Downsizing the family home
Subtitle: what to save, what to let go
By: Marni Jameson ; foreword by Mark Brunetz
Contributors: Brunetz, Mark
Series: AARP real
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781454916338
Subjects: Personal belongings; Simplicity; Housing; Household Moving; Aging parents; Older people; Family relationships; Decision making
Description: Sensitively counsels readers on how to downsize a family home filled with a lifetime of memories, sharing practical recommendations for strategies based on the expertise of antiques appraisers, garage-sale gurus, professional organizers and psychologists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. But it was mom's!; title: The home front. A tough call : how to know when an aging parent needs a new home ; Get the right mind-set : facing the fully loaded house ; Endowment : why we get so attached to things ; The first cut : going through it together ; Welcome to the home front : a blast from the past ; Plan E for estate sale : For sale: fifty years of treasures! ; How much is it worth? : the meaning of value and the fine art of appraising antiques ; For art's sake : art, for what it's worth ; Beyond the estate sale : what to sell where ; The treasure hunt : tackling the pile of postponement ; The really tough stuff : what to do with photos, wedding dresses, military medals, and more; title: You don't have to do this alone. What the pros know : behind the scenes at an estate sale ; The siblings : the year of the house ; What's a household worth? : putting a price on the priceless; title: Downsizing up. Moving on : how to know when it's time ; Breaking up with stuff is hard to do : Help! I know better ; The Browns and the Switzes : two couples leading by example; title: For keeps. Archival storage : how to keep stuff for almost ever ; Handle with care : shipping the heirloom china and other breakables; title: The biggest sale of all. Selling the homestead : not suffering fools kindly ; Going, going, gone : five offers, two letters, one house; title: The last word. Some housekeeping.