely had its place.  There was not much of an overflow.  Yes, closets were full.  Yes, cabinets were full.  Yes, ever table top had stuff on it.  But it all had a specific place.  There weren't storage boxes full and garages full of stuff.  By the way, I'm not including the holiday decor in that list.  I have too much that at sometimes suffocates me even though I love it.

It truly is time to pick and chose what to keep and what will go where.  I don't have many friends that collect.  I have a few but I need to follow through with getting them things.  But I want others to enjoy things that I have loved for years.  Whether it be in a shop or online or as a gift.  It's time for me to spread my love of things antique and vintage.

That is all.