#169: How Exactly Do You Downsize Your Stuff?!

Young House Love Has A Podcast

John Petersik

Homeimprovement, Decorating, Arts, Blog, Diy, Younghouselove, Petersik, Interiordesign, Doityourself, Home, House, Decor, Design

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🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As we prepare to move into a house that’s less than half the size of our current one, we’re taking a long hard look at our belongings to figure out what should come and what we no longer need, love, or have a use for. And today we’re outlining the systematic criteria that we’re using to evaluate what to bring and what to leave behind (yes, we actually have four questions that we consider for every last object). Plus we’re sharing how we’re getting rid of the things we don’t need, including different ways to donate (and some great causes to consider), along with a recent technique that we tried (and it worked!) for selling a whole lot of things in one fell swoop. We’ve also got a big update on how coronavirus has impacted our moving plans and the answer to that “whatever happened to the shutters you were putting on your house?” question that we get every time we share an exterior photo.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this week's episode is brought to you by Agility Bed.
0:04.7	And for a limited time, they're giving you 20% off everything on their site.
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0:09.8	Just go to Agility Bed.com slash YHL and enter the code Comfort20 at checkout.
0:15.1	That's Agility Bed.com slash YHL.
0:22.9	I'm John.
0:23.9	And I'm Sherry.
0:24.9	We like home stuff.
0:25.9	We like talking.
0:26.9	We like the occasional game show sound effect.
0:31.6	So welcome to YounghouseLove as a podcast, where we have deep and not so deep conversations
0:36.4	about DIY, design, and life at home.
0:39.0	Today, we're sharing how we're downsizing our stuff before our big move, including
0:42.7	how we sold lots of things in one fell swoop, plus how we're navigating moving during
0:46.9	a pandemic and whatever happened to adding shutters to our house.
0:51.9	We made it to another Monday, guys.
0:53.6	It's Monday again in case you don't know what day it is.
0:55.7	Yep.
0:56.7	And it's a weird Monday, because this was the Monday we originally were scheduled to
0:59.7	be in Florida on spring break with our kids so that they could see our new house for the
1:03.8	first time.
1:04.8	We could introduce them to the new neighborhood.
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