There is a fine line between collector and hoarder.

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19. Seems your wife has an issue.

I had a similar issue, just not as bad. When we bought our new smaller house - 4 br to 3br - no family room, our stuff just would not fit. We went from 2400 sq ft to 1900 sq ft. We had quite a bit of antique furniture, most of it in excellent to good shape and both of us had way too many clothes and we had 300 puzzles. Husband pushed me really hard to get rid of any clothes, shoes and purses I hadn't worn in a year. Well, that was quite a lot! I got rid (just my stuff) of 4 black leaf bags full of clothes, 1 of shoes and 1 of purses to a church tht provides shelter for the homeless. We sold the good stuff - sold 270 puzzles (4 for $20 then later 5 for $20 are winning prices), then found a charity that picked up the stuff they thought was good enough and the little bit remaining went out to the front as free pickings/garbage.

When we moved, we had gotten it exactly right! Hubs thought one of our chests wouldn't fit, but it fit perfectly! The only thing we had to do was get a new couch, the old one was way too big.

Good luck with your task.