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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

VOL. 99, NO. 6

Ellen Gillette

Frank Lloyd Wright offered up, “Space is the breath I’m going to use that exercise equipment in the of art.” So clear your closets now, not when you need summer, when my knee heals, when my daughter to downsize in ten years. Do it when the spirit moves comes to visit, when I sign up for that halfyou and you’re not feeling sentimental, when the loss marathon. is going to be filled with the energy and fresh air coming into your home. Obstacles to making progress: I don’t know Gretchen Rubin of the Happiness Project says, who will take these items, I think these are valuable, “Outer order contributes to inner but I don’t know. Someone can put calm.” I very much agree! these to good use so I don’t want I was speaking to a woman at to throw them out. an open house yesterday who told me that she was looking forward to Ways to declutter: You can selling her home and moving into a pay a professional organizer by smaller one but first she had to clear the hour, then hang out together her present home out. She’s been saying yes or no, with each item. there nearly 30 years. She carefully You can sort things yourself and clarified that she was not a hoarder, hire a hauler like Got-Junk or Nicole Bailey but had the stuff of her three grown other local sources to dump things. REAL ESTATE BROKER, kids’ childhoods and the normal A Nextdoor high schooler will LUXURY SPECIALIST, SRES detritus of life, in her basement move heavy boxes for you. The QUEEN ANNE WINDERMERE and garage. After a few questions, Big Blue Truck will take some it became clear that her “kids” had household items. You can also go their own homes on Queen Anne with a wraparound resource like and their own kids’ stuff in the basements. She assured Moving Forward. me, “They want their stuff.” HA! I still remember when I was eight-months Services near Queen Anne and Magnolia: pregnant, my dad drove a U-Haul from Seattle to San Simple and Just: Donate gently used clothing for Francisco filled to bursting with my parent’s formal resale. dining set and sideboard that I had grudgingly agreed to take, plus most of my mom’s kitchen gadgets. To Goodwill: Household items, small furniture, electrics, say the ornate Regency pieces didn’t fit in our little used clothing. duplex was an understatement. It’s a myth that your kids want your old stuff, even the antiques. The places Elizabeth Lee: Seattle Organizing Works (206) 228they are renting and the first homes they buy are often 2566 too small for your cast-offs, plus millennials don’t want extra items they can’t use or don’t have room for. Echos Estate Clean Out & hauling Services (425) 220They’re too practical. 2571 http://echosestatecleanout.com/. If you call a professional down-sizer, your kids may groan and say, “I would have helped you with that,” Moving Forward Katie Munoz: (425) 702-8761 and then be quietly relieved that you’ve taken away http://retirementdownsizing.com/. the option of reliving charged high school memories via old yearbooks and sports memorabilia. My parents Waste Management Household Hazardous Waste: moved to a sailboat from my childhood home. Before 12550 Stone Ave. N. Toxic chemicals, solvents, they sold our house my teen bedroom was largely batteries, fluorescent bulbs. intact, leaving my mother to deal with all my old junk. Looking at the items my son has in his room now, I The professionals I spoke to recommend getting realize what a burden it was for her. started. Create space for your art this spring. Have the conversation with the stakeholders, “By May 1st I’m going to call 1-800-Got-Junk to take Nicole Bailey has been selling residential real estate since these items. That gives you until April 30th of this 2004 and has worked in Northern California, Rhode year to take them.” Then keep your word. Island and Massachusetts, and for the past five years she has practiced in her hometown of Seattle with the Wall Excuses you make for not making progress: Street Group. Windermere Real Estate/Wall Street Inc. It was a gift. I will wear those items again when I (206) 310-7978 www.nicolebaileyhomes.com lose weight. I just need (X) file folders, photo boxes, Instagram @misspaperwhite Twitter @nicolebailey frames, hangers, and I’ll get everything organized. Facebook @facebook.com/NicoleBaileyRealEstate/

Queen Anne Home Sales (Low to High) Address

Bed

Bath

Sq Ft

Built

Days on Market

17 W McGraw St.

1

1

752

2017

9

2065 Gilman Dr. W

2

2.5

1,220

2013

2109 Aurora Ave N

4

2

1,870

2261 12th Ave W

3

2.5

1226 A 5th Ave N

2

3451 9th Ave W

Asking Price

Sold Price

Sold Price/ Asking Price

$545,000

$651,000

119.45%

76

$769,000

$769,000

100%

1914

62

$950,000

$800,000

84.21%

2,410

1997

41

$976,880

$940,000

96.22%

2

1,321

2018

4

$999,950

$990,000

99.0%

3

3

1,801

2017

27

$1,049,950

$1,049,950

100%

1706 Warren Ave N

3

1.75

1,595

1912

7

$850,000

$1,170,000

137.65%

1820 C 11th Ave W

3

2

1,993

2017

34

$1,239,000

$1,229,000

99.19%

 Nicole Bailey, See Page 2

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