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We need never pine for larger quarters if we remember this: home is not a self-contained world but a toehold in a larger world. We don’t just live in our houses and apartments. We live in houses and apartments on streets in neighborhoods in communities in towns and in cities. The porch, the front stoop, the sidewalk, the street, the square and the park expand the confines of home beyond the enclosed space of the house or apartment and into the open space of the public realm. The private home is just the smallest in a series of concentric units. Seen in this context, how large does it need to be?
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The art of living well is not necessarily a simple thing. Yet it seems to thrive in a simple setting. If it is true that a rich man is as likely to enter the kingdom of heaven, as is a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, there are two corollary truths. First, a gracious and comfortable life is more likely to flourish in a small and simple home than in a large and elaborate one. Small dwellings are more likely to have the straightforward ease and authenticity that make a gracious home.
The second corollary truth is this: Human beings are more likely to be happy in spaces of human scale. Modest households of good design and simple elegance can bring great pleasure and satisfaction. The scale of our homes should derive from the real needs of our daily lives, not from vanity, insecurity or a need for public display. Home should be the setting for life, not the measure of it.
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