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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Karen Darlow

SHOCKING: Downsizing here s how to edit cherished furnishings for a stylish new beginning - You Need To See This

Living room with cream walls taupe sofa and mushroom ottoman with striped armchairs pale stone fireplace and texture artwork.

Moving house is stressful at the best of times, but if you're downsizing and preparing for a new chapter with a more compact, easier to manage home, there are often many physical and emotional challenges involved. One of reasons people find it hard to downsize is because they struggle to find an interior design scheme that successfully blends the furnishings they can't bear to part with, alongside newer pieces bought to fit the new house design and lifestyle. 

The owners of this home in River Oaks in Houston, TX, faced exactly this situation. They downsized to the townhouse as a convenient lock-up-and-leave to allow them to spend more time in their properties in Hawaii and California. 

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