A client recently handed me a photograph and said, "I don't know what to do with any of this." She wasn't talking about the photograph. She meant the 40 years of art, furniture, jewelry, and books filling every room of a home she'd spent a lifetime curating. This is the conversation no one prepares families for — not attorneys, not financial advisors, not even the most attentive children. The legal and financial frameworks for estate transitions are well-established. The huma

Human laziness is the self-storage industry’s best friend. It’s easy to throw things in boxes and stash them away for another day,...

My former business partner John Wind called recently with a tough assignment. “I need to empty out half my house for renovations in three...

Spring cleaning can be a ticket to unrealized income. Your art, jewelry, childhood collectibles, and antiques that’s stashed away,...

“When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones...

There’s a sad truth about good stuff. Those things you paid real money for can’t often be re-sold for a profit, or even for your original...

The Swedes call a particular kind of decluttering döstädning: dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” Death Cleaning! A term...