Leading Scots designer and TV presenter John Amabile today launched Scotland’s new national day, at the by opening the viewing at the Grand House Reuse Makeover. This should be shown on the STV 6 o’clock news tonight. Look out for more mentions in the weekend press!
John, best known for his role on ITV’s hit interior design show ‘60 Minute Makeover’, has overseen the final stages of the Grand Reuse House Makeover where an empty Edinburgh property has being turned into a home using 100 per cent reused and recycled paint, furniture and carpets.
Commenting on the initiative, John said: “I’m delighted to launch Pass it on Day. Things go out of fashion quickly in the design world but I have always been a big fan of recycling, reusing and reinventing – whether it’s decorating paint tins to look like canal barge plant pots, re-covering chairs and bed headboards or transforming old tyres into attractive fruit bowls.’’
“A long time favourite reuse of mine was to take a pair of unwanted curtains and turn them into duvet covers with matching pillow, or padding them to make attractive throws. Just because we don’t want it doesn’t mean it can’t be loved as is by another or transformed into something useful and wonderful and reused.”
The makeover project, a collaboration between the Community Recycling Network for Scotland (CRNS) and Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association brings together reuse organisations Edinburgh Furniture Initiative (EFI), RePaint Scotland, Spruce Carpets, Fresh Start and Good Green Fun – just some of the many reuse organisations across Scotland working to help people and the environment.
