We had to empty 65 yrs of marriage collection from my In-Laws. Lovely stuff, but when we called an auctioneer who informed us that antique furniture is often referred to as ‘brown turds’ by people trying to sell them. Young people aren’t interested, and older ones already have plenty.

A friend of mine paid to have old furniture shipped across the country THREE times. She was sure her son would want them some day. He didn’t.

I buy what I like not what I think will sell. I collect real antiques and you’re wrong about oriental rugs. Sorry dear. A good Persian rug will outlast your life. I have a little apartment with antiques and paintings and Russian icons. I have no chockies either. I’m not a minimalist. And I worked in the antiques field for years. You’re just wrong.

So I should get rid of family photos of ancestors up to 160 years old as my family does not want them? Also, I should get rid of the research my grandmother spent years researching on her family back to the 1680s immigrants because the younger members are not interested? The young ones want furniture made from saw dust rather than solid wood. I should toss my mothers china made in America because the young one wants dishes made in Asia that are basically not worth the price. The young do not know what quality is. No wonder civilization is on the verge of collapse.

rofl so the ugly sucker is on a sticky mat..put it outside??? how is it gonna get off the sticky !mat!!??? good grief!

I really hope these types of stores expand to every major city.

How about ask around instead of assuming either nobody wants my old stuff or my treasures will be valued heirlooms.

I'm almost 70 and downsizing. Just threw out several photo albums of photos from my youth. It hurt but my kids don't want them and I get it. Stop acquiring stuff people!!

Old photo albums should be well labeled.

Another way to frame to issue: all those things we have spent a lifetime accumulating may take another lifetime of someone's time to rehome. When you pass on, your heirs will not be able to spend a couple of years finding the highest price buyers. Certain quality items may find ready buyers, all the rest will need super low prices or donations (or the dumpster!). What happens in most houses where a person has lived for decades is that all the nooks and crannies get filled up and there is way more stuff than anyone expects. Maybe you are guilty of storing things underneath or behind your sofa(s) - and have closets at the bursting point, and so on throughout your house. I have been steadily thinning out storage spaces, closets, and especially my garage for several years - and I still have a house full it seems! It is very agonizing and stressful for your family to honor your memory while distributing and selling off your estate. Be a nice senior and get the job started while you can take some of that burden away from your heirs. Best wishes.

I recently moved from my home of almost 40 years; a 100 year old colonial with much of the original woodwork. I had loved buying (dark) period pieces to fill it over the years. My 'new' home, however, is a 'cabin in the woods'. I dreaded the thought of getting rid of my furniture - but knew there was no way mahogany would look good in "1980s cheap rustic". But, at my age, frankly, I just didn't care how bizarre it was going to look. Lol! And was delighted when I calculated that none of my cherished pieces had to find a new home or be tossed. Even more delightful: they actually look pretty good in my new house! I never would have imagined. :-)

I donate or give away…

I think a lot of people are just living in smaller spaces. The middle class doesn’t have the big farmhouse and property their grandparents had.

Donate any old yearbooks to Ancestry.com. I did. All 4 from my high school years. '72-'75. I have a friend I've known since '69 7th grade and she keeps everything. So if I hear of a death of a classmate, I can check with her to refresh my memory.

All true.i started do all this at 62.my son just wants money if there us any left

I supplemented our five kids first on their own- homes with the extra furniture, kitchen ware, linens and window treatments. Worked well for me, I just gave it away, if kids didn’t want it, I donated. I cleared so much “useful stuff “ .

My only sibling who was my older brother and myself needed to empty our mother’s home after she fell and went into a nursing facility. She was 90 years old, blind and cracked her pelvis when she fell. My brother and I had encouraged her more than once to enter into assisted living but she refused. We also advised her to put the house into our names so it wouldn’t be a forced sale if this type of occurrence happened. We attempted everything her doctor suggested but ran into roadblocks. I was 59 when she fell and had a 3 disc lumbar fusion on the very day she did fall. This left my brother who was still working full time to care for her and get her into a nursing facility. Neither of us were in a position to stop working and I was recovering from a major spinal surgery. But, our mother’s home would need to be sold now to supplement the cost since she did have some savings and long term care insurance. It was extremely difficult for brother and myself to go through everything and get rid of it. The furniture is the easy part but the rest is not and she saved everything. Some things we kept which I knew she would want but some we didn’t. The grandkids were able to take what they wanted. She eventually was forced into Medicaid. These decisions are not easy for anyone. I have already given special items such as jewelry, china, silver, etc. that I won’t be using again to my kids. I’m 73 now and live in a small apartment. Now I am downsizing even more. My kids wanted their photos and as I go through more I will make decisions. What might be an important memory for me might not be for anyone else. Someone suggested taking pictures of the items that were important rather than keeping the item and I thought that was a good idea for some things.

Pianos... selling for nearly nothing or being given away. As a musician, I always wanted a baby grand. A couple of years ago, I purchased a gorgeous 5 ft maple baby grand that is about 90 years old that was in 8/10 condition. Buying a new one of comparable quality would cost $15k+- plus, you'd never get the construction materials in this instrument (ivory keys, old growth timber.) I bought it for $1000, and paid half that much again to have it moved. I dubbed her "Mabel" and she occupies a place of honor in my home. But spinets and uprights? You could pick them up free all day, every day.

There are ways to prevent some things from going to the landfill. Seek out furniture flippers- they love remaking out-of-style furniture because it’s cheap or free. Cut hole-y clothes, etc., into quilt blocks ( avoiding the holes) and donate marked as such. There are local crafters that often use parts of out-of-style items to update them or make new crafts. Help that Elderly person set a room full of things for crafter/flippers to come and get and set supervised times for the visitor-shoppers so that Granny is never in danger. Mechanics have to buy rags- things that don’t sell or walk out the door can be cut into rags. Some people make beautiful bird feeders and bird baths out of old plates- thin china plates are very easy to glue together with an E-6000 type of glue. Prevention of so much stuff accumulating is best but 🌳Please 🌲Try 🌵folks to find ways to help the earth 🌎 before dumping more into it.

If you have old pictures I recommend seeing if your local historical society might want them...

Since I want to get rid of all my books, I recently came across a site called Book Sale Finder and found the page for my state. Many towns' "Friends of the Library" hold book sales during the year and this site lists them for you.

Lose the background music. Annoying

Pianos are unwanted too.

I just went thru my mom’s aunt’s photo album from the 1930’s and 40’s. I took out about a dozen pictures of people I know in them and wrote on the back who they are. But the rest, I got rid of. I’m 58, and starting my declutter process already

I just went thru my mom’s aunt’s photo album from the 1930’s and 40’s. I took out about a dozen pictures of people I know in them and wrote on the back who they are. But the rest, I got rid of. I’m 58, and starting my declutter process already

I have my fathers stamp collection....something I specifically requested. I remember looking at them when I was little and it makes me feel closer to him. I realize they are worth nothing to anyone else. I have some vintage jewelry and about a dozen Beatrix Potter Beswick which I love and have only for me. I have no living family to leave anything to so I don't collect with that in mind. I don't have anything to excess but what I have I enjoy immensely. It kind of makes me sad when people get rid of everything sort of virtue seeking. My things tie me to my past.

My neighbors husband was a collector of anything and held onto it "just in case". He passed away last year and she has been on a tare. She ordered a dumpster and started tossing. Donation truck were pulling up weekly. She is now down to a sofa , chair and an end table in her living room, a small table and chairs in her kitchen (dining room is empty), a bed, bureau and night stand in her bedroom. She kept minimal supplies in her kitchen and cleared out tons of old documents that weren't necessary to keep. She has very little and said she's never felt so free. She's grateful to be out from under the burden of stuff. Not just the younger generation wants less stuff. Many senior adults feel the same way and regret the money they wasted on things they really didn't need.

Good information, but the background music was wayyyyy too loud.

If nobody wants them? Who would you give/gift them to??😮😅😂😅. Your generation? Just what is your age?😮😊

Music distracting. Trying to focus on the words.

Sex specific

anybody out there needing to get rid of their dad's baseball card collection before listing the house, feel free to send them to me. I'll take good care of them.

Try giving stuff away for free. Craigslist has a "free" category under the 'For Sale' heading.

Tips are ok, but they are overshadowed by your pick and loudness of your music.

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How condescending and non-empathetic you are/were in your cheesy video! It's non of your business on what people have or want to "get rid of" to make things convenient for YOU and other greedy realtors. I agree with another commenter on here, you (the realtor) just don't want to be bothered and slowed down and just want to make a "fast sale" for yourself. BTW, when you said "my generation" wouldn't want the/that stuff, I about spit my coffee out-- because I honestly thought your were at least 80 years-old! So this video is 4 to 5 years old you must be 84 to 85 now?

Young people today are more transient and don't want to move a bunch of heavy things around every couple of years. Also minimalism has caught on with a lot of people. I'm 58 and have embraced having less of some things.

Not all but key family ancestor photos should be saved. Identify them all now while someone still remembers who they were! If no one in the immediate family wants them, (they're out of the will) look outward to cousins in other parts of the country or the world. Start on it now so it isn't a huge job when everything "has to go". Everything else, talk with family and friends now and start a list of who wants what and make sure it's easy to find.

Scan pictures to the cloud save till you die

I was going through a bin of things that my mother sent me today. I noticed the only things that I wanted to keep our things that were associated with a happy memory for me. That being the case, I think the only things of their parents that kids want to keep our things that are associated with happy memories for them. I think we care more about happy memories and less about monetary worth.

I'd be happy to swing by and pick up all your Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio stuff!!

So they eat bedbugs. That's nice. But I don't want them in my bed. I rather sleep with my bedbugs.

I could care less if you don’t want my stuff you just want an easy sale

You are limited.

1:17 Those are some seriously creepy dolls. I definitely would not want those.

No one is going to want my parents' ashes. What will become of them?

My son just ask for that dark old furniture you talk, all heavy rosewood old n beautiful till today, also my daughter ask for paintings n lithographs, including some paintings with no market value. They both ask for some figurines too. Nobody ask for the books, you right about that, but one single book n occult philosophy’s is worth more the five thousand, I’m sure someone will wanted. I hope they don’t change their mind.😊

No one wants stamp collections

You have these, it means you're dirty. They eat what's eating your messes.

DO NOT just throw out family photographs. If you don't have a family archivist to give them to then have them digitized before disposing of them. Try giving the collection to a local history group or museum. Even if you don't have time to label everything a family historian can still piece together who's who with reasonable accuracy. Turfing a couple of suitcases full of old black and white photographs because "nobody's interested in that old junk" will risk you becoming the stuff of family legend, that crazy aunt who...