A couple of years ago, for health reasons, I had to move from my home of 40 + years to the farm with my DD. I first let the kids & grandkids take what the wanted from the house. I could only bring 1 room of furniture & she had another room set up as a sewing/quilting room. The things the kids didn't want I sorted into what I was donating & what I was throwing away. I gave away the biggest part of my "stash" - there was no way I would live long enough to use it all, anyway. I kept the house & let one of my granddaughters move into it, so I was able to keep some of the things I couldn't bear to part with, but didn't have room here for. I just stored it in plastic "totes in the garage. It is hard to part with things that you have lived with & loved for all those years - just keep telling yourself - "it's only things". I know that most of the things I left in the garage will one day be tossed or donated, but I asked the kids to just wait until I was "gone" before getting rid of the rest that they don't want. When it came right down to it, I was really surprised at what everyone wanted. Not the things that I considered "valuable" at all.