Mum hoarded 6,500 clothing items for self-esteem
BBCA woman who hoarded more than 6,500 items of clothing and 400 pairs of shoes has said she started buying items to boost her self-esteem.
Sheeny, who was featured on the BBC's Sort Your Life Out, said she started collecting the items while she was in a bad relationship.
She now lives with partner Sohan and her three children in their once-cluttered house in Coventry.
After the property was transformed by the team on the BBC show, Sheeny said: "This reset is what we all need."
During the show, which aired on Tuesday, the family were astonished to see all of their possessions lined out in a warehouse near their home.
On top of the clothing, presenter Stacey Solomon found 39 phone chargers, 28 suitcases and over 1,000 kitchen utensils.
Speaking at the warehouse, Solomon said: "It is a record amount of clothes we have ever seen on Sort Your Life Out."
Sheeny had bought the home when she was a 20-year-old single mum to daughter Millie.
Following a difficult eight-year relationship, she met partner Sohan, and together they have two children, nine-year-old Leila and four-year-old Ethan.
"I admit that I do have an issue buying make-up and shoes and clothes," Sheeny said.
"When we were younger, we had a lot of hand-me-downs and we'd have a lot of comments on it in school.
"I think as soon as I started earning money there was an element of wanting things for me to be proud of.
"Buying and wanting something new in order to feel good cannot be the legacy I give over to my children. The habit has to stop."
During the show, the house was given a full makeover and a wooden pergola was built in the garden.
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