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Originally Posted by Applepie
It depends on your lifestyle whether or not to bring the good china and sterling sliver. I still have dinner parties. I had 4 couples over for Thanksgiving dinner and used all my good stuff. It made it fun and it made it special. I also brought a set of Christmas dishes. I had a Christmas luncheon for my neighbor girl friends and used the dishes. Most of my entertaining is causal but once in a while it is fun to be fancy.
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You and I think alike, but many would find keeping your nice china and Christmas china not important. But I used mine a lot and still do.
What to bring and what to give away or sell is the hardest thing that was not THAT important that I had faced for awhile. It must be instinctive to protect our "stuff". We were told to take care of our belongings and each thing we own represents a lot of "man hours" in time and money. It isn't easy for sure and my heart goes out to anyone who is doing it.
I brought a couple of winter coats and I have worn them. I brought my Christmas stuff, and I put it out and enjoyed it. I brought our " fancy" stuff because sometimes dressing really UP happens here. I got rid of three rooms of bedroom furniture and got new. If you plan to have a completly different style here, than getting rid of your furniture is something to consider. Our grandkids are so close to being launched into their own place after college that I talked our daughter into keeping some furniture for them. (which they probably won't use)
I only am sorry that I gave away one coffee table and one bench as I could have used them. Everything else worked out fine. I did discover a lot of duplicates in my kitchen and those went into a box for the grandkids. (I hope that doesn't turn out to be silly)
Oh just thinking about it makes me glad it is behind me and makes me want to give all of you doing it a hug.