Grand Designs Live

December 4, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

This year, I was invited to design and install a space at Grand Designs Live Birmingham at NEC. Leading on sustainability and wellbeing, you hear what Kevin McCloud had to say here.

Tree Planting Pledge

September 19, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

As part of an ongoing mission to be a sustainable business, November sees the start of our Tree Planting Pledge. Following recent certification from Planet Mark Start, an initiative backed by The Eden Project to help small businesses have a positive impact on both the environment and the community, we have pledged to gift a […]

Can Interior Designers Do More?

August 20, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Galvanised by the bravery of 16 year old Greta Thurnberg and the School Strike for Climate Change movement, and the declaration by Extinction Rebellion that we are on the path to a mass extinction of our own making, there are a growing number of grass roots movements by industry leaders designed to help small businesses […]

What is Upcycling?

July 10, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Client: ‘So these are the pieces of furniture that will definitely be staying and these are the things that are no longer useful. In this corner are the things I’m not sure about. You’ll see one or two are damaged but the sofas are still really comfortable, if a bit worn. What do you think?’ […]

Sustainability in Interior Design

May 2, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

On the day that the UK declares an ‘environment and climate emergency’ interior designers have a responsibility to guide clients in making considered choices to help meet sustainability targets.

Natural Spring Cleaning

March 17, 2019.Reading time 15 minutes.

Spring is teasing us. Days are slowly stretching out before us like tightly coiled fern heads unfurling. Soon wild flowers will vie for our attention along the footpaths and lanes. For many of us, spring is the time when we treat our homes to a deep clean. A ritual that sees us shrugging off the […]

Thoughtful Garden Furniture

July 25, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

Design your garden with furniture that is socially responsible and relax knowing that is hasn’t cost us the earth

How to Detox your Home

June 10, 2018.Reading time 14 minutes.

We often reflect on what we are doing to our bodies, giving them a little housekeeping during Veganuary or whilst staying Sober in October, but tend to give very little thought to home detox. Since the 1950s it has been reported that 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic have been produced, 6.3 billion tonnes of which […]