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Article: Tips on lightening your load
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2009
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People who have dealt with downsizing offered a number of tips on
how to deal with making the move to a smaller home:
- Be aggressive when sorting through your belongings.
"We're not overly sentimental people. We had to be fairly
ruthless," said Sharon DePue.
Folks who are more sentimental may have to rent storage space or
make sure their children can hang on to belongings they want to keep
but no longer have room to store.
- But don't be too aggressive. Lauri Ward, author of "Downsizing
Your Home with Style" (Collins Living, $17.95), said that people
should think about how their furniture can be put to a new use in a
smaller residence.
She suggested that a twin bed from a child's room ...