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Ten Steps to an Easier Move
Don’t procrastinate! Do a little every day and ask for help along the way. Take time to eat, drink water, and get your rest. We’ve seen...

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Sorting and Selling Tips for Seniors
Sorting Today’s seniors are the greatest generation ever to downsize, so the market can be flooded with items for sale! We have learned...

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Responsibility
As I have helped people with their moves, downsizing and estate clean outs I often ponder the role “stuff” has in our lives. We buy...

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Resourceful Gift Giving
It's the holiday season and Christmas gift giving is just around the corner! I'd like to offer some solutions for you to downsize while...

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Really Helping Mom and Dad with their Move
In the many years we have helped people move and downsize we have a seen a variety of family dynamics. Thus, this article has been...
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Should You Move Your Parents?
Designing Moves LLC is receiving more calls from children out of state with parents here in Iowa than ever before. There is a trend to...
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Memory Care Move
It is the lightest and hardest move of all, especially for clients we have moved before. Creating yet a smaller nest with favorite...
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Importance of a Picture
I love the thrill of hanging a client’s artwork in their new home. Seeing a smile on their face and hearing “It looks like home now” is...
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Help! I Need to Clean out Mom’s House...
…..and I live out of state! This scenario is becoming more common with a growing trend of older adults who have lived in their homes for...
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Handling Seasons of Uncertainty
It seems that this long and very cold winter has brought on a season of uncertainty in my own life as well as in the lives of our...
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Everybody’s Fine
I recently watched “Everybody’s Fine” with Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore. It was a movie about the “kids” not coming home for the...
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Dismantling the Nest
My thoughts on the emotional impact of senior moves. After settling Mr. and Mrs. Jones into their new home, we made our way back to their...
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