Choosing eco home furnishings can be really tricky. Particularly for items that are a little more complex in their manufacture and don’t necessarily have a daily energy use. Subsequently, the provenance of manufacture and materials, embodied energy and durability of these pieces really comes into question. Sofas are a prime example of a high-ticket, [...]
Category Archives: Furniture
Can’t Stand The Heat? – Future Kitchen Trends
November 22, 2011 – 1:00 pm
We’re often asked by clients (usually the big ones), what are the current trends in kitchen design? It’s an area that’s constantly on the move and being reinvestigated – perhaps because it’s the one area of the home where form, function and passion come together, or simply because its an industry that thrives on the [...]
Edible Household – Playing With Your Food
November 16, 2011 – 10:45 am
So if we can’t explore a few crazy ideas in this blog, where can we? And with that liberating and mouth watering thought in mind, I thought I’d share with you a few designers who are cooking up a storm with their edible furniture and accessories. It’s clear, if you watch TV on ANY given [...]
Never Felt Better: The Many Uses Of Pressed Wool for eco homes
November 11, 2011 – 12:20 pm
Felt is one of those under-used but “designers’ favourite” materials. And as one of the earliest fabrics created, it has been for a very long time. Natural felt is made using wool in a wet or dry process and utilises the wool fibre scales and kinks to bond or matt the fabric together. For [...]
Log in and Branch Out: Natural Wooden Furniture In The Home
October 19, 2011 – 8:59 am
Bringing nature into the home can mean so much more than just treading mud into the hallway carpet. What we’re seeing at the moment is a new generation of designers finding ways to create furnishings from unprocessed materials. This allows the softness and elegance of natural forms to add a unique organic richness to your [...]
Pattern Application: Repetition For Rejuvenation
October 18, 2011 – 9:44 am
It wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to notice that pattern is creeping into all areas of our homes. What I’ve recently been noticing is that it’s now being applied to some really unusual materials and even as a means to upcycle furniture that otherwise might be taking up space at a landfill site. Adding [...]
Get On (And Off) Your Bike: The Best In Indoor Bike Rack Design
October 14, 2011 – 2:00 pm
I’m a regular and passionate cyclist and, like Boris Johnson, I think more of us should be getting on our bikes every day. Not just in an effort to cut down on smog and CO2 emissions (although this is obviously great news) but because bikes are incredible pieces of engineering and deserve to be properly [...]
Too Good For Bottles: An Eco Material That’s Finding New Ways Into The Home
October 14, 2011 – 1:37 pm
Cork is one of those materials that designers love (a bit like cardboard) but others still have a bit of a hang up about. Reminiscent of chilly 1960s bathroom floors, it’s now having a renaissance in the home, with a selection of truly sustainable, beautiful and highly functional products. It’s warm-to-the-touch, has a little bounce [...]
Knitted furniture for happier Eco interiors!
September 27, 2011 – 10:17 am
Amazing to think that there are around 32 million sheep in the UK – that’s half a sheep per person (perhaps a bit messy) or 2 sheep per family of 4, much neater except perhaps in the bathroom. So where I hear you ask is all that fabulous wool going, especially as wool sales have [...]
Eco Interiors need your old drawers
September 20, 2011 – 11:08 am
Ok so I know that this headline can be easily misinterpreted and people often raise an eyebrow or two when I tell them I am obsessed with old drawers, but just hold out and let me tell you why… Every year hundreds of thousands of tonnes of usable furniture is simply thrown into landfill sites [...]
