This is such an entertaining thread. That grandma ... wow. She needs a dose of Alzheimer's so she finally forgets who she "gave" stuff to. I can't believe you can't throw anything out. Hasn't anyone ever been caught out having thrown her stuff away when she comes back after 10 years expecting them to still have it?

My nan is a little bit the same. She is 91 and she just moved from her house to a retirement village and she wanted to give everything away, so we've all inherited some weird junk. There's some tables and shelves my late Pa made from unsettled camphor wood that has warped over the years that no one wants, but we have to accept it graciously because dear old Pa made it himself. If Pa saw what had come of his handy work he'd be ashamed and smash it up for firewood.

Luckily for us we live in a small apartment so I refused everything except the antique rocking horse, which needs some serious repairs but it's quite lovely (Pa made it, too, but not from warping camphor). Not sure how to repair it. I wonder if Bunnings do "fixing up your nan's weird junk" ladies workshops on the weekends.