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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in a sprawling new build that screams “I have ARRIVED!”

My brother lives in a cozy, 1200 square foot older house in a meh neighborhood.

I took my DD to visit recently and she absolutely LOVED my brothers house and keeps asking to go back. She likes the cozy, comfy, happy feeling of being there. Their house feels so different from ours it’s almost like visiting another country. They have a wood burning stove and everything feels kind of like pioneer living in a way (even though they live in a city and have all the modern conveniences of a normal house).

I don’t know, you can feel the love there. It may not be impressive but their choice to live in a smaller house enables my SIL to stay home and they also have 4 kids (we only have 2).

Everyone has different priorities, values, needs, desires, etc.[/quote]

It's really nice you can appreciate your brother's house, PP. I have that kind of house, too. Back in the day when I hosted birthday parties for my kids, and the parents would come to pick up their children, I'd get two kinds of reactions: "Oh, your house is so cute and charming!", said sincerely, by people who felt how cozy it was and liked all the little period touches; and the shocked swiveling heads that wondered where the rest of the house was, because those people lived in mansions and weren't used to seeing all the main floor in one head-swivel.

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