Guide to Vegan Paint 2021 – Ethical & Cruelty Free Wall Paint Advice
Guide to Vegan Paint 2021 - Ethical & Cruelty Free Wall Paint Advice Surely paints are Vegan already!? Nope! A standard off the shelf paint may well have been tested on animals, especially when imported [...]
Upgrading to an Energy Efficient Home
The concept of energy efficiency has been around for quite a few decades now, but it has only recently caught momentum. With global warming and depletion of our natural resources, we have become acutely aware [...]
What To Look For in a Kitchen Paint?
When it comes to kitchen paint, a lot of brands fail to create one that is eco-friendly, safe and performs well. The focus is more on creating ideal paint for bedrooms, bathrooms, dining rooms, living [...]
The Dangers of Chemical Exposure to the Painter and Decorator from Petrochemical House Paints
Introduction to chemical exposure for painters and decorators. Household paints are undoubtedly one of the most integral visual components of a building. A good combination of colour accents and nice, even coats can enhance the [...]
What is sugar soap and do I need to use it?
Introduction to sugar soap. As the name suggests, sugar soap is used to ‘’clean’’ walls for the purpose of decorating them. Don’t get fooled by the name ‘’Sugar soap’’ as there is no sugar in [...]
Confused about the Eco-Friendly Terminology and Jargon?
Over time, the world has become increasingly more conscious of a need to protect and preserve the environment. People are more environment-conscious now than they have ever been before. With this awareness, several new [...]
What is spray foam insulation for the home and is it worth it?
The importance of home insulation cannot be understated. Having your home insulated is a great way to increase the energy efficiency of the household, decrease the electricity bill, and basically create a comfortable living [...]
What is water vapour & vapour barriers and how can it affect my home?
Practically everyone is familiar with the three states of water: solid, liquid, and gas. Water, in its gaseous state, is an integral component of air that we know as water vapour. The percentage of [...]
What is home air tightness? Airtightness Membrane: Essentials of an Eco Home
Nowadays, people are becoming increasingly aware of the need to create energy-efficient buildings because of their long-term impact on human health, environment, and finances. One of the features that go into constructing such a [...]
Condensation in Homes – Causes, dangers and what you can do about it
Condensation is a phenomena that we are all too familiar with –from fogging up the glass windows with our breath in the winters as kids, to watching it occur on the bathroom mirror after [...]
Home Thermal Insulation – Why does your home need thermal insulation?
If you're thinking of having your home insulated, or even re-insulated, there are a lot of factors you need to account for before you do. Thermal insulation is vital for a home to make [...]
What is a Heat Recovery Ventilation system and do I need one?
If you are looking for ways to optimise the energy efficiency of your home in order to cut back and save on heating costs, then you should definitely look into installing a Heat Recovery [...]
What is Wall Breathability, and how does breathable paint help?
What is wall breathability? Anyone who has done even a little research on sustainable buildings, or looked into designs that diverge from the mainstream ones, is sure to have come across the term ‘wall [...]
How to make brown paint? Ever wondered which colours to mix to make Brown?
Brown is everywhere. From warming earth tones to deep, woodland shades, the world around us is full of brown. Whether you’re painting a wall, a portrait, a plant pot or a landscape, you’re bound [...]
What is Indoor Air Quality? Why it matters.
In our fast-paced lifestyles, we have become used to working long hours behind four walls – whether our work is in a corporate sector, the food industry, the public health domain, or practically anywhere. [...]
What is Limewash and where can I use it?
Our guide to understanding what lime wash is, the history and traditional uses, as well as what is available and how to use. If you are looking for something particular, please use the jump [...]
Zero Waste Tips For Everyone – How do you compare?
The zero-waste movement is picking up momentum, with more and more households aiming at eliminating their rubbish output entirely. Zero Waste Home and The Zero Garbage Challenge are among many global efforts to achieve a [...]
Where can I buy vegan paint? You asked, we now supply Vegan Wall Paint & Vegan Wood Paint!
We have had a great selection of Vegan friendly paint on our site for a number of years now, but I’ve finally created a dedicated section devoted to Vegan Paints. Having had quite a few [...]
What’s Driving the Sustainable Interior Design Movement?
Sustainable interior design has come a long way. From being exclusively the preserve of the counter-culture it has become part of the mainstream, with sustainable practices benefiting from an extra dash of zeitgeist-grabbing cool.But despite [...]
Reasons to be Cheerful: 3 Green Tech Breakthroughs That Could Change the Future
Following the discovery of man made climate change, and the revelation of the many ways humanity has altered the earth's environment, it's easy to feel hopeless. But, flying against this gloomy current, a breath of [...]
Green Futures: Eco Friendly Architecture Grows Up
Modern buildings have a bad reputation, and it's easy to see why. From the brutalist concrete shells of the 1960s to the materialist excess of the 1980s, right up to the wave of cheap, [...]
Straw Bale House Build: The Bricks of the Future?
When most of us hear the idea of a house made of straw, the first thing that comes to mind is the tale of the Three Little Pigs. But with straw now being recognised as [...]
The Green Clean: Cleaning Products and Your Eco-Friendly Home
Running an environmentally conscious home means considering every aspect of your lifestyle. From energy usage to food waste, there are myriad ways to cut your family's energy footprint and soften your impact on the environment, [...]
Creating a Low Carbon Home | So what can you do to contribute to the global effort?
With the world's largest countries continuing to rely on burning hydrocarbon fuels, cutting carbon emissions has never been more important. So what can you do to contribute to the global effort? Today we're looking at [...]
Guide: How To Choose Sustainable Woods for the Home
Why is Deforestation an Issue? Forests are useful to life on earth, including humans, in a number of ways. Perhaps the most important of these is in the way in which they absorb carbon [...]
