Carole I can really recommend minimalism. For years we had a rumpus room filled to the brim with stuff we didn't look. The sense of release we had when we got rid of it was overwhelmingly good. I will never go back to accumulating. We have everything we need, in a much smaller house, and more importantly, I know where everything is...not counting the things my poor daughter is minding for us!! But truly that is not much. Just some winter clothes.