Why do houses always look so much bigger on the inside before you move in?

When we moved into our two bedroom two bathroom apartment it seemed so bit for the three of us. Now that we have furniture it seems a lot smaller than when we first moved in. I am finding we have too much stuff and when we move next year after our lease runs out, i think i may be getting rid of stuff as we don't use 1/4 of it anyways LOL

Items and possession accumulate over time- Especially with a child- You get a lot more toys- and a lot more stuff and the house quickly fills up- and looks cluttered. You have to weed out some things- Change around the furniture in some of the rooms- I always change my living room around every 3-6 months- and I can’t believe how much bigger it looks each time- Also houses always look bigger with nothing in them!

I found when I first moved into this house it was smaller than when we first looked at it. Why? Because they didn't have as much furniture as we do. And now, we have even more. We can't seem to throw anything out. We are collecting junk that clutters up our homes. An example, my mother gave us a double sofa bed for our family room. We used it for several years and eventually the lining beneath the mattress tore so we bought a futon to replace it. Did we get rid of the sofa bed? Noooooo. We decided to put it in the crawl space where the kids used to sleep on the floor when they had friends sleep over and watch movies. This way they had a bed to sleep on instead of the floor. So now it sits in there, along with a lot of other clutter, and my kids won't go in there because after being abandoned for so long they are sure it is filled with spiders (and I'm sure they're right). But then there never seems to be enough room. My computer is on an old secretary's desk. Perfect, right? Next to it is a card table and next to that are two TV tables, two small bookcases, an old dresser and one large bookcase. The place is a mess. Our basement looks puny compared to when we first moved in. We just keep adding stuff but never throw anything away.

I know exactly what you mean and think I know part of the reason behind it . Years ago we rented a big house with four bedrooms and three stories . It seemed like such a nice size for my husband and I with our two children and a third on the way but a couple of years later we moved and it seemed so much smaller then when we first moved in and this was because we ended up having another child which made four and then all the stuff that comes with having a new baby which took up more space then I would have imagined . As the years go by we seem to accumulate more in stuff then we do space and what seemed so big at one time starts to feel small and simply not big enough for all of us . We have just bought a house and it seems big enough for all of us now even though thier are seven of us now but I also realize how quickly space seems to get smaller with each item we buy so have decided that I am going to start getting rid of something we are not using each time we bring something new into the house to try and keep the sence of space and not feeling cramped all together . Best of luck !!

Before we haven't moved into the new house, usually they will be empty or have less furnitures. Since our stuff are not available there yet, so it looks bigger. After we move in it, we will bring our belongings and therefore the house will be stuffed again.

Yes you may feel like ths because you see the house when it is clean, tidy and there is nothing in there. Once you add all of you and your family's stuff to the house, you end up (well at least think you end up) with hardly any room. Try clearing out some old stuff that you do not want, maybe sell some old stuff lying around your house that is not needed anymore. It is a great way of clearing up your house and making a bit extra cash.

We just bought our house, and it already seems small. lol It's about the same square footage as the house we just moved out of, it's just that everything is set up differently here. We have an extra bathroom and a big utility room that take up a bunch of space. We didn't have that at the old house, so this one has a lot less other space. As for fixing the problem, you could try getting rid of stuff. That's one of the things that we plan on doing, once we figure out what we can get rid of. Another thing that we plan on doing is getting a storage unit to store the things that we don't need right now, but that we want to hold onto. It will mostly hold baby items that my son has outgrown, but that we want to keep for if we have another child.

yes beautyqueen i know what you mean ,i am going through the very same thing.There are only 2 of us but we added a puppy several months back and we are cramped also...We moved away for awhile and now we have come back home,same house.I think I know what my problem is,I have added a lot of clutter to my home that i really do not need,when i say clutter i am talking about "stuff" not trash...I was talking with my husband about the same thing and he told me that i just had to much stuff and that i was filling up the house to much with things i wanted but did not really need.He suggested i have a garage sale or a house sale to get rid of unused items that i liked but really did not need and was serving no purpose other that I just wanted it...So i began looking at what I really needed to run this home and ,then began looking at things that i did not really need,but i just wanted them.So I kept the things that was closest to my heart and dejunked and you would be surprised how much more room i have..I actually wanted to move also but no more .I feel much better about my home now.Hope this helps some.

We moved into our new home about 3 1/2 years ago...and like you it appeared to be quite large and roomy...but we have spent the last 3 1/2 years buying new stuff to go into the house and throwing precious little away....When it begins to bother me....I literally empty the rooms of the house to bare...clean the carpets and throw away the "junk" as I put the room back together, usually rearranging things as I go along.... While that may sound like an insane thing to do...BUT it works..... Wishing you a happy solution to this dilemma.

We had our home built about 5 and a half years ago. When we looked at the model home, it seemed as if we would have enough storage space and just enough room for everyone. Now we have 3 kids and 3 dogs. Not enough room. As for storage space? All of my cupboards, closets, and my pantry are stuffed to the brim. I have 9 foot ceilings throughout the house, so in my kitchen we have those extra long cupboards above the counters. At first I thought this would be great. There is so much storage space in the kitchen. Well, due to my shortness I can only reach the bottom 2 shelves!!! The top 2 shelves are mostly wasted because I can't reach them. I hate to climb up and down on a stool. :o)

I must agree with loterylover that houses look bigger when they are empty The other thing could be that while your child is still a baby, it doesnt need the space that he or she will need when being a toddler, and going everywhere around the house. And the more stuff we place into our houses the less spacious these become...wouldn't it be great if the houses did expand while we place more and more in it?:)