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Old 07-13-2020, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Bjeanj View Post
We majorly downsized five years ago before we moved down here. Sold most of our furniture, almost all of our winter clothes, and went through our Christmas decorations and chose just those that held special meaning for us.

After we moved here, we discovered “stuff” that we didn’t need, so we downsized even more. Even some of the furniture we kept, didn’t look right in our new home, so sold it. The few winter clothes we kept were either too hot, even in the “winter” months here, so I kept a few sweaters, two pairs of long pants, and that gets me through the cold weather.

IMO, don’t plan on storing stuff down here off site. Usually not worth it.
All good advice. We have done much the same.

It is hard to sell of toss things that had meaning for us when we bought them or were given them but we decided 1) no storage unit for us and 2) we will not clutter up our FL house.
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