Let me count. :) Records and CDs (we have roughly 7,000), artist books (books conceived of as art objects, not books about art), paintings, sculptures and art photos. We're almost certified hoarders.

I have a collection of handbag. One of my closet is full of them and every season I need a new one !

Could we please find another word besides "curated"? It's a beautiful collection, carefully placed by shape and color. But "curated" should be reserved for paintstaking search, research, restoration and display for public consumption on a museum-quality level.

My husband is a historian and has a beautiful collection of items from both world wars, displayed painstakingly in shadowboxes he made with his own hands. I still don't call it curated.

HandBags! I have so many of them. I often give away handbags so that I can acquire more. I truly have a weakness for them! LOVE!

Folk art, old advertising signs, bowls, pottery, cast iron...the list goes on! My husband is a collector of records (LPs and 45s), Superman, and Made in Japan figures...just to name a few. We are definitely borderline hoarders! After 20+ years of collecting we had to make a rule to sell stuff to make money to buy more stuff. The few times we've moved have been epic events! I envy minimalists! I might be able to part with most of my stuff but the husband is another story. ;)

My hubby is a consummate consumer... He loves the hunt of tracking down what he wants, and at the right price! In the past, it was DVDs and Blu-Rays of movie and tv shows, but with the advent of Netflix, the disc obsession has passed (thank goodness!!) and we're on to music memorabilia and records. A much more useful and aesthetically pleasing collection, in my opinion! We have a collage wall of framed music posters, albums, tickets and the like -- some even signed! -- from all our favourite bands, and we are starting to amass quite a collection of vinyl, much of it vintage. They take up much less room than all those DVDs, and since we listen to the records often, they're much more used that the DVDs ever were!

Salt and pepper shakers, cheap plastic religious figurines, kokeshi dolls, beads, and material.

Big cats, fairy, and mermaid figurines, shoes, purses, lamps,small coin purses and anthromorhic art.
I know that with collecting, comes a cost regardless of what a great deal you got plus space is an issue. I've stopped collecting the figurines and lamps and paring down on the shoes and purses. I don't want my collections to get lost plus I'm extremely picky on what figurines I buy and lately the quality has been an issue. Anytime I buy a pair of shoes or a purse, one or two must go. I usually take my casual shoes down to an area where they are homeless and I give them away. I'm done with colleting lamps as well...I have 4 in the garage not being used and to me that's wasteful so I've already promised 2 to a niece of mine.

When I decided to purchase red bubbleware instead of china the dishes collecting began. I've got enough now with that and red cape cod (the old Avon stuff), and some red ruby. I've also added Portmerion - Botanica Garden, and some mild glass. Oh and did I forget to mention some place settings of a cool old English pattern? Well I don't buy much anymore, but would add a few pieces if I found them. I collect Nancy Drew books for myself and my daughters. I have collected a few things that reminded me of my parents; ie: a lunch box like my Dad's, a Brownie camera like my mom's...etc. I have also kept my kids dance shoes as they have grown.... I guess I am an incurable collector, but some of my stuff looks great and some is waiting to look great, but hey, on to the next good deal! LOL

Well....
Antique cameras, small victorian to vintage images of couples, mini dollhouse foods, Tokidoki stuff like vinyls, and Tarot cards.
The boyfriend has pocket watches, straight razors and it seems instruments.

Also I have a collection of yarn building up since I spin, knit and crochet....

I was just thinking about this last night as i was reading a book about interior design in which the designer was talking about showing off your collections. It got me thinking about whether I have any collections for the home. I've spent most of my energy collecting fashion, and so if i were to create vignettes, it would necessarily have to include my extensive collection of bags, shoes, hats, and clothes! I'm starting on an art collection, but it really is just a budding one, and can't call it a collection just yet...

Seriously, now shoes are "curated"? Ugh.

@travislessness - right?

Books, definitely books.

Wind chimes and maps!

As a military brat who now lives in a small house, "collecting" give me hives. All. That. Stuff. To move and dust. Bleargh.

I do however hoard plants. I'm going off the assumption it's better than cats (also, the two cats I do have periodically cull the plant herd). Right now they're all happily out on the patio, but will soon migrate back in the house as the weather cools. But plants give back by cleaning the air in the house. I'd like to see your LPs do that.

Succulents! I started out with just a few... but now the planters are taking over my balcony!

I seem to be lacking this "collectors" gene. I don't' have any one thing I"m always looking for. Altho I have been buying Curious George stuff for a long time so maybe that counts?

@TSPInteriorDesign, I'm with you on "curated." These shoes are neatly arranged and color-coordinated, but "curated" is overstating it.

I'm not a collector, but I do seem to amass quantities of books and nice dishware, some of which is seldom used, like those banana split dishes I just had to have. I don't eat banana splits, but it's fun to know I could if I wanted to.

I mostly collect books and records. I also have a decent amount of cutesy kitchen stuff I found at thrift stores - bowls shaped like ice cream cones, vintage juice glasses with oranges on them, etc.

I don't have the luxury of enough space to really collect things. I used to collect rocks and books and music and pyrex and Japanese stationary, but now I have forced myself into thinking having more than one of something is just absurd. I just pick the best one or two things, and give the rest away.

I do have three sets of salt and pepper shakers, though. It always seems absurd, even though they hold different spices, since I really only have them because I can't say no to a good shaker.

I agree with TSPINTERIORDESIGN that the word "curated" must go! It has a meaning that has to do with museums. It does NOT just mean "a nice collection of something." This drives me CRAZY!

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Rugs. Handbags. Books. Japanese textiles. Embroidered textiles. Art prints (woodcut, linocut, etchings, etc.). Minerals. Shells. Bones and skulls. Japanese scrolls.

Needless to say, a true minimalist walking into my home would probably have a panic attack.

In clothing, jackets, especially ones that seem like "wearable art" to me (even if commercially made.)

In Other Stuff: deity sculptures especially from museum reproduction series; "crystal ball" paperweights; vintage (and some non-vintage) ethnic textiles of interest to me, especially Japanese; polymer clay tools and supplies; beads (as supplies) and costume jewelry to wear.

I guess there are other things, but those are the ones that come to mind...

Most of my active collecting is on hold due to limited space.

Candles & accessories (my Party Lite consultant loves me), lanterns, and modern hour glasses which include 2-hour, 30-minute and 5-minute versions.

I also have a bracelet obsession thanks to my grandmother's collection. This collection is not on hold. However, I only buy a bracelet if it takes my breath away.

Please don't refer to a shoe closet as a "beautifully curated collection of shoes".

i had some turtle figurines that i would pick up when i visited a new place and saw one, but i've since taken those to the thrift store. i had 10 million candle holders that also recently went to the thrift store. i had 300+ fairly rare cds that i recently sold to my brother.

if i was made of money, i'd own a thousand eames chairs, but other than that, collecting goes against my desire to make do with less.

Re curated: http://www.npr.org/2012/09/08/160771957/go-on-curate-this-commentary-too

@BIBLIOVORE -- I agree about the books! I "collect" them, but it's because I love to pick them up twenty times over. I do buy 'Collector's Library' editions whenever possible, though. They have gilt edges and sweet little stripey jackets and are just so small!

I do really collect snow globes. My parents brought me a tiny cow one from the Tilamook Cheese Factory, but I took it to my first grade show and tell and broke it. My parents couldn't find any globe with a cow except a big and fancy flower-covered one that played "You are my Sunshine." But I loved it, and the collection began. I have two very crowded globe shelves now.

Books. Especially children's books. Especially mid-century English children's books--thank you Amazon for disposing of my disposable income. Also dog books, polite mysteries, (no more than 2 mangled corpses per book, plz), & that genre of travel books known as "eccentric Brits a long way from home". Also books.

Vintage and what will become vintage sunglasses. I've been collecting them since I was a little girl.

As a librarian, I enjoy having a nice book collection but other than that, I don't really amass lots of things. I like to keep things simple and streamlined. Too much stuff makes me stressed out. I do love photographs though and displaying them but I guess I don't consider them things so much.

Mag lites.

Needed one for a headlight on a bike, got only five so far, but flash lights in general.

Got the new Mini Pro+ at 245 lumens, its as bright as a 2D LED at less than 6 inches.

I have a wonderful, carefully curated collection of dust bunnies under my bed. A few hundreds, I think. The cataloging isn't up to date yet, as the curator (my cat) has been a bit delinquent in identifying all types and her research skills are a bit sub-par.

Movies? Hubby and I have 1500.

I really try to tamp down on the collecting impulse. It seems like as soon as something becomes a "collection", you wind up acquiring a lot of items you don't need or even especially want just because they're part of the collection.
That said, I do have a lot of shoes, some of which I don't wear much but they're simply too beautiful to get rid of.

Over the years, I have collected baskets, hatbox luggage, all things English Bulldog, dolls, dollhouses, handbags, books printed before 1900, and other silly things. I am now free and clear of that collecting impulse and have begun life on the path of minimalism. It feels really good. I do have three Blythe dolls, but I sew clothing for them as a hobby. My ultimate goal is to have only things that actually get used, not looked at, except, of course, for family photos or family heirlooms. It's difficult because I live with two very sentimental people, but I'm getting there.

I collect Mid-Century modern furniture and minimalistic art, which I guess is pretty typical on here --but not at my high school. I also collect rocks.