Home Downsizing Explorer Gifts

"Hell! This house is getting too big for us."

"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."

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.

"The smart toaster is down, and it took our wifi, security cameras, and entertainment systems with it."

"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."

"Not to mention the park view."

Yard Sale

'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.'

'Money is a bit tight at the moment, so instead of cash we wondered whether you'd settle for 20% more meaningless protestations of how much we value you?'

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

"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."

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

'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.'

"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."

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

"All my stuff is 'Rosebud'."

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

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

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

Categories are the key to organizing.

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