Katsmeow
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In cleaning out my mom's house after her death, I have thought a lot about possessions and what to do with them. Among other things, I was struck with how many sentimental items she had kept that she had put away and clearly hadn't laid eyes on in many years.
And -- that made me thing of mine that I have in closets of my own house. I have gotten rid of a lot of things over the years. I have taken photographs of many things and then gotten rid of the actual items.
But one thing I have decided after going through my mom's stuff is that I want sentimental items to fall within 2 basic categories. Stuff I want to keep and look at. Stuff that I will get rid of. Basically if I only want to keep it hidden away and to never look at it, then I will just take a picture and get rid of it.
But there are a number of things that have sentimental value to me that I want to kept and would enjoy looking at. Now -- to be clear -- many of these things are not really aesthetically pleasing. I want to look at them because of the meaning they have for me.
What I am looking for are ideas on displaying things of this nature. Should I put them all in one place? Do I put them all out or "rotate" them from time to time. I am thinking of putting them in a place in the house that casual guests probably wouldn't see. Possible places: my office (although I am space challenged there until I hang them on the wall), exercise room, guest room.
Examples of types of things:
1. Childhood items of mine -- my battered stuff toy that is very old and dirty, a pair of dolls from Korea that were given to me as a child, another stuff toy that is in a bit better condition
2. Stuff related to my kids - ceramic handprints, baby shoes, etc.
3. Greeting cards - I have kept lots of greeting cards I received. I actually do periodically look through these. Put I wonder if there is some way to display them rotating them out periodically.
Anyway -- any ideas? If you display any of this kind of stuff, what do you do?
And -- that made me thing of mine that I have in closets of my own house. I have gotten rid of a lot of things over the years. I have taken photographs of many things and then gotten rid of the actual items.
But one thing I have decided after going through my mom's stuff is that I want sentimental items to fall within 2 basic categories. Stuff I want to keep and look at. Stuff that I will get rid of. Basically if I only want to keep it hidden away and to never look at it, then I will just take a picture and get rid of it.
But there are a number of things that have sentimental value to me that I want to kept and would enjoy looking at. Now -- to be clear -- many of these things are not really aesthetically pleasing. I want to look at them because of the meaning they have for me.
What I am looking for are ideas on displaying things of this nature. Should I put them all in one place? Do I put them all out or "rotate" them from time to time. I am thinking of putting them in a place in the house that casual guests probably wouldn't see. Possible places: my office (although I am space challenged there until I hang them on the wall), exercise room, guest room.
Examples of types of things:
1. Childhood items of mine -- my battered stuff toy that is very old and dirty, a pair of dolls from Korea that were given to me as a child, another stuff toy that is in a bit better condition
2. Stuff related to my kids - ceramic handprints, baby shoes, etc.
3. Greeting cards - I have kept lots of greeting cards I received. I actually do periodically look through these. Put I wonder if there is some way to display them rotating them out periodically.
Anyway -- any ideas? If you display any of this kind of stuff, what do you do?