Resources

Orion’s Attic is proud to work with the best estate liquidation, downsizing, moving, realty and countless other service providers in a wide range of fields. If you’re looking for estate liquidation resources you can trust or solutions to a number of challenges, contact the good folks below and make sure that you tell them that we sent you their way! We have worked with and know all the companies and nonprofits we recommend here.

Charitable Donations

Antiques, Furniture, Tools and More: Community Forklift accepts a wide variety of donations for its warehouse store and for its programs that provide critical items to people in need. Check out the story of how donating appliances can change lives with Community Forklift.

Furniture, Household Items, Clothes: A Wider Circle, Silver Spring MD: Orion’s Attic is a huge fan and frequent supporter of this great nonprofit, dedicated to eradicating poverty one household at a time. Check out a recent estate liquidation project we did that sent a truckload of items to A Wider Circle. It accepts donations of wide range of items. Provides pickup service to many locations.

Pet Supplies: House With A Heart Senior Pet Sanctuary, Gaithersburg, Maryland: Maintains a wish list on its Web site. Please also consider financial contributions.

Jewelers

Paradigm Experts, Steve Gouterman: Fine Jewelry, Gold, Silver, Coins. Private jewelers who visit your home to assess, buy and sell. The expertise behind Paradigm Experts rests with its GIA-trained experts who have more than 40 years of gemological experience. No piece of jewelry is too expensive for Paradigm to buy or sell. Great resource for high-end pieces. Steve and co-owner Sherri Gouterman are also the two nicest, most trustworthy people you’ll ever meet in the business.

Lawyers — Estate Planning, Wills

Orion’s Attic highly recommends the lawyer we use for our estate planning — Eric G. Meyers at Meyers, Hurvitz and Abrahams. Meyers specializes in estate planning, real estate transactions, wills and trusts. He’s handling our personal and corporate estate planning, and our company’s legal matters. Add Meyers to your list of trusted estate liquidation resources sooner rather than later!

Piano Movers

Need to move or dispose of a piano? Pianos are our least favorite things to move. They’re heavy and dangerous — and they’re accidents waiting to happen. Most are incredibly difficult to sell and nearly impossible to donate. That’s why we tell all our clients to call Empire Piano Movers. The folks there are maestros of piano moving.

Professional Organizers

The field of professional organizing can cover a wide variety of services, everything from helping students with learning difficulties better manage their time to helping people turn chaotic rooms of their homes into something sleek and satisfying. We know a fabulous roster of organizers in the National Association of Professional Organizers Metro Washington D.C. Chapter. If you need help selecting one, call us and we’ll help you figure out who is best for you.

Realtors

No list of estate liquidation resources would be complete without people who can sell your home. All of the Realtors on this list are people we would trust with our own home! We know Realtors throughout the Maryland, D.C., Northern Virginia region — way too many to list here. So let us know if you need one and we’ll give you the contact information for the best one that serves your area.

Maryland

Carolyn Sappenfield of Carolyn Homes works with buyers, sellers and investors. We’ve teamed up with her firm on numerous projects that enabled people to sell their homes and all the great stuff in it. She also served as our own buying agent and enabled us to buy our dream home! The thing our clients tell us most often about working with her and her team? They take the stress out of one of the most anxiety-producing tasks there is — buying or selling a home. Carolyn Homes serves the greater Montgomery County/Washington D.C. area.

Virginia

Kelli Weiner of Weiner Realty Group is your go-to Realtor in Alexandria and surrounding areas. She possesses more than two decades of experience selling homes in Northern Virginia.

eXp Realty, Linda and Jamie Wheeler: Headquarters in Falls Church VA

Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) — Regional Realtor association where Orion’s Attic is listed as an estate liquidation provider.

Watch and Antique Clock Repair, Sales

The Watch Pocket Jewelers, Silver Spring MD, Matt Stohlman: There’s nothing Matt can’t fix!

About Orion’s Attic

Orion’s Attic is a full-service estate liquidation, downsizing, and home cleanout company based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Founded in 2011, we complete more than 100 full-home estate liquidation and cleanout projects each year, helping families through complex transitions in a professional, stress-free way.

We also buy gold coins, silver coins, sterling silver flatware, fine jewelry, and select collectibles and estate items.

As a “green choice” estate liquidation and estate solutions company, we prioritize donation, reuse, recycling, and responsible disposal whenever possible.

We serve Montgomery County (Ashton, Aspen Hill, Barnesville, Bethesda, Boyds, Cabin John, Chevy Chase, Colesville, Derwood, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Glen Echo, Laytonsville, Montgomery Village, Olney, Potomac, Rockville, Silver Spring, Spencerville, Takoma Park, Wheaton), Carroll County, Frederick County, Howard County (Columbia, Ellicott City), Prince George’s County (College Park, Greenbelt, Hyattsville), Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia.