Vintage Hoard what to do?

Hey there, happy Sunday to you!  I have been missing in action and really struggling to keep myself upbeat and continue on with the normal (if I can call my daily life normal) day to day activities. 

As you know from earlier posts, I have Etsy Shops.  Life on Etsy for me isn't great, I have a vintage hoard to sell off, but all from family.  I don't buy it to re-sell it, I simply inherited it!

Being a child of European WWII survivors has ingrained in me the inability to throw anything away!  Picture this, I have something in my hand but the hand just won't let it go....so, selling was a way for me to empty my brimming to overflowing second bedroom and storage locker.   There isn't a cupboard or closet or floor space to store it all...YIKES what to do?  I am a minimalist!!

I thought opening a Vintage Shop would help the hoard to disappear,  thinking someone who values vintage might want some of it!  Well, is isn't going so quick at all.   Still I just can't wrap my head around of throwing it all away.  

How can I simply dismiss these beauties?   My parents were gifted with these when once they held liquor.  Once emptied many, many moons ago, they made those empties into bedside lamps and these still work well, though they should be given new electrical. 

Self talk isn't working.....the constant is always a question I have avoided answering, do I close the shop(s) or, HANG in there to see if the advent of Spring will help sales pick up????

What would you do?  Any and all opinions are appreciated, help this ole lady out, send me a sign, what to do?

Vintage Incandescent Lighting

It is a beautiful but still chilly day here in Eastern Ontario where I live and I hope you are enjoying wonderful weather too!

I actually made time to hang out my washing and it has that wonderful fresh air scent to it all and tonight I will enjoy inspecting my bed when finally I turn off the lights. 

I have a few lamps to show off to you today, these vintage lamps all provide wonderful room accents and incandescent lighting to enhance many rooms in your home, or placed on your office desk, or a side table somewhere to show it off and all may be purchased from my shop.

This beautiful hob Nail Mauve and White Glass Hurricane Lamp was one of my late mother's favorite.   She used this in the Guest Bedroom and it was a beautiful accent piece.  It burns oil, but was never put into actual use.

This particular Hobnail Milk Glass lamp was a favorite of my late father who used it daily for his bedside lamp.  He would read for hours late into the night and this lamp has burned brightly for years since the mid 1960's. 

This very pretty Majolica Lamp with florals in relief was made in Italy and a wonderful room accent.  Household lamps were moved may time while my late father was in Military Service, many fabric over plastic lamp shades were damaged or destroyed in long distance moves, but somehow a shade to match this base was found and replaced sometime in the late 1970's.  

These hardly seen bottles by Anton Riemer Schmid Distillery, Munich Germany and turned into electric light lamps in 1948 and owned by my late parent since that time.  

I just added this lamp today.  It is a beautiful 1940's Vintage Cloisonné Brass Enamel Chinese Blue with Chrysanthemum Florals carved Champlevé Lamp Ruyie Border in Midnight or Cobalt Blue.  It is a stunning lamp and a beautiful room accent. 

There remains so many Family possessions left for me to uncover, all sadly still holding in a storage locker which I hope to have emptied very soon.  

Being the one responsible for these personal effects is daunting, but the wonderful rediscoveries is worth it when you finally get into that locker and unpack another container.... 

For those who may be interested in any of these wonderful Incandescent Lamps this is where you can see them for sale....30% off all year round....The shop is a 24/7, 365 day affair, so it is conveniently open at your convenience....

You are most welcome to browse my shop at any time, and, should you have any questions about any article, please feel free to contact me.  NO CHARGE for answers or information you may be seeking. 

As always, your comments are most welcome.