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Sustainble home shopping with Bower Collective products

Reduce Plastic Use at Home – in 1 Easy Step!

Sustainable home products for 2020
Find your one stop shop for reducing plastic in your home

Reduce plastic waste in your home

If you are looking to reduce plastic waste in your home you are in the right place . Save yourself the stress of trailing around the shops in queues or hours or research on different websites for sustainable home products.

With one easy step you can do the following:

Find easily refillable cleaning products with a simple system that are eco-conscious and sustainable. Sustainable in that they don’t damage the earth and mean you don’t need to travel to a shop to buy them!

Save time and refill easily

Time is short so I’ll get to the point for what you can get in one simple step.

  1. Cleaning products for your home and a simple to system which means you won’t run out
  2. Skin care products with a simple to use system which means you won’t run out
  3. Bathroom and dental hygiene products with a simple to use system – you guessed it …never run out of toilet roll again! : )
Bower Collective washing up liquid with clear glass dispenser

Shop online with Bower Collective

So what is the solution – it’s a collective of brands under one online shop called Bower Collective.

The Bower Collective – find cleaning products and spray or pump dispensers in glass or PET for your cleaning needs. Find handsoap, washing up liquid, dishwasher tablets, laundry powder and much more.

Shop Bower Collective and reduce plastic waste

Discover skincare from favourites such as Neal’s Yard and Burts Bees plus other eco brands.

Get eco bamboo toothbrushes, toothpaste and even electric toothbrush replacements here too.

Never run out with their system which you can set for your own frequency of delivery online. With their unique system you receive your refill pouches that are UV sterilised (UV light is renown for killing most viruses)… Then they are refilled with product and you send back in the prepay box! So simple!

To see some of the other products which I haven’t even covered here yet then watch my unboxing video here:

If you want to go straight to the shop just click here to browse the products and choose your delivery frequency if you prefer the convenience!

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New Decade New House!

A typical Redrow “Heritage” collection house

This month has flown by and a lot has happened since my last post in September.

I’ve been working on a project in Portugal for design of some bathrooms in a holiday villa. It finishes soon and I’m very excited to be able to reveal some photos of in future.

I’m also planning a big move soon and have been house hunting – one of my favourite things looking at showhouses. We’ve sold our house and now plan to move to somewhere close to Exeter in Devon still.

The house we have our eye on is a new build Redrow house. Having lived in a new build before it’s interesting to compare the process with our previous experience of buying a CG Fry house in Cornwall on the Duchy of Cornwall estate in Tregunnel Hill. CG Fry built the original Duchy Estate at Poundbury near Dorchester – something we studied in my interior design degree as an example of sustainable housing in the post-modern style by Prince Charles’ architect Leon Cryer. The same post-modern apporach was used by Leon Cryer whom developed a pattern book for the Newquay site. Today they continue to build further “Duchy” houses at the Nansledan estate in Newquay.

Redrow are a large housebuilder and have a very neat system with an online portal where all your plot’s information is stored. It is also where you can reserve, stores the documents and shows the build progress.

This is very convenient to be able to access when you want to check something out!

The Redrow Portal

One advantage of Redrow is the style of their “Heritage” range of houses. I find this very appealing being in the Arts and Crafts style. The exterior of the houses looks very good quality and has a classic feel.

Have you bought a new build? How did you find it? I’d love to hear from you?

Traditional Style and Contemporary Elegance with Oak

Solid Oak Internal Doors …are not just for cottages

Contemporary Oak Door
Contemporary Oak Door from The Heritage Collection

Solid oak internal doors certainly complement a traditional cottage interior. However, as with any product, their ability to make a distinctive contribution to the ambiance of any interior is one of the hallmarks of that quality.Solid Oak Doors are a design classic that have continued to evolve. Contemporary designs, made with the same craftsmanship and attention to detail as traditional designs simply add a new range of style options to the original concept. This just extends the contexts in which they look good. Traditional manufacturing methods married with modern designs have seen an increase in the number of contemporary oak doors available in the market which now allows for quality doors to be installed no matter what style interior you have.

Class is Permanent

Solid oak internal doors offer unrivalled quality. Hand built to order, solid oak doors fashioned by craftsman will last for centuries. The traditional reputation oak wood enjoys is due in no small part to its ability to convey an air of stability and permanence within any interior. Modern designs have added greater tactile elegance and flexibility to these traditional qualities. It is now possible to purchase a solid oak internal door to complement any interior setting

Style and Versatility

Solid oak internal doors often look attractive as they are but al lend themselves to a whole host of finishes. The oak can be stained in a range of oil finishes from clear oak through to dark oak (ebony). This can be a useful way to get oak doors to blend in with other furnishings. Of course, a good paint finish will achieve a similarly good blend. Oak doors can also be extensively customised by adding suitable handles and latches, glazing panels, mouldings and bracings to suit the demands of different interiors.

A Solid Investment

Solid oak internal doors are rarely the cheapest option, but their deserved reputation for durability

and long life means they are a wise long-term purchase. Oak doors can be energy efficient too; a solid wood door is a good insulator and will help stabilise room temperatures all year round whilst also helping to reduce heating bills by keeping warm air exactly where you intend it to stay.

A Thing of Beauty

Heritage Solid Oak Door
Heritage Solid Oak Door from The Heritage Collection

Above all, the sheer beauty and character of an oak finish must remain the most appealing feature of solid oak internal doors. Whether it is the timeless & quality appearance of a cottage interior, or the sheen and minimalist finish of a contemporary design, oak has the matchless abil

ity to make that definitive statement of class and character.

This piece was written by Liam Pettinger, writer for The Heritage Collection an online shop specialising in solid oak flooring, doors and stair parts.

Sustainable Bamboo Flooring

R Bogdaniec Interior Designer Spinriver Design ltd
Sustainable Bamboo Flooring

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The Wonderful “PassivHaus” Standard

PassiveHaus Darmstadt, Germany
PassiveHaus Darmstadt, Germany

Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy standard in the world.

It’s objectives are to be super thermally efficient and airtight and to provide excellent air quality through mechanical ventilation known as MHVR (Mechanical Heat and Ventialation Recovery). The Passivhaus is so efficient that it’s temperature will not drop below 16 degrees centigrade without heating during the winter months. Impressive stuff, can you imagine living in a house that doesn’t rely on a central heating system? No more ugly radiators under windows – floor to ceiling triple glazed windows flooding your house with natural daylight. How uplifiting!  Instead heat is gained through heat recovery from various sources such as electrical appliances which put out heat like the fridge TV or even the shower. Heating is also partly powered by solar gain (this is the UK!) and renewable energy particularly for heating water.

What all this means as well is that your energy bills are dramatically reduced and lets face it that’s music to our ears in today’s climate! : )


http://www.instituteforsustainability.co.uk/index.html

 http://www.passiv.de/07_eng/index_e.html

Sustainable Homeware Christmas Gifts

Eva Bowl from Eden Gift Shop
Beautiful Fair Trade "Eva" Bowl from Kashmir at the Eden Gift Shop

Stuck for sustainable Christmas gift ideas this season? So was I until I discovered the Eden Shop Online Store!

Click Here to Visit the Eden Shop Online

I make it a rule not to shop for Chistmas gifts before my birthday (and my fiance’s the same day co-incidentlly) on November 30th so not long now!

With everything from Christmas decorations to bamboo childrens toys, cork homeware and recycled funiture, furnishings and glassware; there is something for everyone!

One of the coolest things on the site in my opinion is a recycled aeroplane wing made into a contemporary desk, originally designed for Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis of Dragon’s Den fame.

This beautiful bowl is a fair trade product from Kashmir and will certainly add seasonal glamour to any table.

Fancy something made from natural materials then this beautiful recycled wool blanket or festive green jute cushion could well be for you. Now the winter chill is setting in you can’t have too many throws and cushions!  Now where’s my faux fur sheepskin blanket gone, I’m off to snuggle…

Click Here to Visit the Eden Shop Online

Herringbone Recycled Wool Blanket
Herringbone Recycled Wool Blanket

Jute Floor Cushion
Jewel Like Coloured Jute Floor Cushion

What Spinriver Design Can Do For You!

Commercial interior designer - Rachel Bogdaniec-Davies
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