Originally Posted by twistedmosaic

I disagree...when we were house shopping, floorplan was more important than square footage. We looked at probably 50 houses before everything clicked into place. We could have afforded more (in fact, signed paperwork on a 2600 square foot 5 bedroom, then changed our minds) but ended up with a very efficient (no wasted areas) 1600 square foot 2-story 3-bedroom/2.5 bath.

Our last house was 800 square foot 2-bedroom/1-bath, but the floorplan was AMAZING, so it never felt small--that's what we were trying to replicate.

Before that I shared a 400 square foot studio, and again, compliments of the good people at Ikea, we made it feel comfortable and not cramped.

So I guess I've been happy with 200 square feet, 400 square feet, and 800 square feet...I don't count the baby having any of her own yet.