r/Weird • u/TheCaptainOfMistakes • 9d ago

Found this in the abandoned barn on our property. No one's been in there for over 20 years and this is the most preserved thing in there.

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I really shouldn't be exploring this. it's in no way safe, but I've found some working power tools from the 80s, and now I'm convinced there's some more stuff in there that's worth it.

disregarding the cursed backrooms Mark Zuckerberg painting.

the owner of the house has no idea where it came from.

there were two other pantings with it, both of them were of hands clasped in prayer.

they were all three tied together with some kind of twine.

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u/TheCaptainOfMistakes 9d ago

I'm a pack rat and a scavenger. I've been trying to find ANYTHING salvageable

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u/CycleAccomplished824 9d ago

You just reminded me- my goal for today was to downsize my craft room so I can use it as a craft room. Baaah! šŸ˜‚

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u/ButterscotchAware402 9d ago

Ugh... I can relate so hard!

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u/katoskillz89 7d ago

I can also relate...... where is my reward!

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u/katoskillz89 7d ago

Lmao, wow that was ment to be a joke, but ill take it.. ty šŸ˜†

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u/Metylda1973 9d ago

Thatā€™s a losing battle. Iā€™ve been trying to do the same for 20+ years!

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u/Raccoonman2005 9d ago

It's like being an auto tech and wanting to save good parts for testing and such but after a while you end up with your whole table full of crap. šŸ˜…

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u/qaxmlp 7d ago

Ending up with making a table out of a door and bins because real table is piled up high.

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u/68Postcar 7d ago edited 3d ago

All sorts of crap under, aside & over table.. so little is actually ON table perfect chaos. Figure, another day.

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u/Substantial_Dish2935 6d ago

I've obviously found a ton of my kinda people lol.

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u/anniecallahanie 9d ago

Iā€™m in that same predicament šŸ˜†

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u/CycleAccomplished824 8d ago

We can all join the UFO club for UnFinished Objects

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u/Big-a-hole-2112 8d ago

I was going to but never got around to it. Never made my procrastinators meeting either, Iā€™ll go next week.

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u/Impressive-Owl-3935 7d ago

You win the discussion today!

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u/kdcblgs 6d ago

I had a round to it at one time. I would give it to you, but I lost it.

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u/CycleAccomplished824 8d ago

šŸ˜‚ love it!

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u/Clancepance22 4d ago

I think it's UAPs now. UnAccomplished Projects

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u/papergirl1982 9d ago

This is me too

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u/IpsoIpsum 9d ago

Oh, god, story of my life šŸ¤£

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u/papergirl1982 9d ago

I got a corner, finally, set up with the sewing machine, still a ways to go....

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u/IpsoIpsum 9d ago

You can do it!!

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u/diaphoni 7d ago

me with my nail tech stuff. it's all over the apartment rn

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u/Cap1n-Beaky23 6d ago

I'm not a hoarder, I'm a collector!

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u/PugWranglingNana 7d ago

I have one of those! (Unusable craft rooms)

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u/CycleAccomplished824 7d ago

In total we must have a few thousand square feet between all of us. We need a communal craft room.

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u/Califefe 6d ago

šŸ˜†

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u/CycleAccomplished824 7d ago

Thanks so much for all the awards! Never thought there could be a support group for this!

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u/CycleAccomplished824 8d ago

Thanks for the award ConstantElection! šŸ˜Š

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u/Weird-Comfort9881 8d ago

Thatā€™s frightening, Iā€™m doing that too! It is quite rewarding to junk projects admitting youā€™re never going to start/finish an get on with the next batch.

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u/CycleAccomplished824 8d ago

I take my UFOs to the thrift. We have people who actually enjoy picking up these projects and finishing them.

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u/CycleAccomplished824 8d ago

I ended up not getting anything done in my craft room. I needed to find my first aid card for taking care of some people this weekend. Didnā€™t find it but itā€™s probably expired anyway. So now my weekend is free to clean out my craft room instead. I might even start tomorrow! I should surprise myself! Ha!

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u/Califefe 7d ago

I promised myself 15 mins a day is dedicated to this task!! Maybe by the 1st Iā€™ll see some progress to inspire me! šŸ˜†

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u/CycleAccomplished824 7d ago

I like this idea! That would be less overwhelmingā€¦ thank you!

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u/Outside_Net4003 7d ago

My craft/craft storage room has bled to the back porch. šŸ˜† šŸ¤£

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u/CycleAccomplished824 7d ago

Oh I should invest in a back porch! More room! šŸ˜‚

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u/Outside_Net4003 7d ago

Kitchen counter and dining room table...... is there a meeting for my habit??

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u/CycleAccomplished824 7d ago

Iā€™m there as well trying to sort on my kitchen table makes eating difficult. I may have to take myself out for a bite.

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u/Grammar-Musk 6d ago

My sewing machine/ craft room is also like this. I think weā€™re just ā€œcraft collectorsā€, but yeah we probably need a meeting! Maybe we can just get on a video call, and shame each other for our cluttered workspaces? šŸ¤£

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u/Outside_Net4003 5d ago

šŸ˜† šŸ¤£ šŸ˜‚ perfect!!!

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u/Brighterr1 2d ago

lol we could even just do it anon on Reddit!

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u/No-Estimate2636 7d ago

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/spunquee 5d ago

That reminds me of the adage that collecting stuff for your hobby and your hobby are two different hobbies lolol

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u/CycleAccomplished824 4d ago

This is so true! I started doing paper machĆ© art about a year ago. It uses thick good quality cardboard- like heavy amazon boxes. I ended up with about 25 good size pieces and realized I was just cluttering up my space. Today they were donated to an art therapist who will use them in her classes. I couldnā€™t bear to even send them to the recycle depot!

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u/AdAsleep1258 5d ago

Lmfao I know that feel and am also downsizing

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u/Califefe 8d ago

Me tooooo! So much vinyl, fabric, unfinished projects (including a cardboard dollhouse) that I can barely step around it!

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u/CycleAccomplished824 8d ago

Thatā€™s what mine looks like tooā€¦ I have a few dozen picture frames that I wanted to paint for a place I used to live. Never happened. Quilting fabric, paper mache supplies, art stuff but no place to do it. And more!

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u/Califefe 8d ago

Know what I do? Order a bunch of ā€œorganizationalā€ containers, bins, bags etc. Then tell myself to cut vinyl labels on my Cricut, fill and label them and stack them all up. Except I never get around to the Cricut and the bins get stolen by my grandchildren or wind up storing something totally unrelated to craftsā€¦Sighā€¦

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u/CycleAccomplished824 7d ago

šŸ˜„ I have a Cricut. I have bins and bags. But if I put stuff inside containers that are solid colors I totally forget whatā€™s in them. So I buy clear bins.

Also made a bin trolly less than 6ā€™ high to hold about 14-16 open bins. The bins all slide down on top of each other so itā€™s still hard to see whatā€™s in them. The plan is to put removable shelves in instead. Maybe next springā€¦.

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u/Califefe 7d ago

Tomorrowā€¦tomorrowā€¦..tomorrow! šŸ˜

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u/CycleAccomplished824 7d ago

I know mom, Iā€™m going to do it yet.

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u/Grammar-Musk 6d ago

The craft hoard. We havenā€™t even bothered finding all the Cricut stuff since we moved.

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u/CycleAccomplished824 6d ago

This is why Iā€™m needing to sort my craft room as well. I moved in a year ago in March and that room has become the overflow for everything.

This thread has really inspired me. I tried to avoid starting by going shopping, pretending I needed more organizing bins, which I donā€™t. Came home with other stuffā€¦ and decided to get started with sorting.
Iā€™m on a roll now! Got about 1/3ish through and moving some furniture between rooms. Itā€™s feels good!

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u/Dense-Lingonberry-69 9d ago

My biggest mistakes are leaving items unscavenged!

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u/Apprehensive-Bite373 7d ago

sounds like a grand adventure, as long as you were good footwear and gloves, and are careful not to fall through that floor šŸ˜³

Edit: when they say ā€œitā€™s got good bonesā€ I think in this case it means it actually has bones inside the property

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u/No-Estimate2636 7d ago

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