DOWNSIZING: HELP!

Downsizing from a large family home holds the promise of a new freedom, but where to start? Your closets are full of clothing you haven’t worn in ages (plus disco style is longer “in”). Then there’s the “spare” bedroom you’ve been stashing boxes in for years with every intention of dealing with them eventually. Your backyard shed holds equipment not used since the Reagan era. And what exactly is in the attic? You may be able to give some items to family and friends, but everything can’t move with you. Just throwing everything away seems wasteful. Surely, some of it is worth something to somebody? 

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