Garage Clean Out & The Inventory Doom Pile 

Amanda, it’s so good to see your face. I enjoy whatever you decide to film. I just love your personality.

Don't you love it when you find amazing things in your inventory you didn't realize you had or forgotten about? Recently went through an old storage shed and found some amazing vintage clothing pieces for my shop, it was such a fantastic feeling. You will do great with those etomology pieces. People love insects for display pieces. Thanks for the inspo as always, Amanda!

YOU AND MIKE ARE SOOOO LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER!!

I love spending time with you! You’re hilarious and creative and I really enjoy watching how supportive Mike is too! So….it’s all good!! 😊

Hoards of stuff? Absolutely! My sister and I spent 3 days going through my doom pile a few months ago. It's been a game changer and felt great to get it done! My goal is always to keep my dining room table CLEAR. There have been so many weeks when it wasn't. Now with the doom pile gone, every purchase (that I don't keep) goes out into the garage on a shelf. It makes it easier to see what I have too. Great video, thanks!

Really enjoy watching your videos. The entomology collection is wonderful! Would suit a steam punk aesthetic or dark academia decor.

No matter what your videos are about I enjoy them ❤

We hoard, we clean, we organize….we hoard, we clean, we organize….we hoard, we clean……etc and so on!!! Hahaha it’s the nature of the business!! 😂

The worst procrastination hang-up I stumble into is unpacking something wrapped in newspaper, and sitting there reading the newspapers 😅 And yeah, FWIW, I have a three acre doom pile 😂

This video was inspiring to me! You must feel great to have that big chore finished. And all of us who share space with someone, no matter how supportive they are, have gotten a little side-eye when the piles of stuff get too big lol!! Thanks, Amanda!

I'm cleaning out my garage too. Also, my sunroom. I'm on day 4! 😳 Like you, I found things I didn't know I had. I refuse to buy any more inventory, for a while. Love your videos. You have such cool stuff.

We cleaned out our basement recently and it took us 3 entire days but how rewarding! We only now have 6 totes of fall and Christmas! So freeing!❤

Love that you’re following your first piece of advice from the last video ☺️🖤

Looking forward to you staging some of the doom pile into your booth. It always looks great.

Rediscovering cool old inventory is kind of fun. Interesting bug collections too.

Love the insect display!!! Very dark academia, good eye girl. What great items for Halloween

All I can say is... THANK YOU!!! I totally relate.

Hi Amanda, hope you are well. I really enjoy your videos. It's funny I've replaced movies and tv shows with RU-vid content. Your channel is one of 20+ channels I enjoy watching or listening to on a regular basis. So thank you for another great video. Have you ever thought of hosting a group vintage shopping day similar to what Laura from Left Coast Revivals did? How I keep myself organized. 1. The moment I come home with a haul, I'll take things out bags, boxes. I'll hang up clothes, put new items on table for inspection. If I don't do this I'm not aloud to go shoping for inventory. 2. I will inspect what needs to be repaired and input into my inventory system (google doc) if I have time I might add a pic). To keep organized I've added Categories to my inventory system. 1st Category - furniture, flooring, vases, painting, books... 2nd Category - what event or space I want to selling it 3rd Category - design element - sometimes its organized by size, maker, by colour, by material, theme and top sellers Currently I have a McCoy pottery section (maker), blue & white (colour and top seller), brass (material), paintings (size and colour theme), prepy clothes from '20-'90 and books (colour and size)... I also use the system to manage my COG vs Sold price For time management I check my mileage - if I drive 40 miles and pick up 8 items I will ad 5 miles per item. I've started to sourse closer to where I live. My avg mileage use to be 6 miles per items, it's now down to 4. My inventory system takes 1-2 mins per item to implement into my computer. Before being organized I was spending 5-10 mins per item from extra traveling, cleaning, searching and less stress on me and my family. -I also use this as a guide what Categories I need to buy. I still pick up wacky things that sell withing 36 days -I avoid malls that give me headaches -I try to source closer to home -I also use up less space

Trying to deal with my doom pile. You have definitely motivated me!

Love your videos! Thanks for keeping it real!

I am currently working through my death pile! It can be so overwhelming but watching your videos are very inspiring - throughout your whole video I keep say “Me too!”😂😂

The laughable part of me owning a vintage booth is I opened it so I could get rid of stuff. Ha! As soon as I had a reason to thrift… watch out. And today I shall tackle it. Thanks for the inspiration!

I have ALWAYS LOVED P BUCKLEY MOSS!!! Unfortunately, most people have Never heard of her, So her prints are hard for me to sell. It will be easier for you since you live in Virginia.

I’ve been in the antiques and collectibles business for 30+ years and I hoard. Buy and sell. Started watching your videos and enjoy them. Also been going to auctions for 30 years. Always fun since you never know what you find.

Girl, I’m driving that struggle bus. My stash is out of control at the moment but it’s too hot to work in the garage and storage!

I love dark academia insects and butterflies!❤️ love I want them

The framed bugs are actually very cool.

Loved this video. I struggle too.

I love your videos. I don't have a garage, but you've encouraged me to organize my house.

I love your Videos!! I don’t do what you do, no shows, no booth etc. But Furniture refinishing/Hoarding is my game😆 Same problems, just bigger!

In our old house I had a 2 car garage and a 2000+ square foot basement so hoarding was easy. Lots of room to squirrel stuff away. And I had 3 booths to stock, so I could justify all my 'collections'... sort of. What I couldn't justify I could hide! 😂 I had a lot of "I forgot I had that!" and "so THAT'S where that was!" moments while we were packing and sorting to move. I sold a TON, gave away a bunch more, and at the end, completely filled two 20-foot roll-offs. It was so heartbreaking seeing some of that go, but totally freeing at the same time. Now that I'm here in VA it's really hard to not buy when I see a great deal. It's ingrained! I have to just keep reminding myself that I don't have the space or the booths anymore. And stay away from thrift stores, auctions, estate sales, and any other place where there is temptation! I'm settling with picking on a micro scale now through my local Buy Nothing group. Lol!

Girl, you need some floor to ceiling, wall to wall shelving!!! I call my stuff my “hoard of shame “ 😝 I love your videos no matter what you film

Oh girl......the struggle is REAL!!

I always enjoy your content and you have motivated me to get rid of my doom pile/storage building. My daughter and I were doing pop-up markets before covid. Everything went into storage and stayed there…until now. I went and rented a booth at an antique/design/consignment store. We’ve only been there a week and can’t believe how well it’s going. Thanks for the inspiration!

I love this video so much! I can't even with the bugs though! 😂😂 Several RU-vidrs I follow have been de-hoarding. It must be in the air. 😂😂 Anyway, I love watching the process of decluttering and organizing. I had to downsize my hoard before moving from California to Tennessee late 2021 and I've stayed decluttered here. P.S. I won't be letting my husband see the last part of this video about "he didn't sign up for this.." because I'm like, oh yes he (my husband) did! If he's w me, he signed up! 🤷‍♀️🤭🤣😁😂😂

I literally just broke a hammer last week (took a swing and the head tilted crooked as the handle snapped). For a split second I thought "Ok, time to add 'hammer' to next trip to town list", then immediately after that I was like, "No. I'll organize for half an hour and find one somewhere in here." Well, fifteen minutes later I found three of them, and the underside of the workbench was clean 😆

Appreciate practicing what you preach.

You are so fun to watch as a fellow booth owner and truly hilarious person! I love how honest and real you are. Thank you for all the content you put out there!

Print is a Picot from west park gallery on cruise boat art auctions.

Amanda if you like to read I highly recommend Killer Stuff and Tons of money. It follows an antique dealer that sets up at shows on the east coast and how he deals with all the stuff. Moving it, selling it, trying to get rid of stuff that hasn’t sold. It’s so good and you would totally relate!

One "secret" to organization: old filing cabinets!! You can get them for next to nothing, and pick the drawer sizes from large to small. I don't think I've paid over $10 for one, ever, and the best part is, if you ever get broken into, they don't shout "take me!" like a fancy $3000 toolbox does.

Love those bugs!

I love these videos on organization when I need motivation organizing… Lol! Thank you Amanda you got me motivated it’s a Booth organization day. Ready for a reset! Love from Canada! 🇨🇦 ❤

I’m so glad you did this video…I feel so much better about my own garage!

I enjoyed seeing your inventory! My grandson would love seeing the bug collection. He’s eight and a budding entomologist. Great job on the garage!

I watched this vid 4 months ago and I’m back to watch again. I now have a storage space and inventory in the perimeter of my garage so that my car will still squeeze in. I’ve gone from two booths in different locations in the same town to one booth. My struggle is organizing my smalls and… I feel like there is nothing that doesn’t need attention! I’ve started sorting items seasonally but there is so much without a season🤪. Also, items won in auction lots that will never go to a booth. Donate or garage sale maybe? Anyway, I enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for the inspiration!

Bugs are Cool!

Great to see you. Doesn't matter what your videos is we all love watching you. And yes I have a death pile. Trying to get mine to a small pile and put everything it it's place. You are so inspiring ❤️

I wonder if you could make some really neat paperweights with some of the insects. By using epoxy resin. I think that would be really cool.

Needed this inspiration and motivation - thank you. I am an antique postcard dealer and sell my cards and some other vintage items through a local booth. Am getting ready to sell at my first ever postcard show out of state in October. So I have unearthed A LOT of bundles of postcards I had put here and there in my home stash in the process. Like you - I don’t need to buy any postcards for a solid while. I have plenty. Didn’t realize it until I got them all out. Wowzers. That’s money waiting to be made! Now in major sort and price mode.

The struggle is real here too. Thanks for sharing.

Perfect timing as I’m fixing to hit my junk pile this morning.

There must be something in the water because the doom pile has been a topic of convo among fellow resellers here in Maine & ive been asking everyone. Strangers in estate sale lines. Do you keep inventory? And no one seems too. Keeping an inventory really helps me keep things in check. Because ill see i spent like $500 on inventory that month but booth sales are down and im at like $600 in sales in the same month. Gasp not making money & it forces me to refresh my booth with new things and cut myself off with spending for the rest of the month. I also just had a fight with my husband over inventory. I had stuff everywhere guest bedroom, mudroom, garage and shed. The ice breaker was i was painting furniture and blocked his motorcycle in. So ive been condescending everything this summer and i feel lighter. Plus my husband does live here and didn't ask for this. Hes a trooper for the most part. This video really hit home, it was great! Thank you!

Great video girl! It’s nice to see all aspects of what you do

I loved watching this video because this is exactly what I’ve been needing to do! Now I am motivated to do my hoard pile in my garage that I need to get up to my booth! 🤣🤣

Great job! These videos do help people get motivated. Keep sharing

Motivated me to clean out my shed and see stuff I didn't know I had 😊

I love these videos because it gives me a kick in the b.... to get to clean my workshop!!! Thanks

Loved this video!

🎉🎉🎉 so good, love it....

Now its great to see your videos!! This was inspiring too I’m motivated to clean up my doom pile.

😂😂😂 you are hilarious. Love your content!

Very satisfying! Good job!!!

You’ve inspired me to clean my storage!! I’ve hoarded so much it has ran over into my house!!SMH. Gonna take about 3 days for me too. You’re absolutely right about infringing on others peoples space. I know my husband is frustrated from all my stuff! Thanks Amanda ❤

I sooo struggle. I love all old and thrifted stuff and my garage looks like that and I don’t have a booth ! Definitely gave me some motivation to get my stuff some what organized!

Inspired! Thanks!

Great collection of Taxidermy butterflies. You should definitely put them in shadowboxes frames to sale that word really do good.

Good video. Lesson for us all. ❤

Good job, well done!!!!!!!

I have a massive pile!! Thanks for the inspiration :)

Good job!!

Haha.... I think it was a fun video!! Love seeing all your stuff!

Also that compute wedgewood looking bowl is stunning

One of the most popular booths at my local antique mall is allll about insect taxidermy and all things weird. I love her merchandising!

I struggle! Thanks so much for this video. I pledge to work through my pile.

You have such good taste!!!

Here's an idea that worked wonderful for my dad. Take several sheets of pegboard and hang on the wall. Start using the pegboard hangers and start hanging your tools single layer. Once they are hanging, take a permanent marker and trace each tool onto the board. Now and forevermore you'll know what goes where and if its missing. And be able to find and put away all your tools. It really works.

I LOVE the videos where you do stuff in your garage. Love it when you cleanup items as well, the transformation is awesome. Organizing and pricing are not boring either!!

Love the video! I'm now inspired to organize ALL my booth stuff! I've been avoiding it!😂

I definitely have a doom pile! You inspired me to get out there and at least start! You're awesome, thank you!

Well you have inspired me to dig in and organize!!! Especially the tool and paint shelf...

Thanks for sharing this, l struggle with some of these things...😊

The big collection is AMAZING!

Amanda, I really enjoy your videos. You’re very smart and very honest. I always watch your videos, I think you need to do more furniture painting, you’re so talented. You inspire me. I love your new chinoiserie, I have luck with that , also Mid Century Modern, very good for display. The vases from that era are gorgeous. Thank you, Mary

I totally found your video very interesting. Keep it up! Please!

I thoroughly enjoyed your video cleaning and organizing the garage and yes I’m on that doom pile struggle bus too! My garage is enclosed into a living area and it still almost looks like yours…😳 I have a hard time getting rid of stuff too. I have a booth by the way too that never looks like yours. Your displays always look great! Thanks for the awesome video. 😊

Your “finds” even looking amazing in your garage. Can’t wait to see how they look once styled in your booth! You have a great eye for seeing what can be. (great job, btw)

Great, great video. I love to buy!!! I feel ya. Very inspiring and helpful. I appreciate your time and thoughts.

Hey, I always find your video’s interesting no matter what you’re doing. You and Mike together are so fun to watch! So just keep them coming when you are able to, I know you’re a busy woman!❤

I'm using this for inspiration. My garage is SOOOO Full!

I love the insects! I like weird things as well! Maybe you can put a Halloween spin on selling the bug collection.

Good job Amanda! I must admit I fast forwarded past all the bug collection part. Inspiring as usual!!

I struggle!!

The inventory sort and pre-arrange was ALmost as good as a booth reset. I can't wait to see the tapestry and the fall decor in your booth!

So much pressure 🤦🏼‍♀️but love it 😂😂

Ok I love the bugs!

I love the video. It is so motivating, I want to get out there in organize my garage. The end product is so rewarding. I love the butterfly box. For some crazy reason, RU-vid wants to stop the video and put a commercial right at that point. Love you Amanda!

Can you please make more videos. I look forward to seeing your booth, and what your up to. Maybe a vlog style would be good. You have been my , and a lot of other pickers motivation. I even thinking about getting a booth. I have sooo much stuff glaring / staring at me just waiting to find it's new happy home... God Bless`

This inspired me to tackle my piles!! Good job on getting it done! You are NoT alone tho on finding stuff you forgot you bought! Lol🤦🏼‍♀️esp repeat purchases!

Thank you for the JJ Cale.