Downsizing Your Home?
As a Boomer, one of these days you might face an inevitable event: downsizing. Will it be depressing? No, if from the get-go there are positive thoughts connected with the decision and it’s done at a good time–like when all the signs point to leaving the big house.
Because it’s liberating when family members clear out high school keepsakes and memorabilia and that ugly college futon that even your adult children refuse to sleep on.
Freedom from clutter and the lightness and openness of the space you eventually occupy (no matter what size it is ) can be delightful.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote:
The bare beauty of the channeled whelk tells me that one answer, and perhaps a first step, is in simplification of life, in cutting out some of the distractions…I must find a balance somewhere, or an alternating rhythm…
What to Consider Before you Downsize Your Home
Consider: it’s good to be ahead of the game. What if a health issue arises that limits movement or requires hospitalization. Then this major life-project is either indefinitely postponed or put in the hands of someone else.
We begged my 90-year-old aunt to move when she was relatively healthily; predictably, she said no. After a broken hip, the cleaning and downsizing was a painful event–all she could do was agree as I asked “Should we give this away?” “Should we throw this away?” Her life! And I had to dispose of it.
Four Downsizing Facts to Consider
4. Once you have found that new home, make a floor plan or template, whether it’s one room or something larger.
Have your measurements indicate placement of doors, windows, appliances, built-in shelves, linen storage, heater vents, etc. This will allow you to know exactly the space you will have for furniture placement.
Continue reading this post on Beth Havey’s blog, Boomer Highway
Les Raff
Friday 11th of September 2015
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