Posts tagged Corralling Sentimental Items
THE SIMPLE CORRALS OF SUMMER
THE SIMPLE CORRALS OF SUMMER

A friend dropped by for a deck visit to tell me about her summer plans to corral stuff. She is on a year-long project to rightsize her family home (with three teenagers) and to help downsize her parents from their 5-level split to a one-floor home. It’s been a heavy year of letting stuff go amid the pandemic, and she wants a break this summer. Yet she says her corralling of stuff will continue.

Her secret? Keep it SIMPLE.

While growing up on a mixed farm of cattle and grain, she was very familiar with the concept of corralling. To GATHER TOGETHER.

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Catherine BarnsleyCorralling Stuff, Corralling Sentimental Items, Summer Downsizing, downsizing in summer, Downsizing During Pandemic
CORRALLING SENTIMENTAL ITEMS
CORRALLING SENTIMENTAL ITEMS

How do you keep on downsizing and not get stuck with YOUR OWN sentimental items such as photos, letters, greeting cards, and mementos?   This question came from a client whom I will call Laurie who has read Downsizing INHERITED Sentimental Objects.

Laurie is rightsizing and organizing her own home, and at the same time is helping her parents downsize to a smaller home.

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Catherine BarnsleyCorralling Sentimental Items, Downsizing Sentimental Items, Organizing Sentimental Items to Downsize, Downsizing Seniors, Downsizing Inherited Stuff