A Guide to Buying Second-Hand or Pre-Loved Furniture
Buying second-hand is one of the easiest ways to reduce your environmental impact. It’s pretty well known that fast fashion is a huge contributor to carbon emissions, but what about ...
Hearth & Home, Interiors, Live Better, Pause & Dwell
What We Can Learn from the Philosophy of Wabi-Sabi
Simplicity and finding contentment in what we have is at the heart of the slow living mindset. But, as with many ethics, slow living takes inspiration from prevailing, much older ...
Hearth & Home, Interiors, Live Better, Pause & Dwell
11 Independent and Inspiring Magazines for Slow Living
A quiet moment spent pouring over an indie magazine is something to be savoured in our digital-first world. With their tactile thick pages and high quality images, these magazines are ...
Japandi: The Meeting of Scandinavian Minimalism and Japanese Design
It’s easy to be sceptical of terms coined to describe design trends but this one is worth your attention. After all, trends are fleeting and often used to encourage consumers ...
A Guide to Choosing Sustainable Bed Linen
Our bedrooms are our sanctuaries and our beds the very heart of these spaces. The fabrics, textures, thread counts and tog ratings that we choose are deeply personal, but getting ...
Dulux’s Colour of the Year 2021: a Shade for Slow Living
Brave Ground, a warm, neutral shade, has been chosen as Dulux’s Colour of the Year for 2021. The brand’s experts carefully analyse global trends to bring consumers a paint colour ...
The 6 Principles of Slow Design
The principles of slow design were outlined by Carolyn F. Strauss and Alastair Fuad-Luke as a response to ‘the need for new tools and strategies for evaluating design with a ...
Hearth & Home, Seasonal Living
How to Make a Rustic Dried Flower Wreath
Creating a floral wreath is the perfect slow living project. It’s a particularly mindful activity that requires time, patience and creativity – especially if you’re drying your own foliage. Decorating ...
Hearth & Home, Seasonal Living
How to Dry Flowers and Foliage for Rustic and Relaxed Arrangements
There has been something of a renaissance for dried flowers and foliage. A clever way to extend the life of cut flowers and add natural elements to rooms with low ...