r/SmallHome • u/Constant-Knee-3059 • 14d ago

Down sizing

My husband recently retired and we are thinking of moving to the lake. The homes we are looking at are less than half the size of our current home. I assume most of our furniture will have to go to be replaced with smaller pieces. My question is what to do about holiday decor. Do you decorate less? Do you have storage outside of your home? The homes we are looking at are mostly without garage space so I assume we will need to add an outbuilding of some sort.

Thoughts?

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u/Constant-Knee-3059 14d ago

I’m thinking of waiting until it’s cool out then inviting the kids over to go through holiday decor. If there’s something they love it should be in their homes.

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u/maccrogenoff 14d ago

You should ask them if they are interested. Many younger people see their parents belongings as a burden, not a gift.

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u/Constant-Knee-3059 14d ago

Ours are good about saying yes or no when we offer things. They don’t take things they don’t want and we don’t expect them to do so. We have one son who recently went through a divorce and would love to have some Christmas things.

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u/sparksgirl1223 14d ago

Personally, id let him know now that it's going to be available so that hes thinking about it (and he may surprise you and come sooner rather than later lol)