What if we optimized our living spaces to create a home that’s 100 percent useful?

Every year it’s the same report: New homes in the U.S. keep getting bigger, even as the size of the average household shrinks. Though the rate of bloating has slowed in recent years, new single-family homes still averaged 2,457 square feet in 2017. And we’re filling those homes with stuff, much of it bought on credit.