{"id":6610,"date":"2019-08-01T14:59:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2019-08-01T14:59:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:59:40","slug":"the-home-sizes-and-clutter-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/the-home-sizes-and-clutter-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home Sizes and Clutter Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a way, the trend toward larger homes is the result of Americans\u2019 fondness for clutter.<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s tiniest house is in Germany. It\u2019s one square meter, made of wood and glass, and it\u2019s portable, if you don\u2019t mind carrying it on your back. By day, you set the little house upright, where you can work at a little desk, and to relax or sleep. Of course, that means there\u2019s no room for any belongings.<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s too little space for you, you\u2019re not alone. The typical home purchased in 2018 was 1,900 square feet in size, had three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and cost $249,500, according to the National Association of REALTORS.<\/p>\n

According to GarageWorks, a quarter of the households that have two-car garages store so much stuff they don\u2019t have enough room to park any cars. The average American woman owns 30 different outfits, compared to women in the 1930s who owned only nine. The U.S. is home to 3.1% of the world\u2019s children, yet consumes 40% of the world\u2019s toys.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a lot of stuff, which has helped the self-storage industry grow into a $38 billion powerhouse. One in 11 Americans pays $91.14 per month to store stuff in approximately 48,500 storage facilities in the U.S. – more locations than McDonalds and Starbucks combined.<\/p>\n

The National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals says Americans don\u2019t use 80% of the things they keep. They cope by hiring professionals to organize their stuff.<\/p>\n

De-cluttering means more time for play!<\/p>\n

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In a way, the trend toward larger homes is the result of Americans\u2019 fondness for clutter. The world\u2019s tiniest house is in Germany. It\u2019s one square meter, made of wood and glass, and it\u2019s portable, if you don\u2019t mind carrying it on your back. By day, you set the little house upright, where you can … Continue reading The Home Sizes and Clutter Relationship<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-ideas-and-tips","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellingdelawarehomes.com\/delaware-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}