We currently live in a 1800+ square foot house. I'm not too sure why we live in such a large house, just the two of us with no plans to start a family in this town. Really, it was when we were looking at houses that our eyes and minds got greedy. "How great it would be to have a large library, a dinette, two offices," etc. We knew better than to buy more than we needed, but our conception of what we "needed" became more and more warped as we thought about getting the most square footage for our dollar.
I'm very committed to our next home being significantly smaller. And when we move, I plan to donate lots of things we don't really need to Goodwill (and encourage Ben to do the same).
Modular houses offer exciting options for new small homes. [Large homes, too, actually, but I'm looking at the small ones.] Many are built of recycled/reused/reclaimed materials and designed, engineered really, to be as space and energy efficient as possible. Check out some interesting examples:
-Dome House
-Tumbleweed Tiny House Company
...and this article talks about some of the benefits and offers more examples.
It's really very exciting to think about paring down our possessions a lot and living in a home that fits what we really need, not what our consumer-culture brainwashes us into craving.
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Zero-lot-line homes and condos keep your house small to some degree too (plus less yard to throw chemicals at). This is part of why we looked for a condo/townhouse. We went through the same thing of wanting a smallish house and ended up with 1700 sqft. Florida just doesn't make many nice, small houses. Those seem to only occur in dense, urban areas in general.
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