Garage Clean Out & The Inventory Doom Pile
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2023
- I'm putting my money where my mouth is & following my own tips for being a better antique & vintage booth owner. The garage was destroyed during Lucketts prep and I just let it sit that way for months. No good! It's time to do better and tackle this problem head on. This garage clean out & the inventory doom pile processing needed to happen first before I was going to to be able to move through any more of the tips from my last video. So Tip 1 is done and I can start working on listing furniture items on FB market and getting things sold from the booth (Tip 2). This the life of a vintage reseller.
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Amanda, it’s so good to see your face. I enjoy whatever you decide to film. I just love your personality.
Same! ❤
Totally agree! And love the bugs!
Don't you love it when you find amazing things in your inventory you didn't realize you had or forgotten about? Recently went through an old storage shed and found some amazing vintage clothing pieces for my shop, it was such a fantastic feeling. You will do great with those etomology pieces. People love insects for display pieces. Thanks for the inspo as always, Amanda!
YOU AND MIKE
ARE SOOOO LUCKY
TO HAVE
FOUND
EACH OTHER!!
I love spending time with you! You’re hilarious and creative and I really enjoy watching how supportive Mike is too! So….it’s all good!! 😊
Hoards of stuff? Absolutely! My sister and I spent 3 days going through my doom pile a few months ago. It's been a game changer and felt great to get it done! My goal is always to keep my dining room table CLEAR. There have been so many weeks when it wasn't. Now with the doom pile gone, every purchase (that I don't keep) goes out into the garage on a shelf. It makes it easier to see what I have too. Great video, thanks!
No matter what your videos are about I enjoy them ❤
Really enjoy watching your videos. The entomology collection is wonderful! Would suit a steam punk aesthetic or dark academia decor.
This video was inspiring to me! You must feel great to have that big chore finished. And all of us who share space with someone, no matter how supportive they are, have gotten a little side-eye when the piles of stuff get too big lol!! Thanks, Amanda!
Love that you’re following your first piece of advice from the last video ☺️🖤
I'm cleaning out my garage too. Also, my sunroom. I'm on day 4! 😳 Like you, I found things I didn't know I had. I refuse to buy any more inventory, for a while. Love your videos. You have such cool stuff.
Looking forward to you staging some of the doom pile into your booth. It always looks great.
Rediscovering cool old inventory is kind of fun. Interesting bug collections too.
I am currently working through my death pile! It can be so overwhelming but watching your videos are very inspiring - throughout your whole video I keep say “Me too!”😂😂
Love the insect display!!! Very dark academia, good eye girl. What great items for Halloween
All I can say is... THANK YOU!!! I totally relate.
Love those bugs!
The worst procrastination hang-up I stumble into is unpacking something wrapped in newspaper, and sitting there reading the newspapers 😅
And yeah, FWIW, I have a three acre doom pile 😂
We cleaned out our basement recently and it took us 3 entire days but how rewarding! We only now have 6 totes of fall and Christmas! So freeing!❤
I have been watching your videos lately getting inspiration for me and my dude's new place we moved into and this video kept me company while I am going through a fabric stash I inherited and getting ready to destash what I'm not keeping. Videos like this are helpful in that it gets people inspired to tidy up space and maybe move out items they don't want for other things. It's like hanging with a friend and accomplishing the adult tasks we dread :)
Love your videos! Thanks for keeping it real!
Trying to deal with my doom pile. You have definitely motivated me!
Oh girl......the struggle is REAL!!
I’ve been in the antiques and collectibles business for 30+ years and I hoard. Buy and sell. Started watching your videos and enjoy them. Also been going to auctions for 30 years. Always fun since you never know what you find.
I always enjoy your content and you have motivated me to get rid of my doom pile/storage building. My daughter and I were doing pop-up markets before covid. Everything went into storage and stayed there…until now. I went and rented a booth at an antique/design/consignment store. We’ve only been there a week and can’t believe how well it’s going. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love dark academia insects and butterflies!❤️ love I want them
We hoard, we clean, we organize….we hoard, we clean, we organize….we hoard, we clean……etc and so on!!! Hahaha it’s the nature of the business!! 😂
Humming a song now to these lyrics 😅😅😝
I love your videos. I don't have a garage, but you've encouraged me to organize my house.
The framed bugs are actually very cool.
Girl, I’m driving that struggle bus. My stash is out of control at the moment but it’s too hot to work in the garage and storage!
Appreciate practicing what you preach.
I love these videos on organization when I need motivation organizing… Lol! Thank you Amanda you got me motivated it’s a Booth organization day. Ready for a reset! Love from Canada! 🇨🇦 ❤
Loved this video. I struggle too.
I have
ALWAYS
LOVED
P BUCKLEY MOSS!!!
Unfortunately,
most
people have
Never heard of her,
So her prints
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It will be easier
for you
since you
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I love this video so much! I can't even with the bugs though! 😂😂 Several RUclipsrs I follow have been de-hoarding. It must be in the air. 😂😂 Anyway, I love watching the process of decluttering and organizing. I had to downsize my hoard before moving from California to Tennessee late 2021 and I've stayed decluttered here. P.S. I won't be letting my husband see the last part of this video about "he didn't sign up for this.." because I'm like, oh yes he (my husband) did! If he's w me, he signed up! 🤷♀️🤭🤣😁😂😂
You are so fun to watch as a fellow booth owner and truly hilarious person! I love how honest and real you are. Thank you for all the content you put out there!
Hi Amanda, hope you are well. I really enjoy your videos. It's funny I've replaced movies and tv shows with RUclips content. Your channel is one of 20+ channels I enjoy watching or listening to on a regular basis. So thank you for another great video. Have you ever thought of hosting a group vintage shopping day similar to what Laura from Left Coast Revivals did?
How I keep myself organized.
1. The moment I come home with a haul, I'll take things out bags, boxes. I'll hang up clothes, put new items on table for inspection. If I don't do this I'm not aloud to go shoping for inventory.
2. I will inspect what needs to be repaired and input into my inventory system (google doc) if I have time I might add a pic). To keep organized I've added Categories to my inventory system.
1st Category - furniture, flooring, vases, painting, books...
2nd Category - what event or space I want to selling it
3rd Category - design element - sometimes its organized by size, maker, by colour, by material, theme and top sellers
Currently I have a McCoy pottery section (maker), blue & white (colour and top seller), brass (material), paintings (size and colour theme), prepy clothes from '20-'90 and books (colour and size)...
I also use the system to manage my COG vs Sold price
For time management I check my mileage - if I drive 40 miles and pick up 8 items I will ad 5 miles per item. I've started to sourse closer to where I live. My avg mileage use to be 6 miles per items, it's now down to 4.
My inventory system takes 1-2 mins per item to implement into my computer. Before being organized I was spending 5-10 mins per item from extra traveling, cleaning, searching and less stress on me and my family.
-I also use this as a guide what Categories I need to buy. I still pick up wacky things that sell withing 36 days
-I avoid malls that give me headaches
-I try to source closer to home
-I also use up less space
Great job! These videos do help people get motivated. Keep sharing
I love your Videos!! I don’t do what you do, no shows, no booth etc. But Furniture refinishing/Hoarding is my game😆 Same problems, just bigger!
I’m so glad you did this video…I feel so much better about my own garage!
In our old house I had a 2 car garage and a 2000+ square foot basement so hoarding was easy. Lots of room to squirrel stuff away. And I had 3 booths to stock, so I could justify all my 'collections'... sort of. What I couldn't justify I could hide! 😂 I had a lot of "I forgot I had that!" and "so THAT'S where that was!" moments while we were packing and sorting to move. I sold a TON, gave away a bunch more, and at the end, completely filled two 20-foot roll-offs. It was so heartbreaking seeing some of that go, but totally freeing at the same time. Now that I'm here in VA it's really hard to not buy when I see a great deal. It's ingrained! I have to just keep reminding myself that I don't have the space or the booths anymore. And stay away from thrift stores, auctions, estate sales, and any other place where there is temptation! I'm settling with picking on a micro scale now through my local Buy Nothing group. Lol!
Girl, you need some floor to ceiling, wall to wall shelving!!! I call my stuff my “hoard of shame “ 😝 I love your videos no matter what you film
Bugs are Cool!
I watched this vid 4 months ago and I’m back to watch again. I now have a storage space and inventory in the perimeter of my garage so that my car will still squeeze in. I’ve gone from two booths in different locations in the same town to one booth. My struggle is organizing my smalls and… I feel like there is nothing that doesn’t need attention! I’ve started sorting items seasonally but there is so much without a season🤪. Also, items won in auction lots that will never go to a booth. Donate or garage sale maybe? Anyway, I enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for the inspiration!
I enjoyed seeing your inventory! My grandson would love seeing the bug collection. He’s eight and a budding entomologist. Great job on the garage!
Print is a Picot from west park gallery on cruise boat art auctions.
One "secret" to organization: old filing cabinets!! You can get them for next to nothing, and pick the drawer sizes from large to small. I don't think I've paid over $10 for one, ever, and the best part is, if you ever get broken into, they don't shout "take me!" like a fancy $3000 toolbox does.
I literally just broke a hammer last week (took a swing and the head tilted crooked as the handle snapped). For a split second I thought "Ok, time to add 'hammer' to next trip to town list", then immediately after that I was like, "No. I'll organize for half an hour and find one somewhere in here." Well, fifteen minutes later I found three of them, and the underside of the workbench was clean 😆
Perfect timing as I’m fixing to hit my junk pile this morning.
Needed this inspiration and motivation - thank you. I am an antique postcard dealer and sell my cards and some other vintage items through a local booth. Am getting ready to sell at my first ever postcard show out of state in October. So I have unearthed A LOT of bundles of postcards I had put here and there in my home stash in the process. Like you - I don’t need to buy any postcards for a solid while. I have plenty. Didn’t realize it until I got them all out. Wowzers. That’s money waiting to be made! Now in major sort and price mode.
Motivated me to clean out my shed and see stuff I didn't know I had 😊
Great to see you. Doesn't matter what your videos is we all love watching you. And yes I have a death pile. Trying to get mine to a small pile and put everything it it's place. You are so inspiring ❤️
The struggle is real here too. Thanks for sharing.
I loved watching this video because this is exactly what I’ve been needing to do! Now I am motivated to do my hoard pile in my garage that I need to get up to my booth! 🤣🤣
I wonder if you could make some really neat paperweights with some of the insects. By using epoxy resin. I think that would be really cool.
Great video girl! It’s nice to see all aspects of what you do
There must be something in the water because the doom pile has been a topic of convo among fellow resellers here in Maine & ive been asking everyone. Strangers in estate sale lines. Do you keep inventory? And no one seems too. Keeping an inventory really helps me keep things in check. Because ill see i spent like $500 on inventory that month but booth sales are down and im at like $600 in sales in the same month. Gasp not making money & it forces me to refresh my booth with new things and cut myself off with spending for the rest of the month.
I also just had a fight with my husband over inventory. I had stuff everywhere guest bedroom, mudroom, garage and shed. The ice breaker was i was painting furniture and blocked his motorcycle in. So ive been condescending everything this summer and i feel lighter. Plus my husband does live here and didn't ask for this. Hes a trooper for the most part. This video really hit home, it was great! Thank you!
Haha.... I think it was a fun video!! Love seeing all your stuff!
I sooo struggle. I love all old and thrifted stuff and my garage looks like that and I don’t have a booth ! Definitely gave me some motivation to get my stuff some what organized!
😂😂😂 you are hilarious. Love your content!
Amanda, I really enjoy your videos. You’re very smart and very honest. I always watch your videos, I think you need to do more furniture painting, you’re so talented. You inspire me. I love your new chinoiserie, I have luck with that , also Mid Century Modern, very good for display. The vases from that era are gorgeous. Thank you, Mary
Great collection of
Taxidermy butterflies. You should definitely put them in shadowboxes frames to sale that word really do good.
Amanda if you like to read I highly recommend Killer Stuff and Tons of money. It follows an antique dealer that sets up at shows on the east coast and how he deals with all the stuff. Moving it, selling it, trying to get rid of stuff that hasn’t sold. It’s so good and you would totally relate!
Where can I find this? Thxs
@@kathryndeforest9444 they have it on thrift books for $4.80
Good job!!
I love these videos because it gives me a kick in the b.... to get to clean my workshop!!!
Thanks
True confession…I love garage cleanups. So satisfying to me, and your hidden gems….all those divine specimens yes please 🤍🤍🤍
The big collection is AMAZING!
One of the most popular booths at my local antique mall is allll about insect taxidermy and all things weird. I love her merchandising!
I retired and moved to a house without a basement. Problem solved. I also keep nothing in the shed or garage. It was my retirement gift to myself.
I had to do a bug project in university. We used shadow boxes to display them.
You’ve inspired me to clean my storage!! I’ve hoarded so much it has ran over into my house!!SMH. Gonna take about 3 days for me too. You’re absolutely right about infringing on others peoples space. I know my husband is frustrated from all my stuff! Thanks Amanda ❤
So much pressure 🤦🏼♀️but love it 😂😂
Well you have inspired me to dig in and organize!!! Especially the tool and paint shelf...
The laughable part of me owning a vintage booth is I opened it so I could get rid of stuff. Ha! As soon as I had a reason to thrift… watch out. And today I shall tackle it. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the insects! I like weird things as well! Maybe you can put a Halloween spin on selling the bug collection.
I have hoard boxes. I have 2 storage units was hoping to get rid of 1 by Dec 31st, it’s doable but I don’t have faith in myself. After my dad passed away last year it’s just difficult to get motivated, to be happy, to be creative…he was my person and he’s missed. He would definitely have something to say about my hoarding 😂😂😂
Can you please make more videos. I look forward to seeing your booth, and what your up to. Maybe a vlog style would be good. You have been my , and a lot of other pickers motivation. I even thinking about getting a booth. I have sooo much stuff glaring / staring at me just waiting to find it's new happy home... God Bless`
Here's an idea that worked wonderful for my dad. Take several sheets of pegboard and hang on the wall. Start using the pegboard hangers and start hanging your tools single layer. Once they are hanging, take a permanent marker and trace each tool onto the board. Now and forevermore you'll know what goes where and if its missing. And be able to find and put away all your tools. It really works.
Good job Amanda! I must admit I fast forwarded past all the bug collection part. Inspiring as usual!!
Good video. Lesson for us all. ❤
I'm using this for inspiration. My garage is SOOOO Full!
Thank you for the JJ Cale.
Your “finds” even looking amazing in your garage. Can’t wait to see how they look once styled in your booth! You have a great eye for seeing what can be. (great job, btw)
The bugs are cool!
the made in Tampa boxes are cigar boxes - worth $$$ - collectors love to make banjos out of them or collect the box itself!
Thanks for the lead on death pile Diva
This inspired me to tackle my piles!! Good job on getting it done! You are NoT alone tho on finding stuff you forgot you bought! Lol🤦🏼♀️esp repeat purchases!
Just during this morning’s coffee I was thinking about how much better I feel after organizing. I rented another storage room and separated my personal keep items and items for my booths. I can also get my car into the garage/shop now also. Yay! I’m in Texas and we’ve been at 104° + for 42 days with no rain so, I work in the shop from about 7:30 am to noon then deliver things to the booths. Yes, the organization helps me work through, clean, repair, etc. aaalllll of the things. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your process and progress. I’m only about an hour away from Round Top so come on down and let’s go!
Ok I love the bugs!
Great, great video. I love to buy!!! I feel ya. Very inspiring and helpful. I appreciate your time and thoughts.
You have such good taste!!!
I LOVE the videos where you do stuff in your garage. Love it when you cleanup items as well, the transformation is awesome. Organizing and pricing are not boring either!!
I struggle!!
Hey, I always find your video’s interesting no matter what you’re doing. You and Mike together are so fun to watch! So just keep them coming when you are able to, I know you’re a busy woman!❤
🎉🎉🎉 so good, love it....
Loved this video!
The inventory sort and pre-arrange was ALmost as good as a booth reset. I can't wait to see the tapestry and the fall decor in your booth!
just love seeing all the beautiful items you source,
You have an amazing eye for lovely things, and colors
But let's just talk about your videography skills...girl do you know how to make/edit the most cools youtube video or what.
Love love love,😊
I’m struggling rn 😂😂need to turn my pile into cash 💰 thank you for the reminder
Very satisfying! Good job!!!
Good job, well done!!!!!!!