I sold my large second home in the Upper Valley last summer and needed a lot of help to empty it out and find good homes for as many things as possible.   Patty and I worked together over a period of several months.  Initially, she helped me make a plan and think about how to categorize belongings into various groups, i.e., things to keep, give away, donate, sell, and trash.  Then we tackled each category – family and friends got to pick what they wanted first – Patty astutely suggested that I display things on the kitchen counters so that when friends came to visit, they could easily “shop” for items they might like without having to dig through cabinets and drawers. Patty also interacted with a variety of wonderful charitable organizations that accepted donations, knowing which organization would take sheets and which preferred dishes or books, and she carted those off herself, making me feel good that my discarded belongings would benefit others while sparing me the effort of making the arrangements.  She also connected me with a local online auction house that took a large number of art, craft and furniture items for sale.   In the end, I was left only with the things that I and my adult children were keeping – and then Patty facilitated my move by arranging a careful system of colored stickers to identify what was going where.

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Moving is always a difficult and emotionally taxing process, but in this case, Patty’s unending good humor and patience, as well as her substantial organizational skills, insights and reliability, made the process as painless as it possibly could have been.  If you have any sort of organizational project that seems overwhelming, Patty will make it much easier!

Monica N.