how to have an estate sale

I am on my way to the midwest for one last visit to my grandparent's house, a place where I spent a lot of time all through my life. It has always been what I consider to be my home, and this is a really hard thing to do. I've been putting it off, but there's no more time left because now we are going to be selling it. So whatever I do not take will be sold in an estate sale. I've been looking online for information about this process, and there is surprisingly little about what to do when a relative dies and you are left to take care of their home. To make matters more complicated, I live in New York, and my grandparent's home is in Rock Island, Illinois. So, I am going to fill up a 'POD' with whatever fits, and have that shipped to a storage facility here in NYC. I will do my best to be prudent, but it's very easy to let one's emotions to take over. My grandmother saved everything, in fact, she was a very organized hoarder. It must be genetic because I definitely have hoarding tendencies. I'll be thinking a lot about my attachment to things this week and trying to take less than I might want to. I mean, it's not like I can't get more stuff in the future if I want to . Afterall, there's always ebay, right?

XO

Emily

Comments

[Anne-Marie]

Yes, there's always ebay. I think keeping some of your grnadmothers treasures is perfectly justified. It sounds like she would be happy to know you were cherishing them for her :)

[Victoria]

I understand so completely! I am a hoarder, organized at it and careful to select, but there are things they are attached to my heartstrings, like these special things my grandma kept and it connects me with her! So there must be things you could never possibly let go of.
I regret deeply that I was far away when my grandma passed away and the children and grandkids around threw out many things I would at least have seen one last time.
But circumstances are different and I am sure you know what you are doing! There are so many ways to keep memories alive.
I have a treasure box in the attic, which gets filled with things I want to keep but do not want to display!
Good luck!