Most bathroom remodels start with a feeling. The space feels cramped. The tile feels wrong. The layout has never quite matched the way you use the room. And somewhere between a saved Instagram photo and a call to a contractor, a decision that involves significant time, money, and disruption to your daily life gets underway.

Your kitchen doesn’t usually announce its problems all at once. It’s more gradual than that — a drawer that sticks, a morning rush that feels more chaotic than it should, a layout that has never quite worked for the way your family lives. And then one day, standing there with a pot on the stove and nowhere to set down the groceries, you think: something has to change.

There’s a moment many families recognize. Maybe it’s a parent who lives alone and could use more support. A college graduate back home while they find their footing. A sibling navigating a life transition. Whatever the circumstances, the question often surfaces quietly at first, and then more insistently: What if they just lived with us?