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John Brill of Lattimer takes a seat inside a spa tub as sales associate of Strong Spas Ron Martin explains the features of the spa during last year’s Home & Garden Show.

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STAY AWHILE By MARY THERESE BIEBEL mbiebel@timesleader.com

heck out the photos from last year, and you’ll see the Northeastern Pennsylvania Home & Garden Show is an inviting kind of place. Here John Brill of Lattimer felt comfortable enough to climb into a spa that was on display. The hot tub wasn’t filled with water, of course, but he could use his imagination. Likewise Judy Rowett of Askam, perhaps encouraged by a sales associate, stretched out on a mattress to judge the way it felt.

If you attend this year’s 12th annual show, set for Jan. 25-27 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township, you can expect that you, too, will be welcome to give products that kind of test drive. There also will be samples of food to taste, cooking demonstrations to watch, and a craft for children to work on. “The Collector Inspector” Harry Rinker will be on hand to appraise your anSee STAY, Page 5

Judy Rowett of Askam tests a mattress from Sleep Number Beds in Moosic as sales associate Allan Wallace looks on during last year’s Home & Garden Show.

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tiques, and “The Wall Wizard” Brian Santos will give painting tips throughout the three-day event. Bonsai master Benny Zhang from Celestial Bonsai in Waldorf, Md., intends to return with more of his charming little trees, show manager Megan Walker confirmed, and this year there will be not one but three landscape displays. “We also have an expanded art, gift and gourmet area with soaps and jewelry and outdoor steel décor for your garden,” Walker said. Walker expects more than 10,000 people will attend the show, where they will find a plethora of information and ideas for home and garden improvement. It’s a great way to bring buyers and sellers together, said Patti Hozempa, a custom quilter who owns PA Designs in Tunkhannock.

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Patti Hozempa of PA Designs and Quilts works on a customorder quilt in her Tunkhannock studio. She plans to show her wares again this year at the Home & Garden Show.

IF YOU GO

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The annual Northeastern Pennsylvania Home & Garden Show at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township typically draws a crowd.

“St. Paul’s Parish in Scranton was celebrating its 125th anniversary, and I designed a quilt for that with photos of all the priests from when the church started,”

Hozempa said. “That came out of this show.” How does she apply a photo to quilt material? “We have a heat press that reac-

What: Northeastern Pennsylvania Home & Garden Show Where: Mohegan Sun Arena, 255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Township When: 2 to 7 p.m. Jan. 25; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jan. 26; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 27 Admission: $7.50, $5.50 seniors More info: 970-7600

hes 600 degrees, like a professional iron,” she said, explaining the device takes about 10 seconds to imprint a picture on fabric. The original photo is not harmed because it’s scanned into a computer.

Hozempa’s stand at the Home & Garden Show is one place where children ages 4 through 10 or so will feel especially welcome. They can work on a craft she has adapted from a family tradition. “My dad’s been gone eight years now, but he used to make these puzzles out of thin pieces of wood. There are five pieces, all different shapes, but only one way to put them together to make a square. I adapted it to use foam. The kids can put the pieces together to make a ‘crazy quilt.’ ” While Hozempa will be happy to explain how she and her husband make all kinds of personalized quilts, various other vendors will offer information on everything from a piano for your living room to shutters for your windows to appliances that will help you cook gourmet meals as well as clean up afterward. Some locally produced honey will be among the items for sale, Walker said, and “Chef Tim” will offer samples of his salad dressing. “He makes this vinaigrette,” she said. “It’s fabulous.”

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SHADES TO MATCH YOUR STYLE By MARY THERESE BIEBEL mbiebel@timesleader.com

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et the sunshine, let the sunshine, the sunshine in ….” Perhaps inspired by those lyrics from the Broadway musical “Hair,” you might decide it’s time to purchase new window treatments that will allow the optimal amount of sunlight into your home when you do want it, keep it out when you don’t want it and perhaps always shield you from harmful ultraviolet rays. “These sheers with an Sshaped vane prevent those UV rays from coming in,” said Kathy Neubauer, manager of Budget Blinds in Forty Fort. “These woven-wood shades are made from real woods and grasses, so they’re environmentally friendly.”

Those are just two examples of what seem like countless options for modern window treatments, ranging from wooden blinds that are easy to clean with mild soap and water to pleated honeycomb shades that hold layers of air in honeycomb-shaped shells. That air serves as insulation, which can help trim your heating bill in winter. And, shades, blinds and drapes can be adjusted to keep out some of the sun’s rays and the accompanying heat in the summer. If you like the look of shutters, Budget Blinds offers several differing kinds, from narrow colonial-style slats to plantation-style slats that can be up to 4.5 inches wide. Shutters, incidentally, were once considered necessary protection for a home, Neubauer said, so they are not subject to See SHADES, Page 8

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Kathy Neubauer of Budget Blinds in Forty Fort shows some of the different types of blinds that are available at the store. Offerings range from woven-wood to pleated-honeycomb shades.

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Brian Santos likens himself to a marriage counselor for couples who tackle painting and wallpapering projects. Later this month, he will dole out advice when he appears at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza for the12th Annual NEPA Home & Garden Show. If you’re going to the show, you also might want to bring along something from home you think could be worth something. Then you can bring it to Harry Rinker, “The Collector Inspector,” to find out just how much your valuable is worth. Both experts will be there throughout the show, which runs Jan. 25-27. If anything, you might learn something.

INSIDE Not everyone is fond of heirlooms. Baby boomers find passing on family trinkets to younger generations more and more difficult — Page 10.

the Discovery Channel. Santos will offer interactive information sessions at the arena show, visitors can ask questions, and he’ll offer tips on painting – how to clean a paint brush in 10 seconds or less, how to take the smell out of paint, for example – and on removing wallpaper. Santos, known as the “Wall Wizard,” will give two to three classes each day of the arena show in which people can “quiz the Wiz” on wallpapering and other matters of the wall, and he promises to teach techniques to build home-improvement confidence. “ ‘No fear’ are two of the most important words,” he said in a recent telephone interview. “No one’s ever taught you how to paint, and it’s one of the most common practices.” But, he warned, “For heaven’s sake, don’t Google stuff. That’s not necessarily expert information, just information.” He will go through an exercise to explain how to use a brush correctly and how to use a roller correctly. “One of the most economic ways of

decorating is painting,” Santos said. “Wallpaper is more expensive. “It’s the worst when people paint over wallpaper and then try to remove it,” he noted. But he has some tricks for that, as well as for replacing or matching popcorn ceilings or swirled ceilings. Know your stuff Rinker, meanwhile, likely won’t tell you about replacing your ceiling, but he could give you an idea about what your grandmother’s knickknacks or your aunt’s old Redware Sgraffito plate is worth. Rinker, now the host of “WHATCHA GOT?,” a nationally syndicated antiques and collectibles call-in radio show, is returning to the local home and garden show to appraise the antiques and collectibles people bring to him, as he did when he hosted “Collector Inspector” on Home & Garden Television. He has appeared in two HGTV specials – “2003 Endless Yard Sale” and “Collectibles: Coast to Coast,” has authored numerous books on collectibles and is in his 27th year of writing his syndicated newspaper column on the subject. “I like coming to Pennsylvania,” the Hellertown, Pa., native said, speaking by phone from his Kentwood, Mich. home. See EXPERTS, Page 22

HARRY RINKER’S HOT AND NOT LIST “The secondary antiques and collectibles market is fickle and complex,” Rinker said. “I am always concerned that my comments may set rather than report the market. However, realizing that nothing is served by my refusing to create the lists, my immediate reaction is: HOT: • Post World War II Modernism – decade pieces, especially 1960s and 1970s. • Toys from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. The generation that grew up with them is buying back lost childhood. • Brand-name items. Younger collectors recognize and are willing to pay a premium for brand-name items. However, some older (pre-1904) brand names no longer carry the weight they once did. • Things associated with a recognized industrial designer such as Michael Graves or a designer-focused manufacturer, for example Herman Miller and Knoll International in furniture. • Affordable, reusable items for the kitchen, bedroom and other rooms in the house. “Cheaper than new” is now a rallying cry in the antiques and collectibles marketplace. • Sterling silver and karat-gold items. NOT • 1920s and 1930s – everything from Colonial Revival furniture to Depression Glass. Today’s young buyers prefer new over old. • 1950s movie, radio, and television memorabilia. The younger generation has no idea who Hoppy, Gene and Roy are. Only the very top end of the market is strong. • Glassware from pattern glass to post-1945 stemware. No one uses it any longer. • Odds and ends of anything – ceramics, glass, metal. The age of knickknacks is over. • 1950s and later limited-edition collectibles, especially items purchased from “Mints” and home-shopping channels.

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An old hand at paint Santos, who has been at the local home and garden show in the past, is a fourth-generation painting contractor based in Tampa, Fla., who works for Habitat for Humanity. But he is best known as an author of best-selling how-to books and through appearances on television and at home and garden shows worldwide. He has appeared on “Good Morning America,” “Today,” and HGTV’s “Smart Solutions,” as well as on TLC and

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A few online searches reveal the most- and least-sought-after items on the antiques market late last year that are still expected to go strong this year. As far as what’s fallen out of favor, beware the great and growing generational divide, dealers say. HOT • Original illustration art • Mid-century modern items • Lucite • Aprons and linens • Signs (advertising, gas station, etc.) and anything metal • Beer, brewery and soda items • Cast iron • Primitives • Pottery and porcelain • Arts and crafts furniture • Space memorabilia • Signed costume jewelry • Antique fishing lures • Vintage clothing NOT • Record albums (though ‘60s and ‘70s editions hold their own, and album covers are often more in demand than the actual albums.) • 19th-century items • Victoriana • Oak furniture • Collectible, limited-edition plates • Hummel items • Depression glass • Fiesta pottery • Wildlife prints • Royal wedding memorabilia

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sales tax. Newer styles of window treatments – many of which Budget Blinds will bring to the 12th annual Home & Garden Show at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township Jan. 2527 – range from Roman shades, in which drapery-weight material is arranged so it can be raised up and down in neat horizontal pleats, to long vertical drapes that might hang from an ornamental bar. Nowadays those drapes are likely to have a “softer, rounder” Euro pleat instead of the traditional pinched pleat. With so many styles available, you’re bound to find one – or several – to complement your taste and your windows. You might as well know now, by the way, your windows are quite likely uniquely sized. “People come in all the time and say, ‘Oh, I have regular windows,’ ” Neubauer said. “But there’s really no such thing.” Luckily, a business like Budget

Wooden blinds and pleated fabric shades are two of many styles available at Budget Blinds in Forty Fort, Kathy Neubauer said.

These long, vertical drapes have softer, rounder ‘Euro pleats’ instead of the traditional pinched pleats.

Blinds will send someone out to measure your windows and then customize the treatments so they fit perfectly. “It’s an investment in your home,” Neubauer said, explaining people tend to leave them in the house when they move.

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2013 HOME & GARDEN SHOW “These are little pieces of my parents and grandparents. I don’t think I’m kooky. I took things that reminded me of them.” — Janet Dahl

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Like many baby boomers, Stephen Thompson, of Wilmette, Ill., inherited heirlooms, including furniture, after his parents died, and he accommodated the items in his home. His children have shown no interest in taking on his hand-me-downs, however.

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HICAGO – Cindi Copeland can’t bear the thought of parting with the cedar hope chest her grandmother received as an engagement gift in the 1930s. She even held on to the $100 moth-insurance certificate, which expired more than 75 years ago. She cherishes the Blue Garland china her mother acquired with grocery stamps, though it has never made its way from the china cabinet to the dining-room ta-

ble. And she’s just as fond of the nearly 1,000 slides from her grandfather’s vacation in Europe a half-century ago. Too bad her sons don’t feel the same way. As the oldest of her four siblings, Copeland, 54, is the family’s memory keeper. Heirlooms that once belonged to her parents and grandparents are displayed throughout her Warrenville, Ill., home, alongside mementos of her own and several from her husband’s side of the family. Copeland’s sons, ages 19 and 25, have expressed little or no interest in her collection. “I feel a

connection to it because I know the stories behind it,” she said. “I’ve tried to tell my boys so they will care. But when I was their age, I didn’t care either.” Passing down heirlooms from one generation to the next has long been tradition. But Copeland and many other baby boomers fear that their children and grandchildren will end up tossing the family treasures like a wornout pair of gym shoes. “A lot of young people are so transient; they don’t stay anywhere very long. They rent apartments and don’t own anything,” said Copeland, whose sons live at

home. “They don’t want to be tied down to family heirlooms that don’t mean anything to them.” Julie Hall, a North Carolina liquidation appraiser known as The Estate Lady, said this has become a dilemma for a growing number of middle-age people who are trying to come to terms with a harsh reality: Often what they consider to be jewels, their children and grandchildren see as junk. “Though they have the best intentions, boomers have a tendency to keep too much stuff for subSee HEIRLOOMS, Page 14

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f you see the economy improving, you might decide it’s time to treat yourself to a new kitchen and bath, a new swimming pool or perhaps a deck, complete with a spa. Conversely, if you think the economy hasn’t improved that much – at least enough to help you sell your current house for what you think it’s worth – you might decide to stay right where you are and invest in the home you already have rather than try to buy a larger one. In either case, you’re likely to glean many ideas for improving your property at the 12th annual Northeastern Pennsylvania

Home & Garden Show, set for Jan. 25-27 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township. If you do, representatives of local credit unions can help you figure out how much you might be able to borrow and what your interest rate would be. Most important, Nina Waskevich from Tobyhanna Federal Credit Union said, “We focus on trying to find an affordable monthly payment for our members.” Yes, you do have to become a member to secure a loan from a credit union. But joining can be as simple as opening a savings account with a $5 deposit. The Tobyhanna Federal Credit Union began as a service to employees of the Tobyhanna Army

Depot and their families. Today it is affiliated with more than 500 businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has locations in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Tobyhanna and East Stroudsburg. Another credit union, the Cross Valley Federal Credit Union, which also has several local offices, is open to the community. “Anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Luzerne, Lackawanna or Wyoming counties is eligible,” vice president of marketing Colleen Phillips said. “A year or so ago, a lot of people were consolidating credit cards,” said real-estate specialist Mitch Serafin from Cross Valley Federal Credit Union. “Now they’re inSee BORROW, Page 14

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vesting in their homes. Many are converting their heating systems from oil to gas.” “This is typically the time of year for home improvement,” said Waskevich, who is vice president of marketing for the Tobyhanna Federal Credit Union. “As we’re getting close to spring and fall, people think about it.” How much equity a person already has invested in his or her home, the person’s credit score and debt ratio can all figure into a loan. It’s a very individualized process, and the experts say people shouldn’t hesitate to see if they qualify. “A lot of people get afraid and don’t ask, but they should come

sequent generations, though the kids have already told them they don’t want anything,” said Hall, author of the book “The Boomer Burden: Dealing With Your Parents’ Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff.” “They end up setting those kids up for a burden as they age and pass away. So in the children’s haste to get rid of it, it goes into a family yard sale for $10,” she said. As their parents die, baby boomers from 48 to 66 are expected to be on the receiving end of the largest transfer of wealth in U.S. history: $8.4 trillion, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Among the two-thirds of boomer households expected to receive an inheritance, the median amount is $64,000. But boomers have a different idea about what’s important than their elders, who lived through the Great Depression and spent their lives accumulat-

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Joe Shimko cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the Cross Valley Federal Credit Union in Pittston in June. ‘Anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Luzerne, Lackawanna or Wyoming counties is eligible’ to join a Cross Valley credit union, vice president of marketing Colleen Phillips said.

in and talk to a loan officer,” Serafin said. You can even take the first step at the Home & Garden show, per-

haps stopping by a credit-union booth and making an appointment for a future, full-fledged discussion.

“A lot of people get afraid and don’t ask, but they should come in and talk to a loan officer.” Mitch Serafin Cross Valley Federal Credit Union real-estate specialist

ing money and material things that they could leave to their children. A study by the investment firm U.S. Trust found that fewer than half of wealthy boomers say leaving their children a monetary inheritance is a priority. One in four said they were concerned that money would make their children lazy, and one in five said their children would probably just waste it. According to another study by Allianz Life Insurance Co., 86 percent of boomers said inheriting family stories and traditions is more important than inheriting money. They are more likely to place value on things that have passed down through the family, Hall said. “Baby boomers have to deal with so much stuff because the previous generation – the Depression generation – did not deal with their parents’ stuff. Those from the Depression era felt like they were leaving their children a legacy,” said Hall, who owns an estate sale and liquidating business in Charlotte, See HEIRLOOMS, Page 17

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Talk to owner Jim Broda from Rebennack’s in Kingston and you may feel he’s preparing you for a science quiz. First, here’s a little botany lesson: Apples and peaches give off a gas called ethylene, which helps them ripen but also hastens decay. Because you don’t want that gas in your refrigerator, you might be glad to know the Preserva technology in a KitchenAid refrigerator filters it out of the crisper. Now for a physics lesson: To “self-clean” an older oven, you might have had to let it heat to 600 to 800

degrees F for several hours, and that process occupied the entire unit, so you couldn’t use any of the burners on the stove top. Nowadays, new Maytag and KitchenAid models have a feature called Aqualift that uses about a cup of water to steam-clean an oven at 200 degrees for maybe an hour and a half. Less heat for a shorter amount of time saves money and energy, Broda said, and you can use the burners while the cleaning is taking place. Up next: a computer-technology lesson: Touch a screen on a top-of-the-line Jenn-Air oven, and you can select what

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you’re about to cook, perhaps a ham or a flank steak or lamb chops, etc. The oven will show you a picture of the finished dish and an image of the recommended cooking pan. Maybe you have that kind of pan; maybe you don’t. If you don’t, you can key in the type of cooking pan you intend to use. Either way, the screen will give you information about heat and cooking times – almost like a GPS telling you how long to stay on a route and when to turn right or left. Broda knows a lot of people will be attending the 12th annual Home & Garden show at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township Jan. 25-27, and they’ll be getting inspiration for improving their kitchens and laundry rooms. “This is the time of year when people are picking out what they’ll need,” he said. He hopes they’ll stop by Rebennack’s on Wyoming Avenue in Kingston to see the wide selec-

Jim Broda, owner of Rebennack’s in Kingston, said toploading washers are now the models of choice, as opposed to the front-loading washers that have fallen from favor.

tion of washers and dryers, dishwashers and stoves, that he has in stock. Among the trends he’s noticed, he said, customers are staying away from front-load washing machines, which sometimes have been prone to problems with mold around the rim. Instead, they’re embracing topload machines again. See APPLIANCES, Page 19

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N.C. “And the boomers absorbed it all.” Their homes are bursting at the seams with their own collections, from Beatles albums to Christmas tree ornaments commemorating the birth of their children and grandchildren. When their parents die, boomers dutifully step up to provide a new home for the remnants of another era. Each piece has a story, and the memory keepers know it well. But boomers’ children, who largely range in age from their 20s to early 40s, often aren’t as independent as their parents were at a young age. Those younger than 30, known as millennials, are much slower to start a career and buy a house, said Paul Taylor, executive vice president at Pew Research Center. About 40 percent either never left home or have moved back in with their parents. “Millennials are much more likely to be living with mom and dad in their early 20s and 30s, more so than previous genera-

“The kids don’t want 3,000 square feet of dark, heavy furniture because they can’t fit it into their 1,000-squarefoot home. They don’t have any place to put that chest their greatgrandmother brought over on the boat from Spain or Italy.” — Julie Hall, a North Carolina liquidation appraiser

tions,” said Taylor, who has done extensive research on generational traits. “Every generation is a little different from the one before. It’s hard to figure out where heirlooms fit in when so much of where millennials find their identity is in gadgets.” It’s unlikely they would have any use for great-grandmother’s 12-piece silver flatware because it requires too much work to keep it polished. They don’t want the delicate china because they can’t throw it in the dishwasher, and

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2013 HOME & GARDEN SHOW they’d never consider decorating their living room around a Queen Anne settee. They prefer the minimal look, the kind you get from shopping at Ikea. Some seem to evaluate potential heirlooms for what they are, rather than where they came from. “I’ve never really felt like my parents were at an age where I have to worry about who’s getting what,” said Copeland’s 19-yearold son Scott. “There’s not anything I’ve been craving. I think the chest is really nice. It smells, but I might take that. I don’t know how I’d feel about the Christmas ornaments, though.” ‘Little pieces’ of parents When Janet Dahl’s father died three years ago, she loaded up her parents’ furniture, her deceased mother’s “good” china, and photo albums and love letters from her grandparents and took them home to Western Springs, Ill. To make room, she moved out most of her own furniture. She has an old black-and-white photograph of herself as an infant, taken in her grandmother’s See HEIRLOOMS, Page 19

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home. Next to the couch is what she admits is “the ugliest lamp that ever lived.” But that lamp, with a Victorian lady in a green dress as its base, is now in one of her upstairs bedrooms. There’s an antique needlepoint chair that belonged to her grandmother. A denim housedress that she and her siblings gave their mother for her 60th birthday hangs in the closet. And a framed score card and golf ball are displayed on a chest, commemorating the time her dad hit a hole-in-one. “These are little pieces of my parents and grandparents,” said Dahl, 62, who is married to Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl, who also is a former Tribune columnist. “I don’t think I’m kooky. I took things that reminded me of them.” Her sons, however, have made it clear that they want no more after taking her furniture. So she worries about what will happen to her grandmother’s

sterling-silver tea service, which sits neatly in the china cabinet that once belonged to Dahl’s mother, and the yellow antique curio cabinet that her mother bought at a farmers market. “Right now, they’re Ikea kids, but I hope as they get older, they will appreciate this,” she said. Silver onslaught Over the next 15 years, Hall said, the estate sale market will be flooded with silver flatware, china and heavy, dark furniture that will quickly depreciate in value. She believes things that used to sell for $1,000 will go for $350 or less, she said. “The kids don’t want 3,000 square feet of dark, heavy furniture because they can’t fit it into their 1,000-square-foot home,” she said. “They don’t have any place to put that chest their great-grandmother brought over on the boat from Spain or Italy.” Some boomers are starting to downsize in an effort to make their own lives less cumbersome. When Stephen Thompson’s

parents died several years ago, he ended up with the remnants of their lives, including heirlooms that had passed to his mother from her mother. He sold some of the furniture on consignment, but the bulk of it landed in the basement of his Wilmette home. He made room in the house for the dining-room table, a breakfront and credenza, his mother’s Hummel collection, and a bookshelf and sewing kit his father built. Last year, he decided to start clearing things out. That meant giving away his prized collection of 1960s rock albums – about 800 records by artists such as the Beatles, Beach Boys and Jefferson Airplane. His two daughters, ages 30 and 27, already have told him they aren’t interested in any of it. “My parents were products of the Depression, and they held on to everything. Both of them were only children, so everything funneled through them,” said Thompson, a 59-year-old college professor. “I don’t want to leave my kids with the same mess my parents left me.”

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If you want a traditional piano, Zaruta will proudly steer you toward a Steinway. If you want to go digital, she’ll recommend a Roland, and she’ll happily explain its many capabilities. “What you’re hearing when you play a (digital) piano is a grand-piano sound. However,

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Zaruta again points to a digital piano. “If you live in an apartment,” she said, “you can have the sound and feel of a grand piano with a much smaller footprint. “With a conventional piano, the size of the sound depends on how big the piano is. Digital will allow you to experience that 9foot, concert-grand sound in a much smaller space,” she said, estimating it could be as small as 55 inches wide, 40 inches high and 15 to 20 inches deep. It still has a full-size keyboard, of course, or it wouldn’t be a piano. “Eighty-eight keys is 88 keys,” she said. And if it’s ever important for you to be quiet, perhaps while your neighbors peacefully sleep, you can wear headphones and play a digital piano without disturbing anyone. Robert M. Sides is a third-generation, family-owned business named after the original Mr. Sides, a piano tuner from Williamsport. The business is headquartered in that city and has three other music centers in Wilkes-Barre, State College and Horseheads, N.Y.

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