Article: Lessons From a Tag Sale.

In every grouped display, there are goodies and baddies.

Life changes can be highly stressful -- even positive ones. Decorative accessories can help. They may not be quite as effective as therapy, but they're an okay substitute. Two months ago, my boyfriend, Chris, and I fell in love with a house we looked at in Redding, Connecticut. Driving back home in the car, we got engaged. Within a week, we had put our separate homes on the market. Along with those decisions, of course, came all the financial papers, and then the inevitable house clearing. My house took four hours to clean and polish to the point at which I felt comfortable holding an open house.

My fiance's ...

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