Tips For Downsizing To A Smaller Home

Tips For Downsizing To A Smaller Home – Are you looking to downsize your home? Maybe the kids are moved away, you just don’t want this big house anymore, or maybe you want a maintenance free living environment. Either way, when you downsize your space you most likely need to get rid of some of your things, right? Here are a few tips to help you downsize into a smaller home…

Assess The Situation

Before you start tossing and selling off your belongings, look at your new space and see what you want to keep. Let’s sort it into different piles such as; Must Keep, Possibly Keep, Toss/Donate. This will help you prepare yourself for the items you do need to let go of before the time comes.

Toss or Donate First

Once you know what you are tossing or donating, let’s get rid of it first. Since these items are not going with you to the new home go ahead and hold a garage sale, donate it, or toss it. Whatever you want to do with these items, let’s do this first so you can have a better assessment on what’s going with you to the new home.

Start Planning

Now that your home is only full of items that are going with you to the new home, start planning on what you will do with them when you move in. Do you need to buy new organizing elements or storage containers? What items are going in which rooms? Once you know where your items are going as well as how you will get organized once you move, this will make your move go a lot smoother as well.

Parting with your belongings and downsizing can be emotional and hard to do. Follow these steps and hopefully it will be easier for you when the time comes!