Although I know that it would be far more efficient if I stuck all my little pieces and parts into nice, see-through containers - I cannot bring myself to walk by a box without bringing it home.
The delicousness of stacking yet another box onto a shelf is one of my secret vices. Not being able to see within gives me many minutes and hours of joy while I lift the lids off and explore the items I stashed along the way.
There are rusty items in one and old watches in another. There are buttons in one and little scraps of paper inside another one.
I know in my heart of hearts that overall, few of these items will ever be used. But oh the pleasure I have in going through them all -- looking for something I just know will be inside the next box I come to -- or better yet discovering something found long ago that has been residing forgotten inside a closed box.
"A collection owns a bit more of you each time you add to it." - Joshua Baer
Ooooooooooooooooooo!!
ReplyDelete...wouldn't I just Loooooooooooooooove a rummage around those boxes!!
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I also love little boxes, have them all over the house after being gifted with them. Such treasures! Yours are being put to good use, mine are mostly empty, but I love them too!
ReplyDeletesooooooo true! And, we should all be surrounded by neat boxes of treasures!
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel about your boxes, I have a thing about sets of drawers....
ReplyDeleteI love your boxes. I truly understand your love of them. My thing is hat boxes. I have tons of hats...and I use hatboxes on top of my dressers to store unmentionables too..gives me more drawer space.
ReplyDeleteIn my craft room, I must have see through boxes. I get an anxiety attack when I can't find something so I don't dare store supplies in boxes I can't see through. Weird, huh!
xx, Carol
When you have such an enchanting array of boxes, I'm not at all surprised you get so attached to them!
ReplyDeleteI have a thing for boxes too, especially big boxes. My girls love a big Chinese lacquer workbox I inherited which is filled with smaller boxes, each of which holds treasures. It keeps them quiet for hours!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right...there is something about a box isn't there.
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