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Originally Posted by taylor111947

Several good ideas - thanks so much for your thoughts. I like the storage facility idea - then I can see how things fit once I get there. Does anyone have thoughts on moving vs buying new furniture? I don't have a strong attachment to what I have now and I like the bright airy look I see in the models. Another question (slightly off-topic) - I get the impression that if you build you don't have the option for modifications. Can anyone comment on their experiences? Enough questions for now - Thanks to all!

taylor -
i would have no qualms about buying all new for my retirement home - the move provides a new beginning and needs only the most cherished memories for my foundation. i would only hope that i had amassed sufficient capital at my yard sales to shop as i would like.

when we bought our snowbird nest in t v, we furnished anew - only duplicate goods such as small electronics, kitchen wares and telephones came to fl with us. it was a ball having a blank canvas to develop! prior to our closing i posted here to ask where the members shopped for and bought their furnishings - and i used that info to research the stores on-line. where a store had no website, i called it to ask which lines of furniture they sold so that i could go to the manufacturer's site to look at thier goods. by the time we got to t v i had selected furniture for each of our rooms - we went to the multiple stores, viewed my selection, bought something entirely different and arranged for delivery as of our closing date!

but may i offer you a couple of suggestions when it comes to the decisions re downsizing...after you have trashed/donated/sold whatever and you are ready to store the questionables and must haves, place the items for a particular box around/in front of the box and snap a photo of the contents-to-be...said photo can then be printed out and taped to the outside of the box with clear packing tape...thus providing a quick reference to the contents when you start to wonder if the item you want was packed in the bedroom carton or the guest room carton or miscellaneous 1 carton. it also helps you to set the priorities of carton unpacking or storing.

sorry for running on so - but my television fried last nite so i am hanging around the 'puter until i get sleepy.