Yes, I would without reservation say, bigger is better. Normally I am a "less is more" kind of person but it is much easier to have a little too much space than the reverse. We stretched quite a bit and have no regrets. Frankly, the stretches really don't cost as much as originally thought. A fancy front door can really run the price up (as I believe Keith Wand reported) proportionately more. That's my two cents but, these days, I am expecting nothing back