I am so glad to hear some of your comments.. my house is 900 sq ft and I just love it, but we have 4 adults living in it. My son and dil live with us to share costs and help care for me on my bad days. My husband can fix anything and I can cook anything from scratch. My son and DIL cook from mixes and cans, and everything is replaceable. Last night he went to groc store and came home with $167 worth of DVD's. I was appalled! Their money, their choices - but their stuff is all so temporary/disposable.
Ah well, we definitely have a generation gap in our house. DH was born during the Great Depression and I was raised by parents who were dirt poor.