"Moving backwards in house size is nearly impossible. And it's largely because of stuff." That was George Carlin's take on it as well: "That's all your house i

"Moving backwards in house size is nearly impossible. And it's largely because of stuff." That was George Carlin's take on it as well: "That's all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You could just walk around all the time. A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it." I have a fairly large house, and it's a lot like computer memory, the amount of stuff expands to the capacity available.