My mother and father both come from 5 children homes. My father's house growing up had 7 people living in it, 2 bedrooms, and one bathroom. My mother's house growing up was similar. It had 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Essentially, houses were built smaller than they are today, even if there were a ton of people crammed into them. This was the 50s and a different time.
When I was growing up as an only child, we lived in a house with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. I now live in a house with 2 adults and one dog. It's 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. The point is that we seem to be getting bigger houses with less people living in them. Is there really a need for all this "extra" space that just costs us more money to heat and cool it? Not only does it dwindle down our cash, but it also hacks away at our energy sources.
In fact, the average home size in 1950 was 1,000 square feet. By 2005, this figure increased by 150% to 2,500 square feet. We're having smaller families today, but need more space. Does that make sense?
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Best Way to Green Your Home
Posted by Kristie Lorette at 6:11 AM
Labels: energy efficient homes, green living, green your home, ways to green your home
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I'm an only child too, but when I was growing up we lived in a small two up, two down terrace house. I remember a house similar to the one I grew up in that had thirteen children and two adults living it. I don't think we realise today how fortunate we are. However, smaller houses also means less energy used which, in my opinion, would be beneficial to the environment. But try telling that to the architects.
Ahhh.....memories. Thank you for sharing.
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