Tiny go Lightly

Living sustainably and designing my lifestyle to be meaningful and low impact. My story of building and living in a tiny house, in Gippsland, Victoria

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A new frontier
April 13, 2020

A new frontier

Moving Day – part one
June 12, 2019

Moving Day – part one

Taking down the flue
April 21, 2019

Taking down the flue

Ravenscroft Farm and the road ahead
April 15, 2019

Ravenscroft Farm and the road ahead

Moving out, moving on
January 14, 2019

Moving out, moving on

Is this goodbye?
November 9, 2018

Is this goodbye?

Increasing your influence – what more could you be doing?
October 9, 2018

Increasing your influence – what more could you be doing?

Staying slow in the rat race – is it possible?
August 30, 2018

Staying slow in the rat race – is it possible?

May Day: the realities of living on solar power
July 24, 2018

May Day: the realities of living on solar power

A tiny vacuum – Dyson V6 Slim review
June 1, 2018

A tiny vacuum – Dyson V6 Slim review

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Sarah Smethurst is the owner builder of an off grid tiny house in Gippsland, Victoria.

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  • Can’t get enough of these photos of Tiny go Lightly by @jaccobm. And as of 1 June, you can officially plan your visit to come and experience tiny house life for yourself! Book your getaway in a peaceful solitude that feels very different to forced isolation 🍂💚🏡 . . #getaway #visitgippsland #tinyhouseairbnb #tinyhouse #solitude #lifeoffgrid
  • A glimpse of blue on a grey May day. . . Coming home to the big house today and the 12 degrees outside feels balmy compared to the ice box that wasn’t heated last night and is still holding the overnight cold. In moments like this I miss the tiny; a house that takes no time at all to heat and very little effort to keep cozy warm all day and night. I also miss being able to clean the whole house top to bottom in an hour flat! . . Who needs a big house anyway?! 😩 . . #tinyhouselife #tinyhouseonwheels #tinyliving #minimalism #moreisless #coldweather
  • Soaking up these sunny mornings and relishing glimpses of how the tiny is settling into the land on Ravenscroft farm: baby herbs growing out the front, native trees planted strategically around the paddocks, grapevine cuttings establishing themselves and slowly growing up the pergola. . . Maybe next year these vines will reach the top. Maybe the year after they’ll start to provide shade and protection through hot summers, brilliant red foliage throughout autumn and die back to allow this gorgeous sun into the house throughout winter. . . I miss adventures and travelling but we have been sent a strong message recently to take stock of what the lifestyle choice of big movement means. It was a conversation that was starting naturally in my circles pre-COVID, with more and more people choosing to rethink flying and the need to consume fossil fuels to satisfy our privileged travel wants. But it’s moments like these that help me focus on the immeasurable benefits of staying still. The beauty, the connections and the meaning we can create might be slow, but they can outlast us all. Isn’t that worth considering? . . #permaculture #slowliving #livewithless #noflymovement #stayingstill #carbonfree #homesteading #degrowth
  • Today’s treat: walking to the @warragulfarmersmarket in the sunshine; seeing the smiling faces of our friends and community and bringing home a stunning posy from @allambeeflowerfarm to brighten our house (and home office!) . . #shoplocal #gippslandproduce #weekendtreats #waratah #natives #autumnsunshine #treatyourself
  • Frosty Friday mornings during lockdown. Slow moments to cherish 💕 . . . #sourdoughcrumpets #stayhome #slowliving #homemaking #lifestyledesign #isobaking #friyay #frostymorning
  • Watching the storm clouds roll over . . #offgrid #weekendvibes #solitude #tinygetaway #gippsland #autumn
  • Friday night getaway, back to my happy place and my sanctuary. . . #tinyliving #slowliving #getaway #offgrid #isolation #tinygolightly #soulfulescapes
  • There are a lot of big thoughts and questions running through my mind at the moment, about our future as a family and our future as a human collective. Coincidentally I finished the trashy fantasy book I was reading and picked up this one that @toristratford lent me a while ago. Flicking through, I realised it was bang on topic and I’ve been relishing it unexpectedly this past week. . . I want to write something longer when I’ve wrapped my head around some of the thoughts I have bouncing around: thoughts about how we shape our lifestyles and our lives to be meaningful and to support a better world. Thoughts about how to support people without prioritising economic growth and how to shift away from our current system and build a new future. They are big thoughts and I still have a lot of unanswered questions. So for now I’m still just listening, reading and learning. . . So far this book has touched on a lot that drives my decision making and advocates for a way of living that is equitable and sustainable for all. It challenges a lot we have always taken for granted and could easily go back to accepting as ‘normal’ as daily life resumes. I’m only at the start still, but I would already recommend the book if you’re ready to reconsider the way our system works. I want to share some of the ideas that stand out - I’ll include some snapshots in my stories as I read, check them out (or read the book!) if you’re interested. . . #radicalhomemakers #degrowth #shannonhayes #community #sustainablefuture #tinyliving
  • Autumn mornings 🍂🍁🍄

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