With 63 percent of us overweight, while oversized furniture to accommodate that persists and the square footage of our homes shrinking, it would seem that something's got to give!
It's a real conumdrum: for some reason, Americans still want "big" in everything, while practicality tells us that with the cost of energy and maintenance being what it is, we are ready to scale down from our McMansions, yet we don't want to give up our big furniture that psychologists say is a way to show others that we live large.
Great rooms are no longer so great, yet many find themselves stuffed to the gills with armchairs built for one that could accommodate two.
There are other size-related considerations in today's homes. Do tall people feel comfortable in ceilings with lower heights, and do some of us need to sit on a toilet that is what is called "comfort height" in order to get back up?
Read more at: http://www.primaverarealestate.com/the-home-guru/our-bodies-our-homes-adjusting-to-each-other
Bill Primavera is a realtor and marketing practitioner from Westchester, New York. Every week he writes a column called The Home Guru for his regional newspapers and on Patch.com. For any comments or questions, he can be reached at Bill@TheHomeGuru.com or called directly at 914-522-2076.
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