Author: Marni Jameson Special to The Gazette
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At Home: Eight items to discard during a move
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Moving is the ultimate truth test. As I pack up the house my husband and I have lived in for eight years, box towers line the halls, packed and stacked like big-city skylines. Each room…
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Walking the rightsizing walk: Hunting for a house | At Home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Now that my husband and I had sold the Happier Yellow House to the first buyer who saw it, we were quite suddenly, technically, homeless. Yeep! My head was literally spinning. I need to sit…
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At home: Walking the rightsizing walk: Yikes! Our house sold.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I should know by now, if you venture into an exploratory hypothetical conversation with a real estate broker, you might as well start packing. One casual conversation with a broker friend started the house hurricane.…
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At Home: What to do with beloved stuff?
I get lots of emails from readers asking for advice on home design and improvements, organizing and moving, but the topic that dominates my inbox is exactly how (not whether) to get rid of stuff we value, which, to be clear, is not the same as valuable stuff. Here are two recent emails addressing this…
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At Home: An ending, a beginning, a few parting thoughts
Dear reader, A new year is not only a time to recommit to exercise more, lose weight and, yes, declutter our homes, but it is also a time of personal reflection, which I have been doing a lot lately. After nearly 21 years of writing this weekly column, and much soul searching, I have decided…
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Fur patrol: 7 ways to bust pet fuzz at home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Do you have a cat?” a colleague asks me during a business meeting. “No, why?” We both look down at my black pants, which are covered in blond fur. “A dog,” I say, smiling meekly,…