Are The Walls Closing In On EVERY Mom? Or Is It Just Me?

by Kim Fusaro | Comments

When Rory and I moved from a 265-square-foot studio apartment into a two-bedroom with a yard, I thought we'd never have enough stuff to fill it. "Feel free to put stuff in the basement," the landlord said. We didn't take her up on the offer for more than two years—until just before Emmett arrived. 

Now our pile of stuff in the basement is bigger than our studio apartment—and I feel like I'm adding to it daily. The pile is big enough that another family of three could very well be living IN it—and we probably wouldn't notice.

But based on my friends who live in the suburbs, any space gets too small within a year or two. Some friends with two children outgrew their one-floor, three-bedroom house before their second baby arrived. "Sometimes I dream that I discover a staircase to a secret second floor that I never new about." Now they're in a split-level with four levels that they insist is getting cramped. 

Is there such thing as a home with enough space for a family? Or does EVERY family wish they had a few more closets and an extra room or three? Is it time to consider a move to the suburbs? Or do I just need to get rid of a bunch of stuff?

I'm thinking NO.