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We have 2400 and don't need more, but I wish it was better laid out!

We have about 3000 and I don't think we'd like too much less. Though I wish I could redistribute some of the footage from downstairs where our living room is too big, but our master bathroom isn't big enough for both a tub and a shower (we have just a big shower). I'd also like a full laundry room not just a laundry closet.

I like having 4 bedrooms, an office and a playroom. You just don't get those extra rooms at much lower square footages.

Probably around 3000 if not a little more. We have 2750 now and could definitely use a little bit more space (a couple extra rooms).

I think we are in the NYC apartment we will be in for ages, maybe not forever, but at least most of the kid years. We have around 750 sf. two bedrooms one bath, lots of hall closets. Whenever we go visit the grandparents houses feel SO HUGE. I am sure I could get used to more room. But this feels pretty nice. And we have a washing machine (super special for NYC).

Our house is ~2000 sq ft, with an unfinished attic and basement (so lots of storage); we'll probably be here until we're too old to walk up stairs.

I definitely think we could live comfortably in less, but we basically use the whole house.

If by forever home you mean something all kids could fit in, so the largest we'd need, I could see as small as about 1500 sq ft with two kids before space would be an issue. We're in less than that now and it's not a huge deal! I honestly don't get it when people say they need a lot of square feet...what are they keeping in their home?

I don't want a forever home! Ours is 2000 sqft and it's just fine. We'll probably move again once or twice to a slightly larger home as they get older, but when our kids go off to college, we want to move away from the suburbs and have a condo in the center of the city.

Minimum 2800 sq ft. Although I'm sure once the kids leave it will be too big ... but since it's my forever home .... why not?

We're 2 adults, 1 toddler, 2 cats in 550ish usable sq ft (there is a big porch over an alley, but in Boston, it doesn't add much) and it's way too small. We're moving to the midwest and looking for at least 2500, but ideally closer to 3000. DH and I both work from home a lot and need space to set up separate offices. We also have a steady stream of houseguests so we're hoping to have a guest room and dedicated guest bathroom. We love that our family comes to visit us often, but they are very high-maintenace guests (think 45-min shower in the only bathroom during the morning rush hour without checking to see if anyone needs it first) so we're hoping to have enough space so that they are not underfoot all the time.

We have 2800 and could definitely use more. Even finishing the basement would help us significantly. The problem for us is hobbies that take up a lot of room. Without large scale hobbies, what we have would be fine.

@2littlepumpkins: I know for us, I was just approved to telework an additional day. Right now we are using the guest room as an office as well, but one of the conditions is a dedicated office space. DH was approved to work from home one day a week. So, we need a legit seperate room for our office space. Growing up, my dad had a room as his workout space with equipment, treadmills, etc... We just bought a treadmill, and I have no time to drive 45 min to a yoga studio now that we moved to the burbs. I kind of agree with my dad, I'm not spending $$ for gym and classes around here! So, we need a workout space. Each kid gets a bedroom if possible so they can have their own space. And that's 5 bedrooms if you use basement as workout space, and play area (depending on size.) We spend a lot of time at home. Saturday's we go into the city and go to muesums or parks, and Friday night and Sunday we hang out at home!