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Old 10-22-2013, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Foruhun View Post
Keep this in mind.... you may love your house (and things in it) but your house (and those things) don't love you back. We had all our pictures (from 40 years) scanned and put on to DVD's. Got rid of all the photo albums! Once you downsize you think twice about ever buying "stuff" again. Who needs a Christmas plate, Easter plate, Thanksgiving plate, USA plate, when one plate will do?

I would advise that many of the homes here have areas above the kitchen cabinets that look very bare without anything up there. If you have a collection or theme, save to put in that space. Good luck!
Love your ideas about the photos!

Our house in Tampa has so many shelves (built-in bookcases,
Plant shelves, etc.) so I have so much stuff like that.
I think when I get to T.V. I should have a garage sale!
(We are in a neighborhood now where we cannot do that.)
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