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My aunt lives out of country, but owns a couple of tiny apartments here, side by side, for investment and when she visits 4 months out of the year. She used to rent out one but had problems, so doesn't anymore. She finally emptied out her storage locker they were paying for about 5 years ago, getting rid of old crappy stuff, appliances, etc, and put everything she likes or thought was in good shape, into these two apartments. Yay! One is now used for visitors, and one for themselves. They have made it so the room areas are able to be lived in, except that all cupbords, closets, furniture are full and there are tons of disply items, knickknacks, and the "den" each has a large pile of boxed items (10+ large boxes in each).
An apartment is 350 sq.ft, 1 bedroom plus mini den. My daughter is about to rent one of the apartments for a few months per year, while going to school nearby.
Yesterday, I went to help make some room for her stuff. There was no room for food in the kitchen, and all but 2ft of counter space was filled up.
Cleaning it out and packing up the surplus, I found and put away:
approx 50 cookbooks
3 potato mashers (all very cheap, I mean, who needs 3 of these even for your home kitchen?)
Two full sets of cutlerly (of aprox 16 settings each)
20 plates 20 bowls, etc.
10 champagne glasses,
Serving ware, many sets of trays.
7 large corning ware casserole dishes
Three coffee makers, plus 3 bodum style coffee presses, plus three teapots, with cups
Two toasters
over 100 light bulbs (!)
etc.
The unit is suitable for 1-2 adults at a time. You can only fit about 4 people over for snacks / eating, etc, as it is tiny, no table, etc.
I was the first person to use the stove / oven in 10 years. This is not a kitchen that anyone cooks in.. she barely cooks in her "main" apartment and that is filled to bursting, too. The ovens were stuffed with household goods, so you could not turn them on.
I have no idea why she is keeping all of this. All I can say is that it was all very neat and tidy and organized, but pretty much useless and very hard to live with.