As was mentioned by someone earlier (sorry, I forgot who) reducing power consumption will do a lot for reducing how much power you need to provide via solar.

Adding insulation to your home to improve its efficiency helps.

Killing phantom power loads via a central smart switch or by adding power strips with on/off switches will reduce consumption.

There are a number of tutorials on the web for horizontal refrigerator and freezer set-ups that save an amazing amount of energy. First, by being chest type units the cold air doesn't dump out into the environment when the door is opened. Secondly these units are super insulated. Thirdly, the condenser coils are moved away from the unit, and in one case I'd read about the person was using them to preheat water. After that a number of other tricks are used such as temperature switches that cut power to the refrigerator when it reaches preset temperatures.

As mentioned before, solar water heaters help to preheat water so you use less energy to get it to the temperature you want.

An interesting idea I've seen recently is using waste concrete to fill a home's internal wall cavities to build up thermal mass to save on energy used for heating and cooling.

Solar Air heaters were mentioned before as well. Then there's passive solar design, but that's something that usually needs to be thought about as the home is being built.

Solar lighting can help reduce electrical loads during the day.

There's a lot of other things we can do to reduce power consumption that won't adversely affect our lives too badly as well.

Also, please understand that while I'm trying to reduce my consumption, I like my toys too, so I'm working on reducing wasted power not so much looking to live like a monk by candle light. LOL

I've been looking into getting off the grid for a while now and I think another decision I've made is to reduce the size of my future home's floor plan. By taking away one room, I reduce the power needed to heat and cool the home, and save money on construction and materials costs that can be put toward the Solar PV system.