Often, the most difficult decisions are those that must be made during a time of crisis. Downsizing, clearing clutter, getting organized, simplifying, whatever you call it, it's easier to do when broken down into manageable tasks.
You only have one chance to make a good first impression and this is especially true when selling your house!
So you've decided to move and you're ready to take steps to simplify your stuff!
English textile designer and writer, William Morris had it right… “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”.
Guest blog by Dan Kershaw, Executive Director, Furniture Bank
Navigating major life changes can be exciting, but more often than not, stressful also.
Do you enjoy decorating your home for the holidays?
If you love setting out holiday decorations but hate putting them away, check out our EIGHT tips for creating a holiday storage system that works:
Throughout the year, there are lots of reasons to celebrate with family and friends and, it seems, most of these celebrations include gifts!
No matter where you live, it seems you’re always bringing stuff into your home. The upcoming holiday season always seems to bring new things into your house!
We learn life lessons from everything we do!
As we prepared to sell our family cottage, there were a lot of lessons to be learned. Here are SEVEN of them:
Karen Shinn and Gail Shields first talked about how they could work together at a conference for Professional Organizers in Canada (what a surprise!).
When you have lived in the same house for 20, 30, 40, 50 or more years, planning your move is a HUGE project.
These days, we know you are even more concerned about your family's health and safety.
Our DIVA COMMITMENT TO WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY outlines our unique operating protocols, based on WHO and Health Canada guidelines. As the situation changes, we will continue to update these protocols to keep everyone safe, prevent workplace exposure and decrease the spread of the virus.
Since 2001, we have been helping older adults downsize, organize, move and clear estates. TODAY, with stringent health and safety protocols in place, our entire team remains committed to being there for our clients, our team members and our communities.
Working with SAFETY, care, compassion and comedy,
Downsizing Diva is YOUR senior move management partner!
