Less Waste, More Style
Getting colourful with Dr Geraldine Tan
Colourful stylist and blogger extraordinaire Dr Geraldine Tan aka Little Big Bell recently featured some of her favourite picks from our shop on her instagram feed.
Manifesto Hosts: White Space Home
Manifesto Hosts, is an exciting new initiative from Manifesto Woman. Founder Sally Emslie's vision has always been more than simply a secondhand retail outlet. Sally wants to "make second hand and sustainability desirable to a broader audience", with the ultimate goal of "driving meaningful industry-wide change in consumer purchase behaviour." Manifesto Hosts aims to give a wider platform for small sustainable brands to be heard. "The vintage, secondhand and sustainability world is exploding – it’s such an exciting time – but we know that start ups and small brands can struggle to get their voices heard." "Working together, as a community, we can...
White Space Home: '15 sustainable homeware brands and stores in the UK' by 91 Magazine
We are super flattered to be included in 91 Magazine's line up of '15 UK-Based Sustainable Homewares brands and stores'. Thank you very much to writer Sara Hesikova for including us in her list of sustainable shops and brands in the UK.
Thoughts on Sustainability | Brand focus: Bornn enamelware
The colourful enamel kitchenware by Turkish brand Bornn was on my wish list the moment I started planning the launch of White Space Home. I get nostalgic feelings of my grandmother when I think of enamelware and Bornn reinvented this age old technique with their modern colours and fresh marbled patterns. You may wonder what enamelware has to do with sustainability and our brand ethos… I am a firm believer that making sustainable and eco-friendly choices as a consumer isn’t just about avoiding plastic everything, it is not always about buying everything second hand – it is instead about making sustained choices that last – buying...
The benefits of reuse over biodegradable single use items.
Lifestyle Plastic Reduction Reduce Reuse Recycle
I was recently asked by a friend, which was better – plastic free, (but single use) cotton swabs, or reusable ones? I answered as best I could – my logical thought process said that if they are made from a natural product that could biodegradable, then that was definitely for the best. It got me thinking – was it actually the best advice? It seemed to be a bit of a grey area for me. Should I be choosing biodegradable and compostable products, or reusing more? What are the other effects, (other than single use plastic pollution) that influence the choices I make to help reduce my family’s environmental impact?