Chris Billinghurst on Clubhouse

Bio

🇬🇧 Founder of the House of Upcycling, the UKs leading authority on professional upcycling for interiors.

Chris has been working within the sustainable design & creative reuse for interiors arena since 2010. Her eco interiors styling studio (Eco Chic Interiors) was a groundbreaking concept at the time, earning her the nickname Chris Eco Chic. Chris’ eco entrepreneur journey changed direction in 2014 when she launched #UpcycledHour, the UK’s most successful Twitter networking hour for professional upcyclers for interiors, rebranding the platform in 2019 to become the House of Upcycling & winning the Blue Patch Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year. Chris continues to support, champion & educate the public & interior design industry about the environmental, economic & aesthetic value of professional upcycling for interiors. She is a public speaker, change maker, writer, educator, advocate & influencer on what luxury for interiors in partnership with sustainability for the 21st century means.

The House of Upcycling is:

📌 the only independent U.K. & Irish authority on professional upcycling for interiors

📌 the first organisation of its kind to be welcomed as an industry partner of the BIID (British Institute of Interior Design) and become a signatory of the #InteriorDesignDeclares initiative & an education associate of the KLC School of Design

📌 a platform that offers a unique private membership supporting the work of professional upcyclers creating art, furniture, lighting & home accessories

📌 offers interior designers, property developers, landlords, stylists & hotel proprietors a sourcing, design & commissioning service, helping them to create unique, sustainable & stylish interiors for less, enhancing their green credentials

📌 Chris is a member of the De Montfort university’s International Upcycling Research Network for collaborative investigation, networking across sectors, disciplines & countries for the scaling-up of global upcycling & contributed to their 2021 publication ‘State-of-the-Art Upcycling’.

2022: So far this year the House of Upcycling has taken part in the Salvaged Home Show, Grand Designs Live London and Clerkenwell Design Week

Instagram:
@thehouseofup
@chrisecochic