Although our circumstances are very different I can relate to most of what you write. We live in a 29 foot travel trailer so space is very limited. Privacy almost non-existent, although we technically have 4 rooms (kids bunk-room in the back, our "master" bedroom in the front and kitchen/dining/living room + bathroom in the middle). We work from home and homeschool so we're also together almost all the time.
I can think of no better way for a family to be close.
But I too miss a dishwasher.
Yeah. I've had friends that traveled for extended periods. Intensity is, I think, the right word.
And isn't the dishwasher thing funny? I'd seriously feel like a super fancy gagillionaire with a dishwasher.