Debby Hoffer has never met a pair of shoes – or a purse – that she did not like. Her passion for material things makes the small townhouse that she shares with her three daughters look more like a warehouse than a home. Her house is so packed that her oldest daughter has nowhere of her own to sleep...

Judy Sandhu is a self-proclaimed "queen of recycling." She accumulates things to be put to better use. According to her family and friends, that is code for "pack rat." Judy lives with her two daughters, aged 13 and 11, in a tiny house that is bursting at the seams...