Hilarie Burton talks about being a hoarder without apology. Her attics and barns full of stuff proved useful during COVID, and she keeps collecting because home feels like it lives in the trunks and bins, not in the actual house.
Oh, this story. Mrs. Bentley, man. Okay, so I'm a hoarder.
You are?
Yeah. I'm not even embarrassed about it, you guys. I'm a hoarder. I say—
Wait, why aren't you embarrassed about it?
Because I'll tell you what, my stuff comes in handy all the time.
Give me an example.
All the time. I mean, when COVID hit, I had everything. I'm like, you need some bits of string? Got them. You need some seeds. I've had them for 10 years. You know, like, I have such nostalgia for things because my home doesn't exist anymore. So my home exists in the trunks and big huge bins in my attic.
So you have a barn?
I have attics, I have barns. I got a lot of stuff.
Okay, when you said hoarder, it sounds like it's organized. It's not like those TV shows where you come over and you can't open the front door.
Every time. Give me time. I feel like that settles in when your kids leave the home. Like right now I've got to get everybody to school in the morning, and so the paths must be clear. But the second they leave, I'm just building stacks.
I feel like it's not the kids leaving that makes those people do that. I feel like they were that way.
