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  1. lynn
    June 5, 2023 @ 9:44 am

    Well that’s a fantastic update. Minus the whole not getting a show (yet).

    I really needed your underlined “radical simplicity” at the end to be a link to somewhere that explained what happened next. Alas, it is not.

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    • Jillian
      June 5, 2023 @ 10:10 am

      YES! I had the same thought – oh, it’s a SECRET HIDDEN LINK and only the most faithful will know to click it and we’ll be rewarded! Sigh.

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      • Kate Brinkley
        June 6, 2023 @ 9:10 am

        I have been there. Yin/yang. Time to cleanse and simplify and reset. And yet you still get to be your fabulous self as you evolve! Love the update. Please keep them coming! More cats please 🐈🐈‍⬛

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    • Jan
      June 5, 2023 @ 4:25 pm

      Lol – I frantically clicked and clicked thinking it was a link. I NEED – No MUST have more of the story!!

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  2. Jennifer Shade
    June 5, 2023 @ 9:49 am

    You could do YouTube and make a crap ton of money. I would subscribe and watch every second.

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    • anon
      June 6, 2023 @ 12:44 pm

      Second this. Anything with cats and antiques is a winning recipe. Instead of house flipping, you could use your scores to do house staging/home decorating. Find a friend who needs her living room reinvented and proceed to fill it with Big Shiny Things with cats making cameo appearances throughout. Then find your next place to reinvent. Emphasize the green (environmental) and investment potential of antiques that are not Ikea items with minutely tedious assembly directions. But most of all, emphasize the cats.

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      • anon
        June 6, 2023 @ 1:23 pm

        p.s. Don’t ditch Paul, please. One thing those HGTV shows lack that you have is humor. (And character. There’s never anything that feels quirky, original, or unconventional in how they decorate their homes.) Think I Love Lucy energy, but with antiques. Your new co-conspirator can be your antiquing Ethel, but Ricky Ricardo is funny too.

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  3. Anne
    June 5, 2023 @ 9:54 am

    You (uncharacteristically) left us hanging there… So happy to see you posting again.

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    • Barb C
      June 6, 2023 @ 9:39 am

      Yes Anne, I was like, “Cliff hanger? WHAT? NO!!!”
      But it was great to see this blog post update in my email. Truly made my day brighter.

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  4. Cathie
    June 5, 2023 @ 9:54 am

    You are me with more energy and confidence (and personal clothing style.) I would absolutely buy all the giant things, more specifically the giant old things. LOVE that medical cabinet. I had one that I had big plans for, then we were moving to a not-friendly-for-giant-medical-cabinet- home, and I sold it to a nice family that was making a house out of an old synagogue in Woodbury. They also loved it, and I gave them a GREAT deal. I’m sure I would totally enjoy running into you at an estate sale or auction, and also sure that you would buy everything I wanted.
    Also, I need a box truck.
    Love your blog.

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  5. Sam
    June 5, 2023 @ 9:57 am

    Wait. What? Go back. You ditched Paul?? Oh noooo!

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    • Bernie
      June 5, 2023 @ 10:27 am

      All I can say, is it’s about FRICKEN time. Eagerly waiting for more.

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      • Liane Harding
        June 5, 2023 @ 2:34 pm

        1) did you really ditch Paul?
        2) I opened my own antique shop, 4000 SF, so I still can’t buy. everything! It’s going strong & coming up on 8 years! My cats stay home but my 2 dogs come to the shop every day!

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  6. PAT COLETTA
    June 5, 2023 @ 9:58 am

    I can attest that whatever you decide to do I will support you 100%. I’ve been missing updates.

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  7. Kat M
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:01 am

    That is the absolute worst teaser, ever. Tenterhooks!
    Bated breath! Victoria, how can you leave us hanging this way? So diabolical.

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  8. Randi
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:01 am

    That cast iron aquarium thingy…arrrrgggh!

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  9. M.Rosen
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:03 am

    You are unique and hilarious.

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  10. Danielle
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:03 am

    By “ditched Paul” you don’t mean you got a divorce!?!? or did you just ditch him as a junk hunting companion?
    Glad to see you posting!

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    • Jenfleur
      June 5, 2023 @ 4:43 pm

      Elizabeth: Pardon me, but radical simplicity sounds horrible. DEFINITELY consider YouTube, because I would TOTALLY tune in to your channel, and you would not have to do all the fakey HGTV schmuckery.
      AND, you can totally make $$$$ on YouTube. Please, please please! Paul might even help you and your new partner (in crime) on a technical level. (Also: Consider some kind of warehouse space where you can put together your own version of the giant fancy church of your dreams.)

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  11. Elizabeth
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:08 am

    I’m glad to see you. I’ve check in regularly hoping you were ok. I assumed you were spending some much needed down time (in an insane asylum, obviously.) A TV show would have been very fun, except for maybe the producer, but for us, it would be wonderful!! Hope you share that kitchen with us, eventually, and then all the simplicity. And the cats had kittens please. And Else (obviously.)

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  12. liz
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:09 am

    This is the most amazing post I have read on any blog in ages!!!!! Giant Fancy Things must live on – no radical simplicity- somehow that phrase just seems like a disconnect with all you love. I will follow Giant Fancy Things wherever you lead me – I love your energy, your outfits & your entire outlook on big stuff!!
    You should do shorts on youtube- so entertaining!

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    • Liane Harding
      June 5, 2023 @ 2:35 pm

      1) did you really ditch Paul?
      2) I opened my own antique shop, 4000 SF, so I still can’t buy. everything! It’s going strong & coming up on 8 years! My cats stay home but my 2 dogs come to the shop every day!

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  13. KJ
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:12 am

    “If there were an intensity-olympics, I would win.”
    Understatement of the year.
    Can’t wait for the next blog post.

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  14. KJ
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:16 am

    Forgot to say that a Sprinter van might be a good thing to buy instead of a box truck.

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  15. Rosemary Olson
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:23 am

    Attention HGTV::::
    We want content on making our current houses cool, not FLIPPING!! If you have a house full of great stuff in an awesome space you should never want to pack it up to leave. I haven’t watched your channel in years because NOTHING applies to me!!!
    We need your content Victoria. Don’t leave us hanging. It’s already been too long wondering where you’d gone.

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    • Lindsey
      June 5, 2023 @ 10:39 am

      Agreed!

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    • lori
      June 5, 2023 @ 7:58 pm

      Amen sister! HGTV is WAAAAYYY out of touch. It’s like the Real Housewives franchise of house flipping over there. Snooze. And 40 “designers” that all do the same BS.

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      • Brenda MENGELKOCH
        June 10, 2023 @ 4:19 pm

        Totally agree, reach out to Magnolia, their stuff is so much better

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    • Holly
      June 6, 2023 @ 7:36 am

      Yes! I love shiplap but could we show homes that have some personality?
      Some funk?
      Some great big shiny junk?
      Bring on the boboches!!

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  16. Renee Gordon
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:30 am

    You do not need a church to call your business “The Church of Giant Fancy Things”! Is there anyone who has done one of those warehouses that they rent “stalls” out to various vendors – you could start smaller but more immediately? Here’s somebody doing that in Long Beach, CA https://urbanamericana.com/collections/vendor

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  17. Lindsey
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:36 am

    A VEB show would be amazing!!!! I’ve been following your blog since 2014 and I can’t believe that was the first time I heard your voice. Oh and if you had a store, I would totally be there, buying all the things I wish I could find on my own.

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  18. Desiree
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:37 am

    Elizabeth,
    I was thinking about you this morning, and you show up with an update, great minds! Glad you are taking care of Paul and others things, your new friend seems nice enjoy!

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    • Signe
      June 5, 2023 @ 1:07 pm

      I’m so glad to see a post!!!

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  19. Lisa Garber
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:56 am

    I need your help, sisters. I see GFT pictures here with “sold.” Where? How? I am a Philly native and I feel like the Sisterhood has a secret. I NEED TO KNOW THE SECRET!

    Is it C.List? I’ll join that C.List. Just.help.me.please.
    Lisa Garber

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  20. Connie
    June 5, 2023 @ 10:56 am

    So enjoyed the post. I eagerly await the next one. You have been gone too long. You do nothing simple it would not be the same VEB.

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