I have a salt and pepper shaker collection, and I have a lot of knick knacks of the ceramic and porcelain type from my mom and grandmother, which I’ve added on to in the past. I don’t buy much of that stuff any more, as I have a small house and the curio cabinet is pretty full.
I have a lot of jewelry and I can’t resist if I see something nice and it’s well priced.
I have a lot of arts and crafts stuff, and it’s pretty well organized in cabinets and containers. Ribbons, scrapbooking stuff, paper punches, rubber stamps, acrylic paints, jewelry making charms and notions, stuff like that. I do a lot of crafty stuff and so does my daughter and so we’re prepared.
I have a lot of books and they’re in book cases. I also have more in the attic.
I like tableware and cookware but I don’t have a lot of room so I am pretty careful with purchasing it.
I don’t buy anything with the intent of leaving it to someone in my Will, or thinking it’s valuable. It’s valuable to me, in that I like it and get enjoyment out of it. A good friend has full sets of fancy china (dishes, etc.) which she thought her three adult children would want, but she found out that they don’t want her “grandma style” china, they want their own stuff, their own style and choices. Now she’s got these full sets of old fashioned stuff which she doesn’t use because she thinks of it as too valuable, and nobody else wants it.