We downsized from a 4 bed, 2 bath American house in the suburbs to a 700 square foot apartment in Amsterdam. We still live here with two adults, two teens and a dog. For us, getting to live in the perfect location is worth giving up space. The thing we miss most is entertaining. We’re much more likely now to meet up with friends at one of the many atmospheric cafés or bars in the neighbourhood.
While we thought of moving for awhile, & were actually looking for a little MORE space, we’ve just decided to make our 1600 sf as close as possible to what we’d want, & just stay put. It gets a bit tight when the kids & grands all come home, but it’s fine for two & a dog or two. It’s been our home, & where we’ve raised our family, for 25 years, & we have poured our hearts into it. Still more pouring to do, but it’ll happen in time.😀
I love the pictures of tiny homes and the freedom from detritus that they require. However, I love to have family dishes that only come out sometimes, and my grandmother’s excellent roasting pan for turkey, and books and papers and the notebooks I kept of the kids’ first mutterings. I am too much a lover of archives to jettison enough to live so small— but maybe I will change my ways later. That too would be fine. :-)
How about this? All you need is a 37ft sailboat to sail around the world. In one way they had very little room, in another way they had the whole world. Depends on how you look at it.
We downsized from a 4 bed, 2 bath American house in the suburbs to a 700 square foot apartment in Amsterdam. We still live here with two adults, two teens and a dog. For us, getting to live in the perfect location is worth giving up space. The thing we miss most is entertaining. We’re much more likely now to meet up with friends at one of the many atmospheric cafés or bars in the neighbourhood.
While we thought of moving for awhile, & were actually looking for a little MORE space, we’ve just decided to make our 1600 sf as close as possible to what we’d want, & just stay put. It gets a bit tight when the kids & grands all come home, but it’s fine for two & a dog or two. It’s been our home, & where we’ve raised our family, for 25 years, & we have poured our hearts into it. Still more pouring to do, but it’ll happen in time.😀
I love the pictures of tiny homes and the freedom from detritus that they require. However, I love to have family dishes that only come out sometimes, and my grandmother’s excellent roasting pan for turkey, and books and papers and the notebooks I kept of the kids’ first mutterings. I am too much a lover of archives to jettison enough to live so small— but maybe I will change my ways later. That too would be fine. :-)
How about this? All you need is a 37ft sailboat to sail around the world. In one way they had very little room, in another way they had the whole world. Depends on how you look at it.
https://www.youtube.com/@SailingYachtFlorence