@kelsmom I live in a house built in the 1950’s too. Rather than mid century modern I refer to mine as mid century vernacular. They do have some significant advantages typically. First they are usually ranches and therefore relatively easy to get around if one chooses to age in place. Second, they normally are comparatively small with open floor plans so they are relatively inexpensive to heat and cool. Ours is only about 1400 sq. ft. with a full basement. We decided that by the time we can afford a larger house (when the kids are out of college) we won’t need one. The only thing to do is move the laundry upstairs.