To achieve this rugged, modern look to the staircase, salvaged timber was simply glued together to form a sort of a butcher-block treads.

A screwpile foundation can go in as quickly as few days whereas it will take weeks to complete a slab foundation. You won’t have to fret about groundwork and soil disposal.

The floor is absolutely gorgeous. You won’t see any of those smelling dusting carpets in this flat. Pure reclaimed wood. What do you do with excess floorboards, you might ask?

Glass bottle or a PET bottle, you can recycle it or reuse it in an eco-friendly house project.

The 3 Rs of green living – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle- can be easily applied to the building industry. Using at least some reclaimed building materials for your green home project is a good way to reduce your carbon footprint.

For your chance to grab seven free energy saving light bulbs, please enter the competition. The claims that one energy saving light bulb can save you up to £7 per year are true.

An architecture professor has launched bacterial war on the traditional kiln-baked bricks by coming up with an absolutely amazing idea – ecobrick.

So, where’s the solution? Zero-waste production. I’m actually giving away a great idea for an unexplored niche.

Dry stone walling is one of those old traditional skills that are thought to be slowly dying. As the majority of the traditional building methods are more or less sustainable, we don’t really want them to die. Besides, it is great to keep an old lore alive and pass it on to younger generations.

The fact that the majority of carpets sold out there is eco/health-unfriendly is commonly known. Still, we cannot kick the old bad habit of decking our floors with that synthetic junk. Look at this gorgeous wooden floor for some inspiration.

Currently we consume 400 million tonnes of paper yearly. We also keep using chipboard that emits hazardous components. What if there was a solution to both of those problems? Banana waste can be turned into paper and green building material. Great!

There is no reason to go on using toxic paint any more. It’s not just the painter who is risking with his health, it’s the people who will live in the house. Did you know that majority conventional interior paints will continue emitting volatile substances for many years. Even after they’ve dried out.