In November of 2020, we published a post called “What’s It Like To Downsize” after living in our smaller home for 6 months. We covered a range of experiences – like the good things about moving to a smaller home (owning less stuff! saving money!) and some of its challenges, especially in the initial stages of downsizing (paring down! figuring out storage!). We still agree with everything in that post, but it had only been six months… and since it has now been over 4.5 years (!!!), we feel like we have a few more to add about the long-haul downsizing experience. Let’s get into it.

I won’t recap our entire decision to downsize (you can see the full explanation here) but the highlights are:

• We used to live in a 3,150 sq. ft. home in suburban Richmond, Virginia
• Now we live in a 1,400 sq.

Continue reading Downsizing Update: Almost 5 Years Later at Young House Love.