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Back to Bathroom Basics This article looks at simple steps to take in your bathroom that are eco friendly conscious. Title: Back to Basics – Green Bathrooms Date: 15th February 2008 Publication: Evening Herald Newspaper Content: 10 tips for your home focusing on bathrooms, the environment and interior design. What the main points area for [...]
Continue ReadingEco Home Interiors In this edition of House and Home Magazine, Ireland, design expert Nicola Jones provides her resources for sustainable and eco friendly interior furniture and fittings across Ireland. Title: Little Black Book Date: Summer 2009 Publication: House & Home Magazine Content: Current recommendations for eco home interior shopping in Ireland View: My Eco [...]
Continue ReadingEnvironmental Feature In this edition of Construct Ireland, designer Nicola Jones provided her reasoning for the importance of sustainable design in both residential and commercial projects. Whilst in Ireland, Nicola was the first interior designer accepted into EASCA (Environmental and Sustainable Construction Association of Ireland). Title: Inner Sanctum Date: November/December 2009 Publication: Construct Ireland [...]
Continue ReadingChange for the Better In this edition of the Irish Magazine Decorate & Improve Your Home, expert Nicola looks at interior design from different viewpoints, how these 3 factors can have an influence on your quality of life and living experience. Title: Make a Change for the Better Date: September 2010 Publication: Decorate & Improve [...]
Continue ReadingCreate a Healthy Home In this edition of the Sunday Newspaper Magazine, designer Nicola Jones discusses how to create a more eco savvy interior by making changes to the way you shop, and what you buy. Title: Healthy Homes Date: April 2008 Publication: The Earth Supplement Magazine,Irish Independent Newspaper Content: Top 10 eco home tips [...]
Continue ReadingGet Green Go Eco Earth Magazine featured interior designer Nicola Jones and her expert advice on how to create a home that cares for more than fashion and money. Environmentally friendly choices and the importance of resource reduction, taking control of your impact on the earth. Title: Get Green and Go Eco Date: April 2008 [...]
Continue ReadingEco Christmas Design In this article, designer Nicola Jones talks about how to go green at Christmas, looking to the past for ideas to craft and hand make your way through decorations and finishing touches. Christmas need not be a plastic fuelled event, with chemically processed decorations that do more damage than good. Find out [...]
Continue ReadingGreen Design Revolution In this article, designer Nicola Jones discusses our responsibilities in the home, to be informed about the furnishings and fittings we are buying, to encourage waste reduction, move away from trend and learn to live a more traditional way of life. Title: The Green Revolution Date: Winter 2008 Publication: Improve Don’t Move [...]
Continue ReadingSustainable Interior Design In this magazine feature, interior designer Nicola Jones passes on her experience and knowledge of the true meaning of interior design for Self Build Ireland Magazine, Ireland. Title: The Inside Story of Eco Friendly Interior Design Date: Winter 2009 Publication: Self Build Ireland Magazine Content: This article takes an in-depth look at [...]
Continue ReadingReduce Plastic at Home In this edition of Self Build Ireland Magazine, professional designer Nicola Jones looks at the perils of plastics in the home. How safe are the VOC emissions that are invisible to us? How damaging to the environment is plastic production? Read this in-depth analysis of plastic as a building material and [...]
Continue ReadingSustainable Kitchen Design In the next of her range of sustainable home articles, expert designer Nicola Jones advises on the perils of formaldehyde in off the shelf kitchen units, and how plastic should be reduced in this area of the home. Title: Sustainable Kitchens Date: Autumn 2010 Publication: Self Build Ireland Magazine Content: An in-depth [...]
Continue ReadingSustainable Bathroom Design In her collection of sustainable interior design articles written for Self Build Ireland Magazine, Nicola explores the importance of eco friendly design in bathrooms. Title: Sustainable Bathrooms Date: Winter 2010 Publication: Self Build Ireland Magazine Content: In the past bathroom designs have been a prestigious show of wealth with sleek contemporary designs [...]
Continue ReadingSustainable Homes Blog Lorna Smith of Gardenny Lane Interiors features interior designer Nicola Jones in her article Blog Watch, from the Munster Interiors Magazine, Ireland. Lorna shares with you the interior design blogs to watch in Ireland, and focuses on Nicola’s sustainable interior design expertise. Title: Blog Watch 2011 Date: July 2011 Publication: Blog Watch [...]
Continue Reading“Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
It is the holes which make it useful.
Therefore benefit comes from what is there;
Usefulness from what is not there.”
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