There’s always more than one way to swing a cat.
I like simplicity.
I like big houses. They’re good for sharing with other people. Which requires a simpler lifestyle.
I like small houses. They’re good for forcing you to limit what you have. Which requires a simpler lifestyle.
I’m not so sure about medium-sized (normal) houses.
They’re small enough that it’s hard to share the space, but they’re big enough that you can just put things in a corner, in a cupboard, in the space room, out in the garage. Out of sight, out of mind. And into the bin (ten years down the track).
If you’re trying to live differently, and if we need to live differently, perhaps the places we live in also need to be different.
Go big or go small, at home.