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<p>[QUOTE="franrose, post: 946380, member: 12120"]Hello everyone, thank you for the add.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s my story! My ninety-one year old mother has just moved to assisted living, and I am working on emptying the family home to rent it out. Thankfully, there’s a large room above the garage (my late father’s office/study) which we are not renting out - so many treasured pieces of furniture and art can stay there safely for a while, while we decide who gets to be the next custodian of what. </p><p><br /></p><p>Everywhere I turn, I am finding new areas in which I have no experience - English china, handmade lace, vintage shoes, lineol animals, fountain pens, etc. so I am hoping that everyone’s expertise here will help guide my decisions as I go. I am often overwhelmed, but I am committed to understanding what everything is, so that I honor the past and preserve at least some of it for the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="franrose, post: 946380, member: 12120"]Hello everyone, thank you for the add. Here’s my story! My ninety-one year old mother has just moved to assisted living, and I am working on emptying the family home to rent it out. Thankfully, there’s a large room above the garage (my late father’s office/study) which we are not renting out - so many treasured pieces of furniture and art can stay there safely for a while, while we decide who gets to be the next custodian of what. Everywhere I turn, I am finding new areas in which I have no experience - English china, handmade lace, vintage shoes, lineol animals, fountain pens, etc. so I am hoping that everyone’s expertise here will help guide my decisions as I go. I am often overwhelmed, but I am committed to understanding what everything is, so that I honor the past and preserve at least some of it for the future.[/QUOTE]
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