There is a growing movement to buy second-hand and recycle, upcycle, reuse and recreate! At Rumage we are passionate about giving old items a new life. We believe that second-hand should be a way of life and there should be fewer disposable items bought, less new mass-produced items filling our homes and a little more … Read more
Well 2020 is not how I’d envisioned it as I raised a glass on Jan 1st – it’s not what I planned or hoped for – in fact it’s turned most things on their head. Due to the pandemic we are navigating through a period of ultra-low interest rates, turbulent markets, reduced incomes, major job … Read more
Susie Hudson recently came across Too Good To Go, a social impact company driving a movement against food waste and if you’ve not come across them yet, get online. You can find them on the App Store or click here: https://toogoodtogo.co.uk/en-gb The TGTG App is the world’s largest marketplace for surplus food. Super simple to … Read more
Tap into your creative side and breathing new life into pre-loved items. Avoid the landfill as over 22M pieces of furniture are thrown into land fill in the UK every year. So, recycling or upcycling old items rather than buying new ones helps preserve raw materials, whilst simultaneously saving money and reducing waste. Everyone wins. … Read more
At the best of times being a parent is stressful – one in three families have both parents working full-time and for the majority of the time those parents have been at home with the kids juggling life, work and down-time. There are about two million parents who are raising kids on their own and … Read more
As the debate escalates this week around children returning to schools in england, I am currently on a mammoth sewing bee, involving name tapes, sore fingers and the realisation that my eyes are not what they used to be! My eldest is changing schools and after the summer of sun and homespun fun, the excitement … Read more
What can we do in the Easter holidays to make memories in the rain before we send them back to school for the summer term? Even as the rain falls there is lots to do with a little imagination. So, make the most of these few weeks with some indoors activity if you can’t get … Read more
What can we do as the school holidays are coming to an end but there is still time to have fun and make memories before we send them back to school? This term will be very different and there will be lots of anxiety from parents and from the little ones as they head back … Read more
From May people started preparing for summer. At that point the 14-day quarantine was in place in the UK for all of those returning from foreign travel. The pubs and restaurants were closed and though they have opened up we are also seeing the quarantine back in full force with Croatia and Austria joining the … Read more
The success of upcyclers is how they navigate current trends and adapt. It all seemed to start with shabby chic which though it is less popular now it started people on the journey back to make good and mend, give things a new life. The trend saved many items from landfill and inspired people to … Read more