We downsized from a 3600 sq ft 1870s Victorian bed and breakfast to an 1800 sq ft condo - we love it! No yard work, snow shoveling, etc. Lots more time to sew! And we have an extra room for each of us for our hobbies. Those rooms are guest rooms, too, so need to be kept or made tidy occasionally, but not nearly as often as we used to have to keep them at the B&B. Downsizing did take some work, though. We sold a lot of the contents to the new owners, but had to give away things via freecycle, to the Salvation Army, and to our local Re-Store. All well worth it!