From furniture to lighting to accessories, here are a few of the UK\u2019s best sustainable homeware brands to have on your radar\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded as a thoughtful and stylish challenge to an increasingly digital age, this stationers sources almost all of its stock from independent small-scale suppliers: businesses, factories and workshops that are significant within their communities and often employ many local people.<\/p>\n Choosing Keeping excels in finding items that are natural substitutes to manufactured staples such as cellophane tape made from wood chips, making it completely biodegradable, or its Japanese rice glues, which are made completely from starch rather than polymer plastics.<\/p>\n Shop Choosing Keeping<\/a><\/p>\n Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin has been a leading name in the design and manufacture of luxurious cashmere and wool, and a new collaboration with Ben Pentreath was launched this autumn.<\/p>\n In recent years the company has been training the nomadic herders who supply their cashmere in modern sustainability theories alongside supporting traditional skills. In 2021 Johnstons of Elgin received The Queen\u2019s Award for Enterprise for its work on sustainability.<\/p>\n Shop Johnstons of Elgin<\/a><\/p>\n Founded by interior designer Natascha Dartnall, ND On The Green is an excellent source of gifts and homewares with a certain je ne sais quoi. The ever-changing stock always includes an interesting selection of art<\/a>, antiques and homewares from small independent makers, many with an interesting backstory.<\/p>\n Shop ND On The Green<\/a><\/p>\n The eponymous brand is always looking for ways to reduce its carbon footprint on globally sourced products and, as a small business, is keen to support other small businesses in the local community \u2013 from couriers to cushion suppliers and artists.<\/p>\n Further afield, the company has forged relationships with talented artisans in India, whose quality craftsmanship means the homewares they produce will be enjoyed by generations to come.<\/p>\n Shop Birdie Fortescue<\/a><\/p>\n You might also like<\/strong> how to upcycle furniture using sustainable methods and materials<\/a><\/p>\n Founded in 2016 by Megha Lohia and Rachel Fong, both Central Saint Martins-trained designers, Bivain is a small independent company producing rugs, cushions, scarves and pocket squares, many with a joyfully quirky edge.<\/p>\n The pair source all their own materials and keep a close eye on production, ensuring waste is kept to a minimum: their Inde twill mulberry silk scarves, made from leftover fabric, are a case in point.<\/p>\n Shop Bivain<\/a><\/p>\n The stylish homewares brand was inspired by founders Ali and Alex Cooke\u2019s travels in East Africa, and takes its name, Nkuku, from a hut they visited in Zambia. Today, Nkuku works with fair trade enterprises, social projects, and co-operatives around the globe. Products are made from natural materials that are sustainably farmed, such as hemp, jute, rattan<\/a>, corn husk and water hyacinth.<\/p>\n The company also supports a number of partnerships that focus on improving living standards, such as FRANK Water and also works to improve safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in India and Nepal. Closer to home, they are involved in Till The Coast is Clear, a community regeneration project in Devon that strives to keep coastlines free of plastic and waste.<\/p>\n Shop Nkuku<\/a><\/p>\n The family-run company comprises a popular restaurant \u2013 operated on a farm-to-fork principle \u2013 and a homewares emporium. Autumn marks the arrival of \u2018A Maker\u2019s Hand\u2019 series, where Petersham highlights homegrown talent such as ceramicists Freya Bramble-Carter, Katrin Moye and basketmaker Lin Lovekin. Collectively these artists share Petersham Nurseries\u2019 ethos of conscious living and beauty in simplicity.<\/p>\n Another basketmaker, Judy Simmonds, based in east Devon, is providing Petersham Nurseries with bread baskets<\/a> woven from Somerset and French willow. Each made from 120 carefully selected willow rods, the bread baskets have a beautiful curving form made up of precise patterns.<\/p>\n Shop Petersham Nurseries<\/a><\/p>\n Sharland England, founded by Louise Roe, is committed to working with small communities of artisans around the world. Everything is handmade in small batches, from plates and napkins to furniture.<\/p>\n Rattan<\/a> sits at the heart of the brand. It is one of the most sustainable raw materials in the world for furniture: it replenishes itself in its natural habitat faster than wood or bamboo and should last a lifetime.<\/p>\n The company works directly with its makers allowing transparency over fair pay and working conditions. Small-batch production minimises waste and, wherever possible, the packaging is eco-friendly and recyclable.<\/p>\n Shop Sharland England<\/a><\/p>\n You might also like<\/strong> sustainable wallpaper brands to have on your radar<\/a><\/p>\n Passionate about reducing the prevalence of disposable and plastic homeware, Fiona Dreesmann\u2019s Belgravia shop is filled with beautifully made items designed to last.<\/p>\n Stock includes a wide range of gorgeous tableware and is particularly strong on glass: from elegant hand-blown clear glass decanters to bright harlequin sets of tumblers from Murano.<\/p>\n Shop Fiona Finds<\/a><\/p>\n Since opening its first shop in 1995 in the Marais district of Paris, Caravane has gone from strength to strength and now has stores throughout France, as well as two flagship shops in London: Coal Drops Yard and Marylebone.<\/p>\n Caravane specialises in sustainable homewares made from natural and recycled materials. Stock ranges from elegant sofas<\/a> and soft furnishings to recycled glass carafes and drinking glasses<\/a>, and reed-fibre baskets.<\/p>\n Shop Caravane<\/a><\/p>\n Founded in 1989 by Philip deVries and Paul O\u2019Leary, deVOL has made its name for its stylish, trendsetting heritage-inspired kitchen designs. Its aptly titled Heirloom Collection, for example, takes its cues from the fabulous Victorian kitchens at the National Trust\u2019s Lanhydrock House.<\/p>\n In addition to the beautiful cabinets, made by hand in its Leicestershire workshops, deVOL also designs and makes a wide and wonderful range of accessories. Ceramic lampshades are batch-made and come in a number of glazed finishes; tableware includes large platters; hardware ranges from brass taps and light fittings to pleasing drawer handles and door latches.<\/p>\n Every aspect of the kitchen and utility room<\/a> has been considered. For the full deVOL experience, visit the showroom at Coates Mill, where there is a constantly changing selection of interesting antiques and vintage accessories.<\/p>\n Shop deVOL<\/a><\/p>\n The company\u2019s innovative and award-winning \/re\/ Purpose Performance Collection uses recycled water bottles to create luxurious plush hand-knotted rugs.<\/p>\n Discarded non-BPA water bottles are recycled in commercial facilities in India and repurposed into fibres that have the look and feel of real wool, but are water-resistant and incredibly hardwearing \u2013 perfect for use in kitchens, halls and other high-traffic areas.<\/p>\n Shop Jennifer Manners<\/a><\/p>\n You might also like<\/strong> meet the makers weaving sustainable textiles using traditional methods<\/a><\/p>\n A chance encounter with a rope made from an unravelled plastic bottle was the lightbulb moment that launched Weaver Green: could plastic waste be put to use as yarn, wondered founders, Tasha and Barney Green.<\/p>\n Seven years later, the answer was a resounding yes, and the resulting yarn is soft and pliable. Designs are inspired by the couple\u2019s love of antiques, and take their cues from Scandinavia, North Africa, Southern France and Ibiza. The range has expanded to include cushions, tablecloths, napkins and bags.<\/p>\n Shop Weaver Green<\/a><\/p>\n A reliable source of traditional handmade rugs, from across the world, Lilla Rugs is committed to supporting artisan weavers to keep the art form alive and free from mass manufacturing.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s Vintage Distressed collection is an innovative approach to Persian rugs from the 1960s that have fallen out of fashion in terms of design and colour.<\/p>\n By deliberately distressing the pile and softening the colours, rugs that might otherwise be thrown away are finding a new lease of life and gaining fans in the west.<\/p>\n Shop Lilla Rugs<\/a><\/p>\n The eponymous lighting company\u2019s low-energy and eco-friendly method of manipulating wood, coupled with using dry construction processes ensures its carbon footprint remains low.<\/p>\n Any wood that cannot be reused post-production is donated to local companies, including toy makers and a community garden platform where the wood is repurposed to create seed dibbers and small gardening tools.<\/p>\n Tom Raffield has joined WWF 2030 Circle, supporting the Trillion Trees programme, committed to restoring natural habitats and ecosystems.<\/p>\n Shop Tom Raffield<\/a><\/p>\n For designer and founder Esther Patterson, longevity and sustainability matter. The company runs a repair and refurbishment service, and its lights can be recycled through a buy back service in which glass can be reused.<\/p>\n Curiousa & Curiousa has recently launched Vintage Siren, in which beautiful vintage plates, bowls, and dishes are teamed with hand-blown glass to create playful and strikingly layered wall lights.<\/p>\n Shop Curiousa & Curiousa<\/a><\/p>\n You might also like<\/strong> sustainable Christmas wrapping paper<\/a><\/p>\n The only hand-cast metal bed foundry in the UK to use traditional Victorian techniques, The Cornish Bed Company\u2019s beds will last for generations, and are certain to become heirlooms of the future.<\/p>\n Attention to detail is everything at the small factory in Par: every part of the process is done by hand, and the beds are individually numbered, meaning each bed is unique. All beds are made to order and frames can be customised in any number of ways, from colour and size to decorative detailing.<\/p>\n Shop Cornish Bed Company<\/a><\/p>\n Having opened its first shop at Bourton-on-the Water 26 years ago, Cotswold Company is known for its traditional, country-style furniture and has long been committed to responsible production processes.<\/p>\n Sofas are handmade to order and 45 per cent of the wood it uses comes from FSC-certified sources; the company is aiming to make this 100 per cent by the end of 2022. Its commitment to sustainability reaches beyond the product itself with a full sustainability pledge that includes sending zero waste to landfill by the end of this year.<\/p>\nBest sustainable homeware brands<\/h2>\n
Choosing Keeping<\/h3>\n
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ND On The Green<\/h3>\n
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Bivain<\/h3>\n
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Petersham Nurseries<\/h3>\n
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Weaver Green<\/h3>\n
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Tom Raffield<\/h3>\n
Curiousa & Curiousa<\/h3>\n
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