Category Archives: foreclosures

A Sad Game List

This paper was on a rec room floor at a clean suburban home. These homes are great to work in, but not as much fun to photograph. I guess I just love garbage too much. Still, the garage had this … Continue reading

Sharing Our Interest In Garbage

I made a new friend in garbage. Last Friday, I took a faithful reader and blogger extraordinaire from the 365 Music Project to a possible excessive in south Minneapolis. B., who runs the blog, is a fan of all things … Continue reading

They Didn’t Take The Hint

This neatness-imploring squirrel hung on this wall. His view seemed to mock his message:

I Know Too Much

The countertop was strewn with risperidone, an anti-psychotic medication. Unsigned credit cards waited on a windowsill for someone to test the limits of their strained credit. I know what style of clothes they wear, and that they owned Thelma and … Continue reading

The Evidence Is Inconclusive

It’s not always pure filth. This home in St. Paul was quite clean, and only had a few things left behind. The bathroom caught my eye because it looks like someone started to clean it and then gave up. The … Continue reading

Friday Photo Fun: A Baffling Piece

Just above the kitchen sink in this urban home, this poor fellow had been stuffed into a jar and left to rot with the rest of the debris. I’m not sure what this is, or what it means. Why put … Continue reading

Spring(s)

It appeared that the previous occupants, in an effort to reduce the amount of garbage left in the house, dragged unwanted contents to the middle of the yard and set the pile ablaze. Today, this fiery jetsam has cooled into … Continue reading

A House Divided

Oftentimes, an important element of why a home was foreclosed upon is evident upon inspection. Yesterday’s heroin house is a prime example of this. Today’s home was a bit more normal in the realm of trashouts, but it did offer … Continue reading

News Segment: The Trashout

This segment was shot in 2009, and holds true today. It offers a few insights on what we do every day, although this is a pretty nice home for a trashout. Many of our homes are in the inner cities … Continue reading

Thoughts on Basements

Basements are of particular interest to be because of their historical value. While the public areas of a home – living room, kitchen, bedrooms – generally are updated over the years, the basement becomes an archive of fashionable tastes long … Continue reading