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August issue

Features

Decorating with pastel colours With summer almost upon us, it's time to embrace the pale pinks, baby blues and lilacs over darker hues	Choose LED lighting and cut your energy bills Summer is a good time of year to revamp your home and garden lighting. So if you've not switched to LEDs, well you're more than missing a trick...	Woven Image - using recycled plastic to transform interiors Woven Image's EchoPanel is a brilliant lightweight material with myriad uses. It comes in stunning colours and patterns, it's eco-friendly - and it's got great acoustic properties too. Time to get creative!
Interior architect Fiona Naylor on greener large scale development Southbank Place is a swanky new high end live/work community being developed along from the London Eye. Interior architect Fiona Naylor of Johnson Naylor has designed some of the apartments in the development and argues big build projects do focus heavily on sustainability	Buyer's Guide: 20 eco friendly range cookers Get the low down on range cookers from an energy efficiency point of view. Kay Hill chooses 20 models, both cast iron heat storage and freestanding range cookers	Rugs for the garden Outdoor rugs made from recycled polyester or plastic are great for impromptu picnics or sprucing up your deck or terrace for that al fresco lunch party
Fire retardant chemicals: health hazard or a life saver? Former civil servant and fire regulations expert Terry Edge says it's time people in the UK were told just what chemicals are in our furniture and given the option to buy non-FR products if we want	Small space living: be stylish and eco friendly We Brits have some of the smallest homes in the EU, as builders and developers give us tiny rooms, invariably with no built-in storage. And as buying property remains unaffordable for many so we're going back to being a nation of renters. In which case don't deny yourself good furniture, just make sure it's easy to pack up and take with you when you move.	Fabulous sideboards - the best storage for your home Call it what you will, but a credenza.. or sideboard..or buffet..is a wonderful piece of furniture that too many of us are going without
The architecture of Scotland's great cities If England's seeming enthusiasm for Brexit has left you wondering if it wouldn't be a bad move to head north of the border...the question is to which city?	Sign up to The Rubbish Diet Challenge Have you gone on a diet lately? a rubbish diet that is..If not, sign up for The Rubbish Diet challenge which is simple and fun - you'll be amazed how much less waste you generate, even if you think you're already a diligent recycler	Energy saving home appliances Are you doing due diligence and choosing the most energy-efficient household products when you need to replace them (having recycled the old of course...)?

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