Posts by helene
Upcycled Sari Rugs and Chindi Rugs are back!
Our Recycled Interiors online store, part of our Sustainable Home Hub, is growing in 2019! We are working to help you live a gentle life by shopping with purpose and will be offering more green and eco living products, more locally made, fairtrade and vintage homewares and rugs, more recycled, upcycled and sustainable products, books…
Read MoreWhy the News is Bad For You
Do you watch or listen to the news anymore? It has become increasingly difficult to do so, without muting and turning off so many stories. On social media you can at least pass by or block a particularly distressing story. While we want and need to share the terrible things that are happening across the…
Read MoreFrom Crop to Cup – The Nerada Tea Story
This post is brought to you in partnership with Nerada Tea Tea is a part of everyday life for so many people, but when you pour your morning cuppa, do you stop to consider the story behind the growing and harvesting of your tea? Buying locally grown and manufactured produce is an important part of…
Read MoreFive Ways to Create a More Sustainable Home
As we head towards the end of another year, I thought I would share 5 basic ways to create a more sustainable home. You may or may not already be doing these things, but it is just a reminder about balance, and how to consider your health and our wonderful planet when decorating and designing…
Read MoreHow to Upcycle an IKEA Bed into a Benchseat
The following is an outdoor bench upcycle from an Ikea bed shared by the lovely Fiona Parry Jones and her hubby Nick, from Von Haus Designs Upcycled Ikea Bench Seat 1) We wanted a bench seat for the garden, so I used a 500mm overall depth. Any more than this and it will be too…
Read More12 Days of an Upcycled Christmas
What is the best part of Christmas for you? The mountains of gifts? Or the memory of time spent with loved ones? Perhaps like me, you watch Love Actually every December and cry your eyes out. Maybe you love the placing of the note to Father Christmas, or the family cricket game after lunch. Whatever…
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