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Couple find novel way to downsize after 45 years in the same house

Instead of leaving their books, candelabras, seasonal table linens, Mali baskets and Tibetan singing bowls to be picked over by strangers at an estate sale, this couple held a downsizing party.

Karen Mulhauser (right) makes one of her announcements by pinging her Tibetan singing bowl. She's giving away her belongings to prepare to move to condo after 45 years in her D.C. home.
Karen Mulhauser (right) makes one of her announcements by pinging her Tibetan singing bowl. She's giving away her belongings to prepare to move to condo after 45 years in her D.C. home.Read morePetula Dvorak
    by Petula Dvorak, Washington Post
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