The Burning House

"If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It's a conflict between what's practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question."

I came across this blog a few years ago as I was surfing the net. It's a blog dedicated to documenting what others would take with them if their house was burning. It's made me think a lot about what are the basic things that I value the most and if the rest of the things that I own really matter? Here are some of the pictures from the blog of what others would take:

Name: Louis
Age: 18
Location: Lyon, France
Occupation: Student
Website: http://1-250s.tumblr.com/ & http://unoctineodi.tumblr.com/

• List:
• My Moleskine, my extrnal hard drive
• My FED 4 with Jupiter 8 lens
• 3 Black and white films
• My polaroid
• A Bicycle card game, because I love playing cards
• My Etch A Sketch, a gift that remembers me that have good friends
• My Diary
• My iPod
• My old Opinel, a gift from my grandfather
• 3 pencils
• A lot of envelope ton write to people I know
• My pocket watercolor box

Name: Lauriëtte de Ruiter

Age: 22

Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Occupation: Interactive Designer

Website: www.lauriette.com

List:

• Macbook Pro
• iPhone 5
• Moleskine
• Passport
• Wallet
• Jewelry
• Tiger
• Keepsake boxes including photos and other important stuff
• 

Name: Dashiell Oatman-Stanford
Age: 25
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation: Student

List:

• Belt
• Moleskin Notebook
• Headphones
• Messenger Bag
• Passport
• Glasses 
• Watch 
• Mug
• Earbuds
• iPhone
• Sweater
• Shoes
• Laptop

 

Name: Malcolm Henderson
Age: 25
Location: Bimingham, UK
Occupation: Wedding photographer and emergency call taker
Website: www.mustardyellowphotography.com
List:

• Tiamo hand coffee grinder
• The Oxford Book of Madrigals
• Biffy Clyro The Vertigo of Bliss
• The party elephant
• Monty the Mouse
• Our Moroccan teapot
• Ukelele

Name: Roberto Alegria
Age: 35
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Occupation: Photographer
Website: www.robertoalegria.com

List:

• Skateboard
• Notebooks
• Wallet
• MacBookPro
• IPhone
• Brixton Hat
• Nixon Watch
• Vietnamese four face buddha
• Hasselblad 201F film camera

 Here is what I would grab if my home was on flames:

• My mom's jewelry (sorry mom, didn't realize I had it in my things when I got married)
• Sculpture my grandpa carved
• Scriptures
• Baby book
• Journals
• Wallet
• Favorite Dress
• Flip flops
• Mug my cousin made
• Mother goose nursery rhymes book

What would you take if your house was on fire?

Photos and information from theburninghouse.com