I know what you mean. My last house was too big for us. We moved overseas, so we brought nothing but clothes with us. And we dropped a LOT of money on the necessities, like a bed/couch/kitchen stuff. But then we still couldn't make the place feel too much like home because it'd cost that much more to think about decorating the place. After we were there a year, we had finally made the living room and master bedroom feel right, but the rest of the house was just...there.

Now we're in a TINY one bedroom apartment (moved to a new country and chose a small place in a nicer neighborhood). We're like Goldilocks, lol. Having trouble finding something just right.