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Sep, 2012

Senior Downsizing: The Best Case Senario

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

Senior downsizing is best done early. Moving when you want to not when you have to is always the best case scenario. Why, because moving while you are still in charge, helps your well being in many ways. You can direct where you want to go, take the things you treasure with you and decide where the rest will go. Waiting too long can have dreadful consequences. A Senior Downsizing: Noreen Take Noreen, she had broken her hip and was convalescing but couldn’t regain her good health. She decided to […]

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Aug, 2012

What About That Crawl Space

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

What crawl space you say? I have a basement! Whatever space you have that you use to put stuff in you are not using at the present time. That is what I am talking about. Every time I have to go down to the lower level of a home whether it be by a full staircase or a ladder type staircase I am in awe what people keep there. “I thought I might need it someday”, is what I hear when I begin to bring things out of the darkness. […]

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Aug, 2012

Gentle Beginnings When Helping Seniors Downsize

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You know that feeling you get when you have to tackle a big project and aren’t sure where to begin? Imagine it; only now imagine your joints and muscles don’t move like they used to. Your vision is less sharp. Perhaps you even are in physical pain when you move around too much. You have some unspoken anxieties about aging. Oh, and imagine those feelings magnified tenfold. This is the feeling many aging parents have when their children approach them with the suggestion, “It is time to go through your […]

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Jul, 2012

Red Means No Green Means Go

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Red Means NO and Green Means GO When downsizing into a smaller living space you must decide what to keep, what to give away and what to throw away. One strategy that I often employ with clients is a color-coding system. This process gives you a wonderful visual as you look around your current space as to the things that are coming and going. Using color-coded post it notes helps you to see clearly just what furniture is going and what can not go. Begin with green post-its for Go […]

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Jun, 2012

Pictures Pictures Pictures

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

Pictures bring out wonderful memories of times gone by. However, an accumulation of pictures can hold memories of 3 generations maybe more! So, what should you do with boxes of photos, albums, slides ad scrapbooks when you begin to downsize and have limited space? And what about your framed pictures? These precious memories must be handled with great care and respect. When you first receive a beautiful framed picture of your children or grandchildren you happily display it. It gives so much pleasure. As the years go by and that […]

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Mar, 2011

A Yard Sale? Seriously…

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Garage sales can be pretty unremarkable, but several years ago I went to a garage sale that shifted my perspective. While on my way home I spotted a yard sale sign not too far from our house. I convinced my husband to come take a look with me. As we approached, I could tell this was no ordinary yard sale. The large, fenced yard was packed with stuff. 50 years’ worth of stuff. The owners of the house came out to greet us. They were elderly and bone-weary. As we […]