We just found, via black white bliss (and Absolutely Beautiful Things) a new-ish blog, Small Space Style.
Blogger Lisa gives very little personal information, so we don't know where she's based, or much else. But we do know that she lives in a 1,000-square foot home with her husband and two kids. (Although not everyone considers 1,000 square feet small...)
I am one person totally for small space living, but for a growing family of four, even I would count 1,000 as small.
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Floor plan is everything. I recall a 600-sq-ft two-bedroom that would have felt compact with two kids crammed in the second bedroom... but our current 1125-sq-ft two-bedroom would feel chaotic under the same circumstances, due to where the hypothetical kids' toys would end up being played-with.
Either way, yes, 1000 sq ft is certainly not large for a family of 4.
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