It seemed like a waste to have so much space for just two people. Moving from our small apartment into a pretty big house really showed us how much of our home was basically going unused. When you think about it, most people probably need just a few parts of their home — a spot to watch TV, a spot to sleep, and a spot to eat and cook. Maybe you work from home and need a spot to work. A few months back, the Money Wizard wrote about a UCLA study in which researchers plotted the location of family members in a typical house. Below were the results. As you can see, the majority of the time, people hung out in the kitchen or family room. Many other rooms basically went unused. And the absolute biggest waste of space has to be the guest room! It seems like everyone with a house has a guest room these days.