Originally Posted by
ragamuffin
I feel exactly opposite from most of you. I am 77 and I plan to live till 95. Why can't I enjoy my Mother's beautiful dishes and my fabric till I am gone. My kids feel I should get rid of everything so they don't have to do it. I want to move to a larger home so I can have a room to quilt or paint when I want to, then walk out and close the door so the items will be right where I left them. I love cherry furniture and I have antique family pieces, and I do not want to get rid of any of it. I love to work with wood and have my own wood shop out back. I plan to have another one if I move. I guess all of us have choices but I do not plan to get rid of mine. I cleaned and polished that furniture for over 56 married years and I am not ready yet. Maybe I will live to be 105, who knows.
I don't think there is a right or wrong way. Your way suits you just fine. You can manage, you are not overwhelmed with your dishes, furniture and fabric, can take care of them, etc. So that's what you should do. I am not a stash person. All that a lovely fabric can live in various quilt shops til I need it. We purged by desire when we moved from a smaller house to a bigger one. Yes, we go in reverse. There were a lot of things we didn't want anymore. Never miss them. Everyone has a different way to approach these things.