Of all the rooms in my house my office and my basement are the closest to my heart. My basement is the keeper of all my future projects. I don't claim to be a collector. But.......I was gifted (or cursed) with magnetism! The kind of magnetism that attracts stuff......lots of stuff!! I love garage and estate sales and flea markets. I am a passionate "hunter"! My big game trophy can be an orphaned chair, or another painting, or a funny looking hat, or anything oriental. I keep thinking that someday it will be a real Matisse, or a Picasso, or a small Rembrandt. Even a 1948 Nikon I camera would be a nice find!
The most treasured "stuff" goes upstairs and fills my walls and tables, and cabinets, and floors. It is changed with the seasons and my mood. Winter months need lots of color.
.......After photographing my basement for this assignment it is hard even for me to believe that six years ago, when I moved from California to a 900 sq. foot apartment in Central Pennsylvania, I was practically "stuffless"........
I didn't know you moved here from California, my home state. (If you mentioned that once, I must have forgotten it.) Of course, I moved here to escape my creditors; what was your excuse? : )
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