We're moving from a 750sq ft condo to a 2,800sq ft home in just a couple of days so this really hit home with me. More space will be definitely be nice but I feel the stress of the prospect of owning too much stuff again. I can already see the temptation is there with my wife to fill the space up with furniture and make massively expensive renovations. It's going to be a constant battle to remind ourselves that we'll probably only stay in this house for 6-8 years (this is our pattern) and will have to move everything again, and likely into a smaller space since we'll both be close to 60 years old. We're meeting with an interior designer tomorrow and this makes me even more nervous that they'll try to coax us into buying all kinds of new stuff. We're so bombarded with these kinds of pressures in the modern, materialistic world. Living in a smaller space shields us from many of those pressures. I want us to feel like we're making this new place our own but at the same time I don't want to spend more on furnishings/renovations than we can recoup when we sell the house. Hopefully once the dust settles we'll be able to find a way to meet in the middle.