There are many reasons why people choose to downsize. Maintaining a larger home is a lot of work, can be costly, and requires more furniture and "stuff". Sometimes it's hard to part with those things that we lovingly purchased and collected. But if you think of it in a positive light, it can be a good thing.
When I moved from my larger home in New York to my "retirement" home (do I look retired?) on the coast of Brunswick County, North Carolina, I had only seen my house once before making an offer to purchase it. The first time I saw my new home as its new owner, I cried! I was afraid my king size bed and bedroom furniture that I loved would not fit in the master bedroom. As it was, I had put a substantial amount of furniture in storage and there was still furniture everywhere. I went to Lowes Home Improvement store and purchased a book "smaller spaces" and realized that although in New York, I had a wonderful great room that spanned the width of my home - great for company I thought - the reality was that we rarely used the entire room. So maybe moving to a smaller, cozier space would not be so bad and would actually be a more efficient use of space... Read more
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