What to Do with a Houseful of Memories

• Author : Marni Jameson
• Publisher : Sterling
• Release : 05 January 2016

It s a rite of passage: the emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson chronicles her own experience and blends it with advice from national experts to sensitively guide readers through the difficult process. From opening that first closet to selling the house, she provides guiding lights and a strategy to help readers accomplish the task quickly, respectfully, and rewardingly."

• Author : Marni Jameson
• Publisher : Sterling
• Release : 02 January 2018

Part journal, part workbook, part scrapbook, this guide provides valuable advice and how-to checklists along with a place to reflect, record, and retain an important piece of family history, gently walking downsizers through the journey.

• Author : Peter Walsh
• Publisher : Rodale
• Release : 14 February 2017

Say goodbye to clutter, reduce stress, and live simply with this easy-to-use guide to downsizing! Whether you are selling your family home, blending households into a new home, or cleaning out your aging parents' home, sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful experience. Decluttering guru Peter Walsh recently went through the process of downsizing his childhood home and dividing his late parents' family possessions. He realized that making these decisions about mementos and

• Author : Sharon Mcrill
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 04 July 2022

• Author : Matt Paxton
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 08 February 2022

America’s top cleaning expert and star of the hit series Legacy List with Matt Paxton distills his fail-proof approach to decluttering and downsizing. Your boxes of photos, family’s china, and even the kids' height charts aren’t just stuff; they’re attached to a lifetime of memories--and letting them go can be scary. With empathy, expertise, and humor, Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff helps you sift through years of clutter, let go of what no longer serves

• Author : Julie Hall
• Publisher : eBookIt.com
• Release : 01 May 2011

"How to Clean Out Your Parents' Estate in 30 Days or Less" is a take-along manual packed with meticulously compiled checklists, resources, and information. This guide provides step-by-step instructions to clean out your parents' home at the time of their infirmity or death, beginning in the attic and ending when the last item has been packed up. This indispensible resource offers you solutions and answers from an expert who has seen it all: *How to prepare when parents are still living

• Author : Margareta Magnusson
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 02 January 2018

A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The

• Author : Lauri Ward
• Publisher : Harper Collins
• Release : 05 October 2010

When you're moving a lifetime's accumulation of belongings from a larger home into a jewel box, the task can seem overwhelming—and so can your emotions. How do you decide what to pack and what to part with? How can you use the things you have so that they function well and look right? Downsizing Your Home with Style answers these questions and more. Learn how to: Create more storage Make your stuff look smaller and your space look bigger

• Author : Sherry Petersik,John Petersik
• Publisher : Artisan
• Release : 14 July 2015

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is

• Author : Marni Jameson
• Publisher : Downsizing the Home
• Release : 03 December 2019

When merging households, one plus one needs to equal . . . one. With the same warm tone that made Downsizing the Family Home such a success, Marni Jameson goes through the turf wars and transitions new couples encounter, helping them figure out what to keep, discard, and create together. She interviews psychologists, designers, and those who have made it through the process, passing along tips, tricks, and marriage-bolstering advice. Some tips from Marni Jameson on blending homes If you want to transform

• Author : Ingrid Sullivan
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 06 August 2017

Downsizing can be overwhelming. Using the lessons learned from helping hundreds of clients over the years, authors Ingrid and John Sullivan have put together this guide to help seniors and their families through what can be a stressful and emotional process. Packed with helpful tips, planning tools, and strategies, this book goes through every step from the planning stages all the way through the move. Anyone who has ever entertained the thought of a downsizing move, whether now or in

• Author : Marni Jameson
• Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Release : 26 January 2010

From one of the most widely read home-improvement gurus, a funny, witty story about the evolution of a house and a family, filled with practical tips for those looking to make the most of the space they have.

• Author : Sara B. Hart
• Publisher : Positively Powered
• Release : 18 May 2018

Sara knew she had to move but she didn't want to. Knowing it was the right thing to do, she dove in, documenting every phase and the emotional ups and downs that went with them. Her story is a lighthearted look at this major life transition, filled with humor and wise advice on how to handle your own downsizing or support someone you love.

• Author : Marni Jameson
• Publisher : The Experiment
• Release : 22 June 2021

You can’t take it with you, but you can ensure that what you leave behind has value and meaning. Whether you want the fruits of your life’s work to benefit your family, the environment, science, human rights, the arts, your church, or another cause dear to you, one thing is certain: It won’t happen unless you plan. What to Do with Everything You Own to Leave the Legacy You Want is a step-by-step, DIY guide to turning

• Author : David Ekerdt
• Publisher : Columbia University Press
• Release : 16 June 2020

As life unfolds, things tend to accumulate. When older adults undergo health, residential, and marital changes, they will face a reckoning with their lifelong store of possessions—special, ordinary, and forgotten. Such a predicament now confronts tens of millions of Americans as the Baby Boom cohort passes into retirement and beyond. Despite what a thriving industry of clutter manuals tells us, for most older adults, downsizing is no simple task. Drawing on in-depth interviews with recent movers in over a