"Welcome to the future The kids are gone... All of a sudden you are a family of one or two, rattling around in a house that is bigger than you need or have the energy and desire to maintain. This scenario is the change that prompts many of us to rethink our housing choices."

Take charge of the clutter in your life with "Re-Creating Home: Downsizing and De-Cluttering After 50."

This easy-to-read guide, written by Fran Scoville and Holley Ulbrich, presents the obstacles-and solutions-to living at home in the later years.

In the face of retirement, financial changes, health...