Taking the Stress Out of Downsizing
By Jan Britt
Moving from a larger home to a smaller home can be extremely stressful. It can be quite an adjustment to downsize your home and leave your neighbors and neighborhood. You may wonder what you are going to do with all of the extra furnishings you have in your current home because they won't all fit into the new house.
Before you start looking for a new place to live, make a plan of action. Being prepared in advance can help you reduce the stress level both before and after the move. One way to avoid costly mistakes both financially and emotionally is to hire an interior decorator to help you. I can bring a fresh perspective to help guide you to make the right decisions and the right furniture selections for your new home. Usually, you will try to bring as much of your current furniture as possible. Only you can determine the most important items you have in your home. You may be emotionally attached to some of your furniture or accessories. Sometimes you feel you must use a piece of furniture or other item because you invested so much money into it.
When you downsize, usually the rooms you have in the new house will be smaller than the rooms you live in right now. Go through your house room by room and write down what furniture, area rugs, artwork, and chandeliers must be included in the new house. Write down the measurements of how long and wide each important piece of furniture, area rug, artwork, or pictures are in size. After you find a house and neighborhood that you think might fit your family's needs, start measuring to see if the important pieces of furniture will fit. You can make a paper template of each item and take it with you to place on the floor in the new location to make sure it will fit.
There are many important factors and decisions to be made concerning the requirements your family will have in order to select your new home. Each family's specific needs may include some of these examples:
Proximity to family, church, and work, distance between houses, traffic, road noise, schools, children in the neighborhood, safety, furniture placement, outdoor entertaining capabilities, important stores and businesses, grocery stores and shopping conveniences, activities, amenities, convenient golf course, power lines, doctors, drug stores, landscapers, housekeepers, custom made window treatments, private fence in the backyard, and convenient storage units in the area.
When you find the right house and location for your family, it can be a wonderful and positive experience. When you move you can make new friends and have new opportunities to improve your lifestyle!
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Kennesaw,GA
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Sincerely,
Jan Britt
Jan Britt Interiors
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