Break or tear the paintings and furniture up and re-do them and say they are artwork and then GIVE them to your mother-in-law to put in the front yard... she'd get the clue.
You have three options: Goodwill, refinish or recover or repaint, or hide it in the garage until she visits and then haul it out. (The last one earns you serious brownie points)
I'd advise getting them appraised. Some of them might actually be worth a fair amount.
Alternatively, you could start a museum for the funiture and paintings named after your mother-in-law. That way, everyone that visits will find out what an 'ugly' sense of taste she has. Although, philosophically speaking, aesthetics are subjective.
Have your own garage sale. :-)
ReplyDeleteSay thank you and then get rid of the shit later and quietyl
ReplyDeleteBreak or tear the paintings and furniture up and re-do them and say they are artwork and then GIVE them to your mother-in-law to put in the front yard... she'd get the clue.
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Give them to goodwill, and tell her the fairies stole them
ReplyDeleteYou have three options: Goodwill, refinish or recover or repaint, or hide it in the garage until she visits and then haul it out. (The last one earns you serious brownie points)
ReplyDeleteThe last one is what I've been doing!
ReplyDeleteWow! Great advice one and all. Kay, I wish I had some talent for what you suggest.
Never thought about the frames, that's a new one.
See, I knew I could count on y'all!
I'd advise getting them appraised. Some of them might actually be worth a fair amount.
ReplyDeleteAlternatively, you could start a museum for the funiture and paintings named after your mother-in-law. That way, everyone that visits will find out what an 'ugly' sense of taste she has. Although, philosophically speaking, aesthetics are subjective.
I would simply tell her that I have no room for more stuff. That all I have is all I need.
ReplyDeletePeople give me stuff all the time, I thank them and tell them right then that I will find someone that needs it.
Yahoo Freecycle is great for passing on things to folks that need stuff.