Boy oh boy do I hear that! The good news is that you have no deadline to get your lives merged.
Go slow - some things will merge naturally (additional books you have by the same author that fings's collection may be missing), some thing will be obvious items to get rid of (duplicate books - keep the nicer/signed/gifted copy) and then some things you may want to keep in storage until the time is right for them. I knew someone who rotated her decorative pieces every few months so everything was out & enjoyed at some point during the year. I liked that idea but I am wayyy too lazy to even schlepp out Xmas decorations half the time.
Hubby & I had this problem - his horror/death decorating theme didn't appear to merge well with my fairy/nature/serenity theme but some individual pieces did work well together. And we had the problem of moving into my Mom's home so we were fitting our things in with hers... by the time we moved out, it was really "our" home & "our" stuff.
Plus - you will also have an opprtunity to get rid of the things you don't really want to keep! eBay or yard sale, gifts to people who've said they like things you won't be keeping or donations to libraries or shelters... your choice!
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Date: 2006-07-13 06:45 pm (UTC)Go slow - some things will merge naturally (additional books you have by the same author that
Hubby & I had this problem - his horror/death decorating theme didn't appear to merge well with my fairy/nature/serenity theme but some individual pieces did work well together. And we had the problem of moving into my Mom's home so we were fitting our things in with hers... by the time we moved out, it was really "our" home & "our" stuff.
Plus - you will also have an opprtunity to get rid of the things you don't really want to keep! eBay or yard sale, gifts to people who've said they like things you won't be keeping or donations to libraries or shelters... your choice!