Late husband's hoard

Yes to a certain extent TillyWhiz. The garage was kept tidy after we bought some cupboards. The shed was a different tale though. I had help sorting it out and deciding what I wanted to keep for my own use. I have been working in there this weekend and after a mooch looking for something else found some bent pieces of metal that I could do with for shelf making so I said “ Ooh thank you love “.

Sorry to hear of your bereavement Tilly - as far as OH's stored bits and pieces I am in a similar situation. MY OH is still with us but very disabled and unable to make use of so many things that he has accumulated over the years.

The sons-in-law have helped me to clear the garage and have taken away - for their own use, not for the tip - a whole heap of tools and electric gardening equipment. Also his electric bike. His hobby was electronics and I have had to decommission a whole lot of stuff from his home cinema in order to create a room for the live-in carer.

It felt very sad disposing of all this stuff that once meant so much to him; but there is no point in it sitting unused in the garage. I have told him what I have done, as he is virtually confined to bed/chair now so could not see what I was doing. He is resigned to it.

I read somewhere that expensive cars sit on the drive whilst junk sits in the garage. It does seem daft.

I think this is generational TillyWhiz. My father grew up during WWII and throws nothing away- I dread having to clear out his bungalow when he goes. However DH does have a clear out occasionally so the shed/garage aren’t so bad - at the moment!