Forced Move-Happy Ending
 

We live in Phoenix in a cute little rental house for 5 1/2 years. We received a phone call from our property manager that the house was sold. He or I did not even know it was on the market. A former tenant contacted the owners and they sold it to him. No one even walked through it. We had to be out in 5 weeks.

Sheer panic set in to find a place and get moved in that short time. We have a local internet type chat line called Nextdoor. We found a house right up the street from us that was move in ready. We had to jump through hoops with this management company but have a great credit rating and are ideal tenants. This house is a bit more in rent but much nicer with covered parking. That is great in Phoenix. Cars can turn into an oven.

My husband decided he wanted the good sized second bedroom for a TV/den. I had my HQ16 set up in our living room and it was noisy. This meant that I could have the HUGE living room for all my quilting stuff. Everything could be in one room.

My previous sewing room was 8 x 8 but had a good sized closet for all my fabric. We put shelves in it. I was shocked at how much fabric I own. Most of it is given to me as I am a charity quilter. It is now going to live in bookcases in the big room. I purged some and it is going to other charity quilters.

When you move you are forced to touch everything you own. We donated stuff left and right. The end result will be a wonderful new place for us. I will get pics of my sewing Studio---it is big enough to call it that now.

Glad it is working out well for you.

I am still amazed at how much stuff can be pulled out of one drawer or one closet!

Sounds like a great move for both you and your DH. Moving does require some serious reflection about what we have acquired. Enjoy your new everything is one room studio.

Glad your story had a happy ending. It's a good thing to weed out stuff periodically, even though you had no choice!

Sounds like this is a wonderful move for you! Congrats on your new quilting 'studio'. See, sometimes when we think something that happens will be bad, it works out for the best!! Very best wishes for y'all and your new home!

WHoa! Five weeks?? Was that short turn-around time even in your lease agreement? I guess it is 30 days in most cases, but still, if I had good tenants, I would certainly try to give them more time to find a new place and move out.

Glad you found a great alternative--even better than what you had. Sometimes I think I should be given a deadline for dealing with our 31.5 years of accumulated crap. We are looking to move in 2.5-3 years when hubby retires. It might take all of that just to purge the garage. HA!

I admire your positive attitude through all this. A move does require re-evaluation and re-alignment of our daily life. Good luck to you and your family.

You have a great attitude about the move, Glad it all worked out for you and DH---win---win! Congrats on your new sewing space too.

Wow, talk about stress? So happy it all worked out and you get a great sewing studio! You have a wonderful attitude.