Downsizer's guide: How to get rid of 60% of your belongings

You’re moving to an apartment. What on earth are you going to do with decades’ worth of belongings? It can seem like an insurmountable task.

The average downsizer only keeps one-third of their belongings, says Katie Tomasi Edwards, co-owner of MJT Property Styling, and an apartment dweller herself.

When you’re staring down the barrel of downsizing, it will feel like a big job, especially if you have been in the same property for many years, she says.

The first thing to do is take an inventory of all of your belongings.

“Ask yourself: ‘if everything I owned was lost in a fire what would I replace?’” says Edwards.

That will help you take stock of the things that are important to you, as well as the items that you could live without.