Just the thought of having to deal with something of that size (As well as the fact that it's all quite fragile) that requires not only a lot of effort to move, but specialized help for actually moving it would make me not want to hold onto it. It was definitely very sweet of your grandmother to leave you all these items, and I would have kept some of them as well in your position. But, I can't blame you for being happy about having all that stuff break at all. Sounds like such a massive headache to deal with if you're moving often.
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It was a headache. It seemed worthwhile at first, but less so as time went on. Yes, glad that I could keep some of the furniture though.
Yeah, it just doesn't really sound like a practical thing to have to move around so often. Especially when you're not really utilizing it and it's just a decoration piece pretty much. Maybe if you were settling down in a home for the rest of your life it would have been one thing. Again though, very sweet notion from your grandmother. Furniture is a much more practical thing to keep in the family, in my opinion. Especially if it's a really nice table or desk. I'd have been thrilled to be offered something like that (or anything really) from my grandparents before they passed away.
Sadly, my aunt/uncle/cousins all turned into greedy little vultures right around the time my grandpa passed away, so I couldn't get anything to remember them by or pass down for my future family. (Grandpa left me an old shotgun and some other neat stuff which was all swooped up long before my parent had a chance to get anything.) Families can seriously turn quite rotten given the chance with anything involving money or possessions.