b.zang, I'm so very sorry for your loss, i cannot imagine how hard things must be for you! I will second the recommendation for an estate company, it would be well worth it!
I will say that the world has changed and younger people (my children for example) live very different lives than my grandparents, parents, and even me. they plan on changing jobs more often because sadly it's often the only way to get a meaningful salary increase and as a result, buying a home, heavy wooden furniture, books, lots of things, those are more of a burden than they are to many of us. it's just more stuff to carry from place to place.
my grandparents on both sides bought their first home very young and lived there for 50+ years, worked at the same job for decades with good benefits. their great grandchildren live very different lives. my sweet MIL is moving for only the second time in her adult life and none of her high quality, heavy, well made wood furniture is useful to any of her grandkids, it's very sad. it's going to the thrift stores
