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(May 2008)
Sir Edwin Lutyens, the best English residential architect of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, joined forces with famed gardener Gertrude Jekyll to extend living spaces to the outdoors. Together they created the most enchanting English estate gardens of the Edwardian era. Lutyens designed benches that were placed strategically throughout the gardens. The Lutyens-inspired bench design is still popular. |
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Guiding Principles When Decorating Your Natural Home
1. Salvage, reuse, reclaim or repurpose. Attempt to give everything a second life, especially if it's made from natural materials.
2. Choose natural and renewable materials. Rapidly renewable resources include wool, bamboo or cork.
3. Buy recycled. Recycling diverts trash from landfills and gives it new life. Glass and metal may be melted down and refabricated.
4. Seek out the least harmful solution. Some products don't fall into any of the sustainable categories but cause less harm to the environment than conventional counterparts. For example, low or zero-VOC (volatile organic compounds) paint.
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Want to make your space your own, yet are a little phobic when it comes to committing to a particular design? Self-adhesive decals by Blik (think stickers for grown-ups) can be applied to walls, floors, ceilings, windows, glass and tabletops. This cool concept gives an aesthetic quality to a room, yet can still be easily removed if and when you want to change the look of your space. Decals that are perfect for children's rooms are also available. |
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