And Joe and I used to talk about it, and we’d say we were so lucky we have this wonderful relationship, we can have sex on the kitchen floor and not worry about the kids walking in. We can fly off to Rome on a moment’s notice. … ‘The thing is, Joe, we never do fly off to Rome on a moment’s notice’ …. And the kitchen floor? Not once. It’s this very cold, hard Mexican ceramic tile.

This is about the most useful quote from When Harry Met Sally…. I hear it in my head every time I watch some episode of HGTV where they show a couple walking though a house they’re thinking of buying and she imagines the garden here and how they are going to entertain all their friends there, etc, etc.

And most of that never happens.

That spare bedroom that was going to be his office is now a junk room and he is working off the kitchen table. The modular sofa that costs way too much that was to be a relaxing chill space almost never gets used. The family room with the fireplace where they were going to entertain friends holds bookcases of old books and photo albums that are never read.

How much space do you really need to live and be happy? Chances are, not much. Not much at all.