Keep
- Items used regularly
- Furniture that fits the new floor plan
- Essential documents
- Favorite clothing
- A limited selection of meaningful keepsakes
Offer to family
- Heirlooms
- Photographs and albums
- Family furniture
- Collections
- Holiday items
Donate or sell
- Usable duplicate furniture
- Extra kitchenware
- Books and décor
- Tools and hobby supplies
- Seasonal clothing
Discard safely
- Broken items
- Expired food and medication
- Old chemicals and paint
- Sensitive papers for shredding
- Unsafe electrical items
Important: Keep medications, legal documents, identification, jewelry, cash, and irreplaceable valuables with the family. Do not place them in the moving truck.