Articles On:downsizing

March 19, 2024

7 Spring Home Selling Tips

If you’re planning to downsize or make another type of move, these seven home selling ...

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A living room staged for real estate sale. For article on spring home selling tips
March 6, 2024

Tips for Your Home’s Curb Appeal

If you’re downsizing, you may also be selling your home. Curb appeal – how a ...

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For top curb appeal, choose landscaping that can allow for year-round succession of bloom. The goal is to always have a presence of landscaping during each season of the year. Also, consider incorporating landscape that will grow at varying heights. A colorful mix of landscaping that can be enjoyed all year round fills the frontage of this home. (Handout/TNS)
February 14, 2024

Wardrobe Decluttering Tricks

Clothes seem to expand the space they inhabit like dough rising on a warm countertop. ...

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A happy woman in front of a neat closet. By Elena Elisseeva. Article on wardrobe decluttering
January 3, 2024

Vintage Trends from Your Attic

Many of your castoff, outdated items in storage may be poised for new life. Vintage ...

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Woman wearing vintage clothes and holding a vintage camera. By Darkbird77. For article on vintage trends
September 26, 2023

Tips for a Successful Yard Sale

Whether downsizing, holding an estate sale, or simply clearing out clutter, a successful yard sale ...

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A successful yard sale with teddy bears in the foreground and clothes hanging in the background. Image by Scorpionce.
September 12, 2023

A Guide to Downsizing with Grace

When the time comes to move into a smaller space, the task of sorting through ...

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A mature couple moving into a new home with moving boxes. By Katie Nesling. Article on a guide to downsizing.
October 25, 2022

Pass It On: Clear Storage Lovingly

Do you have too much stuff? Writer Jan Schwartz recognizes the tendency of Americans to ...

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Couple clear storage in their home. Photo by Katie Nesling. Do you have too much stuff? Americans hold on to unused possessions, so Jan Schwartz suggests positive ways to clear storage of these items.
August 4, 2022

Planning Estate Sales: Advice from an Expert Duo

Two retirees saw the need to help baby boomers moving to a new home with ...

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Table of items displayed for an estate sale. Retirees downsizing and moving often need help, so these women started running estate sales. They have advice for boomers of retirement age.
July 20, 2022

Tips for Downsizing Include: Don’t Wait!

Janet Bodnar, editor at large at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, offers tips for downsizing, including tips ...

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older woman packing a box. These tips for downsizing include guidance for parents and adult children, enlisting a senior move manager, and dispensing of old items.
March 28, 2022

Downsizing Resources for Seniors

These days, more and more seniors are looking to downsize their homes in search of ...

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Couple In Front Of New House Anekoho Dreamstime. For article, Seniors who want to downsize their homes for something more affordable and easier to maintain can use these downsizing resources.