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November 17, 2007
massive hoard-house cleaned out on oprah
the organizational blogs are abuzz with this one... the clean sweep organizer peter lead the cleanup of the house of a massive hoarder. like clean sweep, but they did the whole house and it was a lot worse than most clean sweep houses, right on down to finding black mold in most rooms. they filmed it and put it on oprah who used her connections to get them all new furniture, flooring, and a kitchen.
in the end they had a rummage sale in a rented warehouse, and cleared $13k. the other stats are pretty incredible-- 8 weeks, a staff of 100 people, 75 tons of trash, 3,000 pairs of shoes and 3,000 purses, 8 hours to clear the master bedroom of clothes, etc. you get the idea.
they've done a good job of putting the details and photos on the oprah web site, so you don't actually have to watch the damn show to see it (i didn't).
Posted by lisa at November 17, 2007 09:52 AM
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oh.my.god...that Oprah show you linked to, on hoarding. It took my breath away. Even the amount of stuff I have (NOTHING like that show) is sometimes oppressive to me, but I can (and do) part with stuff, just not as often as I'd like. Finding time to do the sort/ discard/ donate/ sneak-to-the-trash routine is hard. I encourage my kids to donate and discard their stuff as they outgrow it, but there's still SOME stuff I have to sneak out to the trash when they're not around to protest. And I have a hard time parting with stuff that still works, however duplicative or old (lawn chairs, fans, cameras, etc.)
What struck me is that the poor woman (subject of the show) has a serious mental illness; if that's OCD, it has been taken to an EXTREME. Like was said somewhere on the show, you can't just clean up for someone like her, because you haven't solved her problem. I hope she is getting help! Wow.
Posted by: --Lisa S. on November 18, 2007 04:24 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.