Originally Posted by
coopah
WE downsized and stuck my son with some family things. Once we arrived at the new destination, we wondered why we didn't just sell everything but the family pictures. It would have been less expensive to just go buy the new furniture that went together in the new home rather than trying to make the old stuff "work." WE paid to move it, then we bought new and donated the old. WE thought we had it figured out, but didn't. My sewing/craft things came and I'll never get them all finished.
DH and I have already said we will not move furniture when we move. We will save enough to buy new by not using movers. And we certainly aren't going to rent a truck and move it ourselves. We are too old for that.