Recently, our youngest daughter got married, and my husband and I are now officially empty nesters. We have been looking around our family home and realizing that we own many items we simply do not need. The spaces that used to be filled with three busy children are now bursting with the memorabilia they have left behind and no longer want. And we are thinking that perhaps it is time for us to consider downsizing. It is an interesting process to evaluate each item and discuss what purpose it has in our lives.
Society is beginning to turn its back on the mega-mansions of the past twenty years and is looking to downsize living spaces while searching for a more simplified life. Ikea, a Swedish furniture and home design company, continues to grow in popularity because its furniture is small and easily portable which fits well with the millennials’ more nomadic lifestyle. Home ownership is down as employees move from job to job every few years.
Society is beginning to turn its back on the mega-mansions of the past twenty years and is looking to downsize living spaces while searching for a more simplified life. Ikea, a Swedish furniture and home design company, continues to grow in popularity because its furniture is small and easily portable which fits well with the millennials’ more nomadic lifestyle. Home ownership is down as employees move from job to job every few years.
 | Families with young children are looking to fit more life and less stuff in their homes, so the toys that they purchase for their children must be compact, easy to store and have a lot of creative play value. Up-a-do Unlimited provides a precision tuned glockenspiel xylophone that matches these criteria, and the |
instrument comes in a sturdy box that easily doubles as a storage unit for the xylophone and the 12 page Music Pattern Song Book.
The crew at Up-a-do Unlimited has created extra Music Pattern Song Books such as Popular 8 Note Songs Book 2 and Popular 8 Note Songs for Christmas which provide extra songs that extend the play value of the instrument.
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Young families are not the only ones making a life for themselves in smaller living spaces. Retired couples are also downsizing, and often times they must leave behind large instruments like pianos. Older musicians can still find the joy of music by playing some of the more complicated pieces in the music pattern collection such as the Bach Minuet. For couples who both want to play the xylophone, there are duets and a rounds on the Up-a-do Unlimited website so that couples and families can enjoy music together.
| For me, the fun that my husband and I have playing music together means that our set of xylophones definitely makes it on the “keep it” list. Small instruments such as the glockenspiel xylophone that can be easily stored provide solutions for both the millennial generation and retirees too. (And because we have a couple of grandkids now, we’ll be keeping the high chair too!) Wishing you joy on your musical journey, Debra Newby |  |
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