Re-Creating Home: Downsizing and De-Cluttering After 50

Welcome to the future! The kids are gone… All of a sudden you are a family of one or two, rattling around in a house that is bigger than you need or have the energy and desire to maintain. This scenario is the change that prompts many of us to rethink our housing choices.

Take charge of the clutter in your life with Re-Creating Home: Downsizing and De-Cluttering After 50.

This easy-to-read guide, written by Fran Scoville and Holley Ulbrich, presents the obstacles—and solutions—to living at home in the later years.

In the face of retirement, financial changes, health concerns, or simply the desire to reduce the amount of “stuff” they have, many people over the age of fifty are ready to make the change.

But is it better to downsize to a smaller home or simply clear out the current one? How do you decide what to get rid of and what to keep?

Explore these questions and more with Re-Creating Home: Downsizing and De-Cluttering After 50. This working guide helps you evaluate the need for, and transition to, a more simplified lifestyle.

Fran Scoville earned a BS and MS in home economics from Winthrop University. As a Realtor for almost twenty years, she was a certified residential specialist, a senior real estate specialist, and an accredited staging professional. She currently teaches classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Clemson University and Furman University.

Scoville lives with her husband in Greenville, South Carolina.

Holley Ulbrich is a retired professor of economics. She has authored fifteen books, including one on personal finance. Ulbrich currently teaches classes for adults on topics such as ethics, religion, economics, and government.