At Home with the hortons


​Hello friend! I’m Heidi & together with my husband Matt and our miniature schnauzer Teddy we live in an almost tiny house in Southland, NZ which we built as a result of doing a huge audit of our lifestyle. After spending most of our twenties chasing the conventional ideals of bigger, more, faster - one day back in 2017 we woke up sick of trying to keep up with the Jones's and decided to make a change. We started dreaming of a simpler lifestyle - one that gave us financial freedom & time back. We had a new awareness of our footprint on this Earth and a thirst to get back to basics. Fast forward to today; health is our greatest wealth, time is our currency, happiness & experiences are our highest values and the possibilities of future adventures await us.

I'm a keen gardener, a business-minded creative, a book worm, a foodie, a writer and a home body among many other things! So if any of those things interest you, welcome - you're going to love it here!
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we live this way to:

slow down
Busy is not a badge of honour. We seem to spend much of our lives rushing around, constantly in a state of doing & ticking things off lists. Let's celebrate balance, glorify rest & make time to just be present.
ditch the excess
Material things do not make us more successful, happier, popular or important. It is the people and experiences in our lives that we treasure the most, not the material things.
Do more, see more, be more.
gain financial freedom
Five years ago when we put our 'big family home' on the market we decided we’d rather the freedom of less, so we can do more. In a world where we're told "buy, spend, go into debt" we stepped off the conveyor belt and opted out.
And now we'll be completely mortgage free in our 30's!
leave a lighter footprint
This beautiful world we live in must be cherished & nurtured. We as humans are not seperate from this Earth, we are just one beautiful part of the story and when we live in harmony with our environment it feels better. 
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Living sustainably is not 'all or nothing', it is in the small changes we make and our every day choices.
live healthier lives
​We’ve brought many of our lifestyle choices back to basics. From the products we use in our home, to changing how we eat. I have a passion for cooking from scratch and regaining that true connection to our food that we've lost over the years.
Follow us on over on Instagram where I document our home, garden and lifestyle.