Oh dear. Now that they’ve done the concrete footings and started on the rest of the foundation, it’s easier to gauge the perimeter of the house. Yesterday morning I walked around the future basement, and it looks tiny. I mean, are we going to fit in enough furniture and stuff in this little space?

The house looks big in the blueprints, and the dimensions seem sort of acceptable. But now that the house is taking shape, it looks really small. Mind you, I’m also told that this is a common phenomenon, and that rooms (and houses) always look small until they’re inhabited and the furniture is in place.