Don’t forget your (bamboo) toothbrush!

A pair of bamboo toothbrushes from BlueRock® with tube of toothpaste and green towel | H is for Home

Happy new year peeps! A new year and a new month always means a new competition from us! BlueRock® has provided us with a bamboo toothbrush annual subscription to pass on to one of our readers. That’s eco-friendly toothbrushes, for 2 people, through the post every 3 months.

A pair of bamboo toothbrushes from BlueRock® with tube of toothpaste and green towel | H is for Home

We’re very dedicated to welfare of the environment and greening our lifestyle; picking up litter when out walking, wasting as little as possible, recycling and composting everything we can and avoiding single-use plastic. These bamboo toothbrushes are great additions to that lifestyle drive.

4 bamboo toothbrushes from BlueRock® in their eco-packaging | H is for Home

If you’re our winner, your pair of toothbrushes will arrive through the post, in packaging that’s 100% recyclable (you can choose from adult and/or kid brushes). The package is designed to fit through your letterbox – so no trips to the sorting office if you’re out when the postman calls.

The handle is made of bamboo which is hypo-allergenic, naturally anti-bacterial and can be popped in your compost bin when you’re done with it. The bristles are made of 100% nylon-6 and are machine punched into the handle so there’s no need for glues or adhesives. This means, when the toothbrush comes to the end of its life, the bristles can be pulled out with pliers and put into your household plastic recycling bin.

Thank you note included with bamboo toothbrushes from BlueRock® | H is for Home

On top of everything else, for every toothbrush sold, BlueRock® make a 10p donation to marine life conservation. In fact, for the whole of January 2019 (until midnight on the 31st) they are donating an extra £1 for every new subscriber that joins.

If you buy any of their toothbrushes and go on to win this competition, they’ll refund you the equivalent value.

Check out their Instagram feed for a range of eco tips and give them a follow while you’re there!

For a chance to win the subscription, tell us 3 facts (attributes/features) about BlueRock’s bamboo toothbrushes (hint: have a look at their toothbrush info page!).

BlueRock® bamboo toothbrush 2-person annual subscription

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Charity Vintage: 1950s wicker chairs

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pair of vintage 1950s wicker chairs for sale on eBay for Charity by & in support of East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)

We love this pair of beauties! Beautiful, sculptural, minimal. We have a soft spot for vintage wicker homewares and have bought & sold a fair number of wicker chairs, footstools, baskets, sewing boxes etc in our time. Wicker may seem like something of a ‘country house’ material, but it also looks at home in a modernist city pad.

These wicker chairs are currently for sale by & in support of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices*. The starting bid is £50 but you can also buy them now for £150. They’re buyer to collect from Thetford in Norfolk.

*East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares for children and young people with life-threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. They provide care and support wherever the family wishes in families’ own homes, in hospital or at one of their hospices in Ipswich, Milton and Quidenham.



Monthly Mood Board: Wicker

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'Ways with Wicker' mood board curated by H is for Home

According to Wikipedia, ‘Wicker is woven fibre formed into a rigid material, most often used for baskets or furniture.‘ But wicker isn’t just for baskets and furniture, it’s used in homewares in lots of creative, attractive and affordable ways.

Wicker is usually done with willow but lots of other natural (and some man-made) materials are used; rattan, cane, bamboo, water hyacinth, sea grass, rush, raffia, straw… and even banana fibre!

In our last house we had sea grass flooring that was beautiful, hard-wearing, red wine stain-resistant and lovely to walk on in bare feet. We had a vintage cane hanging chair that was a magnet for all young children that came to visit. We have a stack of woven baskets, picnic hampers and a huge industrial laundry basket where we keep all manner of things tidy, hidden and out of the way.

  1. Hamper: £90, Fortnum & Mason
  2. Floor matting: from £165 per sq m + VAT, Rush Matters
  3. Woven rattan underplate: £13, OKA
  4. White wooden rattan ball fairy light string: £14.99, Amazon
  5. KASTANJENÖT bowl, water hyacinth, white: £10, IKEA
  6. Nick Munro Spheres tea infuser: £65, Occa Home
  7. Wicker Valley trolley with extended handle: £52, Wayfair
  8. Wicker shopper: £20 H is for Home