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Eco home accessories: Recycled placemats and coasters

September 14, 2012 By Jackie Cosh Leave a Comment

There are come great recycled home accessories on the market, and many are really good quality. These eco-friendly coasters and placemats are made from recycled vending machine coffee cups direct from the national Save-A-Cup scheme and feel very much like natural slate. They have a wipe clean surface and felt pads to protect the table…

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Filed Under: Dining room, Kitchen Tagged With: Coasters, eco home accessories, eco-friendly, green, place mats, Recycled, save-a-cup, table mats

Top 10 Fair Trade Home Accessories

May 21, 2012 By Jackie Cosh 2 Comments

One thing I noticed when I was taking part in the Cox & Kings blogging challenge was that many of the Indian products I found were Fair Trade, and well priced too. So, we’ve put together a list of  the Top 10 Fair Trade home accessories, all available online, and catering for different tastes. 1….

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Filed Under: Home Accessories Tagged With: Bangladesh, Cebra, ceramic light pulls, Coasters, Daisy Daisy, Ethical Supermarket, Fair Gift, Fair Trade, Fair Trade bedding, fair trade cushion, fair trade home accessories, fair trade mirror, Fairer Planet, fairtrade, Furniture Divas, Ganesha, home accessories, Mimosa Style, Paprika Shop, Recycled, Traidcraft

Rustic teak tealight holder

April 2, 2012 By Jackie Cosh Leave a Comment

We’re always interested to hear about recycled and ethical goods such as this rustic teak tealight holder from Twizzles priced at £11.95. The three storey teak folding tealight is made from recycling teak from old ox carts, buildings and tree stumps in Thailand. With space to hold three tea lights or night lights it is…

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Filed Under: Living room Tagged With: candle holder, ethical, ethical home accessories, home accessories, night lights, Recycled, rustic, tea-light, teak, tealight holder, Twizzles

Recycled sari vintage material triangular pouffe

October 25, 2010 By Editor Leave a Comment

Gorgeous recycled seat from Bouf

I love, love, love the look of this pouffe! It’s made from recycled sari material and other gorgeous embroidered materials and the triangle shape makes it really unusual. The colours are striking and the material features beaded details and added mirror decorations, creating a unique look. The vintage style triangular pouffe is available from Fields…

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Filed Under: Furniture Tagged With: Bouf, doorstop, embroidered, Fields of Blue, pouffe, pouffee, Recycled, sari, seat, Vintage

Recycled wine bottle dish from EcoOutlet

February 13, 2010 By Editor Leave a Comment

EcoOutlet glass dish made from a recycled wine bottle

We love finding good examples of recycled homewares and this is one of them. Once upon a time, this was a wine bottle, but thanks to the power of recycling, it’s been transformed into a glass serving dish. The character of the wine bottle remains – it doesn’t take long to spot what it was…

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Filed Under: Practical Tips & Ideas Tagged With: bottle, EcoOutlet, glass, nibbles, Recycled, serving dish

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