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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a minimalist.  My parents and in laws were not.  My FIL lived in a 5 story townhouse for 60 years - filled to the brim with stuff.  We took a few boxes of items - some books, paintings, one small piece of furniture and my FIL's coin and stamp collection which we sold (together they went for almost 30,000, which more than paid for 1-800-Got Junk to clear out the rest of the house.)   We selected 2 decorative pieces to give to each of our kids one day.  That's it.    Same thing for my parents home - sold some stuff but most was given away to friends, extended family or Catholic Charities.  Very little that you can sell these days and my parents had very good taste - we consigned a few things but most was not selected for sale.  I miss my parents and FIL every day but never once have I thought I should not have thrown out those photos or given away the dishes or dining room set.  We kept one family photo album from each side to pass down as well as genealogy records which they both had  Don't want to burden our kids with all the rest.  It's hard, expensive and a pain to downsize.  Don't feel guilty about it - it's part of life.[/quote]

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