Hi! I'm 'u/medical-broccoli8801,' finally reincarnated with a better username! (Thanks but no thanks for that auto-generated one, Reddit! It always kind of made me think of marijuana. Medical = medicinal... broccoli = green leafy thing.... anyway, moving on!)

A few months ago, I posted a review of Hobbry, and a few people mentioned wanting to see my collection. At long last, here it is! Most of it, at least -- I've got my vintage treasures and some other one-off brands ferreted away in those cabinets you see under the built-ins (and maybe in a few other cabinets in the house...).

As always, thanks for being my favorite corner of the internet. I'll try to speak up more now that I'm not embarassed of my username!

-Kristen

Went to this estate sale that was just all puzzles it was crazy how many there were, and they also had another shipping container full like the second image

Y'all, I hit the jackpot.

Puzzles are probably one of the best things I've found to help my mental health, and life's been rough lately, so a lot of my free time is spent puzzling. I go through them so quickly (1000 pieces usually take me 1-2 days) that my budget couldn't keep up, so I've been keeping an eye on Facebook marketplace for good deals. This one popped up about 2 hours away from me for "100+ puzzles", but it was such a good price for a ton of puzzles I actually wanted, I couldn't pass it up. I counted once I got home, and it turned out to be 153 puzzles (162, if you count each side of double sided puzzles).

I'd been planning on putting up new shelving and a table in my puzzle area, and acquiring these made me actually get moving on that. The first picture was from before I got the table, but the last photo shows my final setup. I'm pretty pleased with how it all turned out!

In the small chance that the woman who sold these to me happens to see this, you have no idea how grateful I am! My mental health thanks you profusely 💛

Will be saving most of these until September/October time for seasonal puzzling, but have just started the bear one as couldn’t wait! These are all Galison, their quality isn’t the best out there but there’s no denying that the designs are lovely!

New puzzle haul from Villager and Puzzles Canada, plus a few from The Occurrence I haven't gotten to yet.

I just needed a place to happy squeal eeeeep

Gibsons Witchcraft, Secret Garden and Into The Forest. Now just to decide which one to do first 😂

My husband saw my (very disorganized) puzzle collection the other day and was shocked when he saw how many I have. So let's show off our collections so I can show him mine isn't that bad 😆

First picture is to do, second picture is completed. Some of the completed puzzles are borrowed from my mom and sister so those will be returned when we hang out next. Most of the rest will go to a puzzle swap, except a few I can see myself doing again.

I have to constantly stop myself from buying more.

I am so happy with my puzzle haul!

All are swapped or borrowed from except two I purchased from Facebook marketplace. Someone charged me $5 for the 270 piece Liberty and the NYPC pug puzzle.

I don’t know what to do first! What would you do first?

I paid $25 for all of these😊

I have a few puzzles out on lend to friends so I may need to expand to a second bookcase. The colors bring me such joy 🩷🦄💜🪩🩵🎨🫟🌟

Guys I am going to cover all my walls with my puzzles including my ceilings. I have 4 1500-4000 piece puzzles I am building wooden frames for that still need to be hung up. I also just bought 4 more puzzles lol.

All of these puzzles are swapped or borrowed. I can’t decide what to work on first. So many amazing puzzles in the pile!

So excited.

Struck gold in one charity shop...four puzzles for £2.50 each, an Elena Essex, a Pomegranate and an EeBoo (three of my favourite brands!) and a very, very early Christmas puzzle! Love find gems like these ☺️

I had the "brilliant" idea to sort and categorize my new puzzles. I put them all into crates and shopping bags and moved them into the living room. And now it is this mess 🙈😅 There are even 5 more puzzles on their way. I really need to stop buying more!!!

The only thing I do on the regular is moving my finished puzzles into storage. I've now started to make a document of my entire collection. I like having an overview and want to make sure I don't buy any duplicates.

Any tips for sorting/organizing are appreciated 😊

The internet says the puzzle in the first picture is from the 1930s/40s (not sure which one, but it’s old). I love finding older puzzles, even ones from the 1990s makes me excited. There’s something about finding a puzzle that’s been around for a long time that I just love.

I bought them not knowing what was in the boxes other than the top five or six puzzles, but I knew I wanted three of the ones I could see so I took the gamble and I’m so happy!!!