A compendium of all the intriguing detritus, all the irresistible bargains and all the wondrous objects that might clutter my studio today if I were a hoarder.Tumblr (3.0; @ifiwereahoarder)http://ifiwereahoarder.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0aifRHeK1rp2av4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/22164619428http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/22164619428Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:43:56 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2okpksZD51qb14e8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/viewer/alexander-calders-mailbox-6591" target="_blank">Alexander Calder’s ‘Mailbox’, from the Howard W. and Jean Lipman papers - Image Gallery Viewer | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution</a>)</p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/21325831452http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/21325831452Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:09:17 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0mkww94an1rpa33ko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://doodledejour.tumblr.com/post/19004593020/march-8th-2012" target="_blank">doodledejour</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>March 8th, 2012</p> </blockquote>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/19550825250http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/19550825250Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:47:45 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0xu6oHr9y1r7e8vso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kevinwhippleillustration.tumblr.com/post/19350837689/hoarders-kevin-whipple" target="_blank">kevinwhippleillustration</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hoarders </p> <p><a href="http://kevinwhippleillustration.tumblr.com/" title="Kevin Whipple" target="_blank">Kevin Whipple</a></p> </blockquote>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/19550535986http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/19550535986Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:43:23 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37093042?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gnarlygnomes.tumblr.com/post/18044382947/hoarding-done-right-is-collecting" target="_blank">gnarlygnomes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hoarding done right is Collecting.</p> </blockquote>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/18074566797http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/18074566797Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:38:20 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzryjf5QI21rnuzbto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cheeruptommy.com/post/18050606722/my-friends-grandma-was-a-hoarder-her-cat" target="_blank">cheeruptommy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>‘My Friend’s Grandma Was A Hoarder… Her Cat Actually Called 911’</p> <p>7.5”x9.5” Acrylic on Card Stock</p> </blockquote>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/18074459826http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/18074459826Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:35:39 -0800<p>I know the posting pace on <em>If I Were a Hoarder </em>has been slow of late, but that may change soon. I&#8217;ll be driving across the country next week and will have little to entertain me (when I&#8217;m not driving) other than photographing roadside hoards (and trying to comfort my cats, who will likely be howling in terror)&#8230; Once I get to my destination&#8212;Watertown, MA&#8212;I&#8217;ll be close to my dad&#8217;s house, and I&#8217;m hoping he&#8217;ll let me begin the arduos process of cleaning out some of the many tons of junk that have accumulated there over the years&#8230;  </p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/18072892939http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/18072892939Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:55:09 -0800Cross-Country Hoarding<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lznc98a1X01qk49fqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://iambidong.tumblr.com/post/17884485865/abandoned-buildings-and-hoarding-together-at-last" target="_blank">iambidong</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilta/6903070669/" title="Abandoned Buildings and Hoarding: Together at Last" target="_blank">Abandoned Buildings and Hoarding: Together at Last</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/17920062784http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/17920062784Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:01:46 -0800<object width="400" height="359" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ep"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=us/2012/02/15/dnt-hoarder-dies-in-tries.wbbm" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><embed src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=us/2012/02/15/dnt-hoarder-dies-in-tries.wbbm" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" wmode="transparent" height="359"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/17716444294http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/17716444294Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:24:00 -0800RIPHoarders<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgl51bDm8F1qa2n8so1_500.jpg"/><br/> Saving all my love for you<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgl51bDm8F1qa2n8so2_500.jpg"/><br/> Dead-i-cat-ed to the one I love<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgl51bDm8F1qa2n8so3_500.jpg"/><br/> Absence makes the mold grow fonder<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgl51bDm8F1qa2n8so6_r1_500.png"/><br/> The key to my heart...<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://girldetective.me/post/3292654279" target="_blank">girl-detective</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In honor Valentine’s Day, I present you—my beloved internet friends—with this very special set of <strong>Hoarders Valentine’s Cards</strong>. </p> <p>Treasure them always (NO SERIOUSLY ALWAYS YOU CAN’T EVER THROW THEM OUT)!</p> </blockquote> <p>[ From the <a href="http://ifiwereahoarder.com/archive" title="If I Were a Hoarder Archive" target="_blank">Archive</a> ]</p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/17613851928http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/17613851928Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:23:06 -0800Valentine's DayHoarders<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5wruiAtv1qb14e8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/17360604275http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/17360604275Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:33:30 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyici511Vr1ro8yeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16978000875http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16978000875Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:15:14 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykulbCPOn1qb14e8o7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Occupy Oakland, 1/28/12<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykulbCPOn1qb14e8o8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> by Joni Spigler<br/><br/> <p>Old furniture made new.</p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16714831733http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16714831733Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:36:00 -0800Occupy OaklandReuseHoardingJoni Spigler<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly7m35cFHd1qb14e8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Trash Mountain, by Megan Whitmarsh</p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16501874487http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16501874487Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:05 -0800Megan WhitmarshArt of HoardingTrash Mountain<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyaf682qK81qj5urjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyaf682qK81qj5urjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://harpsichordshears.tumblr.com/post/16395758825" target="_blank">harpsichordshears</a> writes:</p> <blockquote> <p>guys…I own the EXACT SAME antique stool as this person on <em>Hoarders</em></p> <p>I wonder what this says about me…</p> </blockquote> <p>…That merits at least swig of an extra extra dirty martini in the <a href="http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/1075259696/mix-those-extra-extra-dirty-martinis" target="_blank">Hoarders drinking game</a>!  </p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16452199483http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16452199483Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:14:32 -0800HoardersHoarders drinking gameAntique Stool<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly5obwCZO81qzoqzqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pedrofernandes.tumblr.com/post/16229268817/robert-hardgrave" target="_blank">pedrofernandes</a>: Robert Hardgrave</p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16440788530http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16440788530Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:06 -0800AccumulationArt of Hoarding<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly5xwmiruO1qbrynko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16383765361http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16383765361Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:02:05 -0800Beautiful ClutterHoarder Chic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly80tzyt6h1qg9tyno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://217lemurs.tumblr.com/post/16313613702/found-remote" target="_blank">217lemurs</a> writes:</p> <blockquote> <p>The rubber number pad out of a freeview box - found on the street in Whalley Range.</p> <p>Interesting to see how the colour is applied to the buttons - i.e. not very accurately. </p> <p>Also curious to see that the numbers 6 and 9 have completely disappeared. That suggest avid viewing of ITV2 (channel 6), BBC4 (channel 9) and/or Babestation (channel 96). Fortunately there is no channel 69. The combination of cultural references is astonishing.</p> </blockquote>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16355877706http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16355877706Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:58:34 -0800Found ObjectIf I Were a HoarderTechnological Detritus<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly7mktmpGF1qb14e8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A new site for dumpster divers to come together and share trade tips, as well as pictures and stories of their finds.  </p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16294874002http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16294874002Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:14:53 -0800Dumpster DivingDumpster Divers Paradise<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2dludrDS1r9zmxwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisgrossnyc.tumblr.com/post/16130714211/hoarders-nyc-edition-manhattan-ues" target="_blank">thisisgrossnyc</a>: Hoarders: NYC Edition. [Manhattan - UES]</p>http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16294420058http://ifiwereahoarder.com/post/16294420058Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:06:17 -0800ThisisgrossnycHoardingHoardersManhattan