All My Children

I definitely have a hoarding problem. I can't seem to stop buying stuff off of eBay or craigslist. I can't resist a good deal! Too bad I don't have space to put them - I live in 'The Smurf House' as my niece puts it - it's a 1950's cape cod with the tiniest rooms ever. (I love it, it's charming and cozy, but it doesn't leave enough room for my collection of furniture and home items. ) So I have a bunch of beautiful things in storage. Here are some of my 'children' that are currently in storage:

I got this midcentury lotus lamp off of eBay:


The same lamp is available at C. Bell and at 1st Dibs. I'm afraid to use it in my living room lest my 20-month old breaks it into a million pieces.

I'm also afraid he might break these babies I got from eBay:



I have been looking for these gourd shaped lamps ever since I saw those blue ones in Ivanka Trump's apartment. I love them - they are my Christopher Spitzmiller lamps on a budget.

And I have more lamps! I have these pagoda shaped lamps from HomeGoods:

I'm thinking of painting them white. They have fluted shades that are in this horrible red flocked with black damask-like fabric. Yuck. I think they should have linen or raffia-ish shades.

What do you think? Am I totally delusional for hanging on to these puppies?

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I am addicted to interior design and home improvement. There, I said it. Most of my day is spent reading design blogs. I am totally hooked. The weird thing is that I can't seem to get my house decorated the way I want it to. I am never satisfied. My husband actually issued a moratorium on bringing more furniture home - I swear, I'm like one of those cat ladies - except that I hoard and collect furniture, not cats. I've decided that I should start my own blog to perhaps serve as an outlet to this addiction. Maybe it will help me get my home together in the process (also, it is much cheaper than buying furniture).