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5 rules for any DIY decorating job

Five rules for any house decorating job. 

Keep involved in fighting climate change

Gareth King, WWF's head of climate change, and Michaela Strachan are particularly concerned by the impact rising temperatures and extreme flooding have on bio-diversity and they have been looking at fairly simple things we can all do to curb climate change.  

1) Keep your garden wild: plant native flowers for pollinators and keep a patch of your garden unmown and unweeded to help attract bees, hedgehogs, beetles and slugs.

Healthier home: ventilate to avoid condensation

condensation on window panes can lead to mould in our homes and poor air quality. The best and most eco friendly way to deal with condensation is simply to open your windows

Today we love: duck handle eco umbrella

Egloo terracotta heaters

Egloo terracotta heater gives you a bit of warmth for the price of three tealights. It's eco friendly and useful

New: eco-friendly graphene paint

Graphene paint from Graphenstone is a paint that contains no plastics and is infused with graphene. it absorbs CO2 and in naturally microbe resistant

Rap for nature

 Deforestation is the second largest contributor to the climate crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change – warns that deforestation intensifies the effects of climate change, such as water scarcity, drought and food shortages. Billions of people will be adversely affected, especially those living in rural parts of the world who depend on farming to feed their families.

Linen cushions: Joy Joliffe sample sale

Villa Della Pergola English gardens at Alassio

Enjoy travel to Italy then don't miss the Gardens of Villa Della Pergola at Alassio on the Ligurian coast. So vibrant and green, nature is managed yet wild. Feel at one with beautiful gardens full of wisteria and agapanthus

Book review: Farmhouse Revival

Manhattan penthouses aren't everyone's cup of tea. Many of us would prefer the warmth and cosiness of an American farmhouse...with a big range cooker, Shaker furniture and handmade quilts on the feather beds... It's the US interior style equivalent to English country house, perhaps, and as with the latter, the former isn't as easy to achieve as it looks.

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