Living Large In Our Little House

I wanted to point out this arti­cle that appeared in USA Today to my read­ers here at Living Large.

It talks about the dream home fea­tured at this years’ International Builder’s Show. “Small, vir­tual, afford­able,” pro­claims the headline.

I admit, I think it’s a pretty home, but small?

Sometimes, when I’m inter­viewed by my col­leagues in the press about liv­ing large in a lit­tle house, they ask me how I define small.
I’ve heard many dif­fer­ent def­i­n­i­tions from peo­ple asso­ci­ated with the small house movement.

I believe a “small” house is sub­jec­tive, given the person’s per­cep­tion. I thought our “starter” home in the city was small at 1,110 square feet, com­pared to some of the behe­moths my friends and fam­ily lived in. I def­i­nitely think 480 square feet is small, how­ever, there are some who live in much smaller.

It is rel­a­tive and sub­jec­tive to how you define “small” in your own mind. For some­one down­siz­ing from 4,000 square feet, I sup­pose 1,700 square feet would seem small.

I’m just glad that builders are rec­og­niz­ing there is a desire for peo­ple to live in smaller homes. At least the con­ver­sa­tion is now in the main­stream media.

What do you think?

Click on the link below to read a great story about Sarah Susanka, author of "The Not so Big House."

This is by my friend Rosie Colombraro, and posted on her fan­tas­tic site, Trust the Universe.