Downscaling Gifts

"How would you feel about a little place in the city, just to get away from all the hunting and gathering?"

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

Let's get organized

"It looks like our house got sick and threw up the attic."

Do you mind if we stop calling this a "starter house" now?

Second hand furniture.

"My online account predicts the things I should own, then buys them with my credit card. It�s very convenient, but I do now need to move to a larger house."

Yardless: Please help

It was getting worse. Bob's power suit kept wanting more and more, whereas Bob just wanted out.

A man is living in small box apartment trying to read a book, but is surrounded by people engaging in noisy activities.

"In the current market, it's just more practical."

'I found the home maintenance manual in the attic. I think it's got mildew.'

"I see the downsizing continues."

Yard Sale

"Not to mention the park view."

'I thought people were quite receptive to the change seminar.'

Estate Sale! All the stuff my kids said they don't want to inherit.

'I've misplaced everything.'

"We cancelled Netfix for this?"

"The house doesn't seem big because the kids are gone - it seems big because we've shrunk so much."

"I'm thinking of leaving these crowded condos and going to a place that's been deserted for years...the mall."

'My old Nehru suit! And in a pocket there's still a bottle of aftershave lotion from the glove box of my '55 Nash Rambler.'

"There's lots of things in my life I absolutely needed to put in, and now there's lots of things in my life I absolutely need to get out."

'That was when I closed five distribution centres, mothballed a factory and sacked 3,000 workers.'

"Our smart home must know how must clutter we have, because it took it upon itself to rent a dumpster."

"We settled into the one-level after our hips got bad."

"I remembered that time you said you wished you had a biographer."

"Life isn't fair, and that's what makes it fun."

"Try not to think of it as a box, but rather as an environmentally neutral, biodegradable, single person unit of accommodation!"

"All my stuff is 'Rosebud'."

"Things are getting really bad around here. Phil, the office plant, was just let go."

For the musician strapped for space...the Murphy piano.

"It's a terrific space, Tony—but do you think the TV will fit?"

'I'm getting rid of a lot of crap as move into the next phase of my life...'