--- title: Hard Decisions Come With Moving description: On a recent road trip, Diana and I found ourselves trailing a moving van. Twenty years ago, that same company moved us from Kentucky to Boston... image: https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/hs-fs/file-3237902209-jpg/images/bcaeab4ri.jpg --- [![](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HubSpot%20Landing%20Page%20Images/fcg_logo_long_WHITE_600x75.png?width=600&height=75&name=fcg_logo_long_WHITE_600x75.png "fcg_logo_long_WHITE_600x75.png")](http://furnitureconsignment.com/)   # **Furniture Consignment Gallery Blog** ## **Hard Decisions Come With Moving** Posted by Jay Frucci on Sat, August 01, 2015 @ 01: 45 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **On a recent road trip, Diana and I found ourselves trailing a moving van. Twenty years ago, that same company moved us from Kentucky to Boston. Looking back, we had a good laugh thinking about the move. **   ![Clipart.co](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/hs-fs/file-3237902209-jpg/images/bcaeab4ri.jpg?width=289&height=209&name=bcaeab4ri.jpg)The nicest piece on the truck was a beautiful custom sofa we got by default. Diana, an interior designer, had been working with a difficult client who'd rejected the sofa. So we inherited it. Also on the truck was a family heirloom: a rock-maple bedroom set that had been her father's. After our first son was born, we had it refinished and it's still in his bedroom today.  Like many cash-strapped newlyweds, we'd accumulated a lot of household flotsam and jetsam and we gamely dragged all of it with us to Boston. We had a mattress that had been squeezed in and out of many small apartments. I'd hacked the box spring in half with a Sawzall so that we could get it up the stairs to a third-floor walk-up then bolted it back together in the apartment. Ingenious, right?     Packed tenderly in bubble wrap was a rickety old brass-and-glass dining set. Diana's family had donated it to us, probably to save themselves a trip to the dump. We didn't leave anything behind: plastic lawn chairs, trashcans, a rusty lawn mower, a dog crate, sans dog. He rode with us in the car like a pampered potentate.    We were young. What did we know? We paid by the pound to move our meager possessions, most of which weren't worth hauling past the city limits. That's a lesson worth considering if you are moving.   How much will it cost to move your stuff? A lot. My suggestion is to have a yard sale. Sell the old mower and the china cabinet. Get rid of the old mattress. You probably need a new one anyway. Then, stop by Furniture Consignment Gallery. We've got three showrooms full of quality furniture and new mattresses at prices you'll love. Now, that's how you make a fresh start.  Topics: [frucci](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/frucci), [consigment](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/consigment), [consignment](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/consignment), [MA](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/ma), [chestnut hill](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/chestnut-hill), [Furniture Consignment](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/furniture-consignment), [Furniture](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/furniture), [Hanover](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/hanover), [plymouth](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/plymouth), [gallery](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/gallery), [moving](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/moving), [childhood](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/childhood), [adulthood](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/topic/adulthood)       ![](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Evergreen%20Images/jay-45.jpg?width=200&name=jay-45.jpg "jay-45.jpg") Jay Frucci, President and Owner, Furniture Consignment Gallery [**Back to Blog Home**](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/) ### Latest Posts **View [All Posts](https://info.furnitureconsignment.com/all)** Search this site on Google Search Google ### Subscribe by Email ### Follow Me --- **HANOVER** 756 Washington St. (Rt. 53) Hanover, MA 02339 Phone: 781-826-5114 Fax: 781-829-9805   Sunday: 12-5 Monday-Saturday: 10-6 **NATICK**  104 Worcester St. (Rt. 9 East) Natick, MA 01760 Phone: 508-319-5600 Fax: 508-319-5601   Sunday: 11-5 Monday-Saturday: 10-6 **PLYMOUTH** 762 State Rd. Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: 774-773-9616 Fax: 781-829-9805   Sunday: 12-5 Monday-Saturday: 10-6