Matt Paxton

Matt Paxton, host of the Emmy-nominated series Legacy List with Matt Paxton (3 seasons on PBS stations nationwide), is a leading downsizing and decluttering expert. He started cleaning houses after his father, stepfather, and both grandfathers died in the same year, leaving him with several estates to settle at once. Ever since Matt and his network of experts have been working with families struggling with settling estates and cleanouts for almost twenty years. He has been an extreme cleaning expert featured on 13 seasons of the hit A&E TV show Hoarders. Matt is the author of Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff, created in collaboration with AARP and featuring his signature steps to downsizing and decluttering your home. He appears regularly as a public speaker, television guest on shows and radio personality helping families find the upside of downsizing. Matt is the national decluttering and downsizing expert for AARP and Goodwill Industries International. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and seven kids (yes, seven kids, that is not a typo).