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[quote=Anonymous]My mom was an only child and lived in the same house 50 years. I moved her out last year. You just need to dissociate. Brother and I chose a few things that were meaningful, but the reality is that neither of us wanted/needed silver, china, rugs, a million faded pictures of relatives who are now unidentified (and mom doesn't know), etc.

Step 1 I got a dumpster and filled it with crap. Phone books (remember those?) from the 1980s, lots and lots of junk. 
Step 2: picked a few pieces of art, a few small mementos each, plus what I would bring to my mom's assisted living. 
step 3: Got an estate sale to take care of the rest.

Aside from a few things i put in auction (from grandparents), we didn't really get much money (about 15k for stuff that was appraised at some point for like, 150k, but the time it would take to sell each etching, each silver spoon, each vintage doll...time is money too).  There were a few regrets I realized we had some really valuable things that went for a song but to be free of the burden of stuff is priceless.

DH and I dont have a ton of stuff, as we've moved multiple times, and we dont have much that we would consider "valuable" that the kids would feel guilty about getting rid off. There are things they can keep if they want, but most of it will be given away, etc. We will try to downsize again once they are in college. [/quote]

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