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While decluttering has been discussed as a potential entry point for sufficiency-oriented consumption, existing approaches largely focus on individual reflection and functional evaluation, leaving collective and anticipatory dimensions underexplored. This article develops and systematizes an adapted Futures Literacy Lab (FLL) as a methodological framework for examining socio-material revaluation processes in the context of stored household consumer goods. Building on Futures Literacy theory, the method operationalizes revaluation through structured phases\u2014Reveal, Reframe, and Rethink\u2014supplemented by an optional Act phase. Through developmantalworkshops, three ideal-typical workshop formats were derived: contextual thematic futures, object-centered future projection, and scenario-based reframing. Rather than presuming immediate behavioral change, the framework makes anticipatory assumptions visible and negotiable through collective intelligence knowledge creation, thereby expanding interpretative space relevant to sufficiency transitions. 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