Meet retailers helping us shop more sustainably for our homes

New experiences are popping up so we can buy more mindfully for our living spaces. We check out Cork's curiosity shops 
Meet retailers helping us shop more sustainably for our homes

Siobhan Brennan, director of craft and design retailer Origineire.

Who isn’t guilty of having bought a cheapish piece of furniture in a hurry which not long after fell apart and headed off to landfill?

Fast furniture, like fast food, gives an instant hit of satisfaction, providing an immediate solution to a seating problem or hunger pangs, but neither does us or the planet much good in the longer term.

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