I did my final end of year thesis on Green Walls – “Sustainable future or expensive green showcase?” Suffice to say that maintenance is not that sustainable and green, although the walls do add a lot to mitigate the heat island effect and have been proven to aid heat and cold air exchange of the [...]
Picture this – lentils, flowers in your hair, flip flops, rough textured sack-like textiles…. and you would be barking up the wrong tree! How can a design for your home be Green yet still be stylish and beautiful? Clients often ask me how they can be more Eco, more Green and do their bit for the [...]
Vintage or whatever word you may want to attribute to it these days, has really come of age so to speak, yesterday’s “bits and bobs” are today’s 21st Century antiques. As an interior designer these types of shows are a great source of meeting new dealers, looking at savvy ways of up- cycling and recycling old furniture [...]
In my last post I explained why I have decided to take the green route in all my work and although Eco but not Loco, I and the teams I work with aim to always try new things and go for the best sustainable and environmental solution we can find at the time. But there [...]
As an Interior Designer and Landscape Designer I am often confronted with the fact that clients want to realise their dreams from scratch using new furnishings for their home or new landscaping materials to make their perfect garden. So it’s my job to show them there is another way without compromising on function and aesthetics. [...]
I was rather shocked at the news that Butterfly population in the UK was in decline by almost three quarters. Even commons species such as the Small Skipper, Common Blue, and Small Tortoiseshell were in decline. The study that looked at data over the last 10 years says that the fall is due to [...]
