[quote=Scarlett]
Well, that may be, but, the furniture won’t fit. Have you seen the stuff at Jeromes, Ashley, Mor? Seems like they all made it for McMansions. It’s a pain to fit it all in a small room.

And, then, there is no room for kids to play in a closet-size bedroom, so you have to have/assign an extra room for that.[/quote]

I think I made a similar comment in the Pinecrest Ct. thread. (woman considering downsizing to eliminate her mortgage.)

I guess we’re fortunate – my kids furniture is smaller – but then again, it was my mother’s childhood bedroom set. (2 twins, 2 dressers, a nightstand.) It’s holding up really well considering it’s more than 60 years old. LOL. We have the boys sharing a room – but there is no room for toys. We sectioned off part of the livingroom as a compromise. (Figuring they “live” in the house too.)

Back to the furniture topic… we were shopping for a dining room set a while back. It drove us nuts that all of the chairs were super wide. We went to all the stores you mentioned – they were all designed for big ol’ butts…

Since we host family dinners pretty often – it was important to be able to seat 8-10 when we have the leaf in the table. Fortunately, family cast off dining room chairs came our way. I think our house becomes the home of most of the family furniture as the older generations downsize. Who needs new when you can have good quality free.