I have a fragmentary theory of home architecture...I think very good design might be substituted, to an extent, for pure size. For instance, I seem many three-car garages where the third bay is devoted not to an automobile, but to a pile of stuff. The pile is usually fairly haphazard. A decent-sized two-car garage, with a high ceiling for overhead racks, an accessible attic, and some other thoughtful storage knick-knacks, could store more stuff, better, in less space.
This applies elsewhere, too. Better storage in closets (two rows of hangers, for starters), and you don't need so much space. As I said, this is just a fragmentary theory. The generalization probably is that better design would reduce the raw space required. I have maintained for quite a while that living rooms and dining rooms tend to be vastly under-used. The former even more so here in MN, where three- and four-season sun rooms are popular.
And every bad should have storage (drawers) underneath.
Another good space-utilization idea is to have front-loading washing machines, and a laundry folding shelf above. Voila, 10 square feet of space out of thin air.
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