Since we started regularly going to the San Diego Public Library, University Heights book sale—third Saturday and Sunday of each month—I have searched for my version of the Holy Grail: A complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica. This weekend, I found it but couldn’t buy it.

The problem is clutter, space, and timing. Our daughter is coming to visit for a bit, and I am surrendering my home office so she can have space of her own while here. The apartment is 772-square feet, but actual useful living space is diminished by the layout. We’re not hoarders, and still my wife and I feel cramped by clutter caused by lack of place to keep what we use daily or to store for emergencies.