Sustainable Living Looks Different for Everyone

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Sustainable living looks different for everyone. For me, it’s about creating a life with purpose, quality over quantity, and time for the people and places that matter most. My daughter and her husband live in one of Australia’s most expensive cities. They have four beautiful children, one of whom is autistic. Together, they made the […]

Why Go Tiny? Because Bigger Isn’t Always Better

A modern arched tiny home with timber cladding sits on a large wooden deck surrounded by trees, grass and natural bushland.

Somewhere along the way, we were sold the idea that success meant a bigger house, a bigger mortgage, more rooms, more stuff, more bills and more pressure. And honestly? I think a lot of people are exhausted. Exhausted from working just to pay for a house they barely get to enjoy. Exhausted from cleaning rooms […]

When Did We Start Needing So Much House?

Small white wooden cottage with a red tiled roof surrounded by lush green trees and lawn

It’s easy to think that bigger homes have always been the goal — the double garage, open-plan living, multiple bathrooms, and space for everything. But this obsession with size is a modern idea, and it hasn’t been around as long as you might Small Spaces Were Once the Standard  For most of human history, homes have […]