At Luca Living, we’re all about eco-friendly products that look great. Just check out our range of bamboo products and you’ll see how our homeware can beautify a house without costing the earth. With our bamboo products, you can give any room a rustic feel and feel zero guilt in the process. Imagine being greeted by a bamboo shoe rack at the front door — or handing over the hang-drying to a robust bamboo clothes horse. 

As a small family business, we keep Mother Earth close to our hearts. Plus, after 20 years of working in the building and design industry, we know a thing or two about sustainable homeware. So, without any further ado, let’s break down bamboo products and explore why they’re the eco-friendly choice for modern homes.

Are Bamboo Products Good for the Environment?

As an alternative to plastic and other nonrenewable resources, bamboo is highly sustainable. It is the world’s fastest-growing plant, gaining up to 90 centimetres in height every day, and its growth persists even after you cut it down. With such accelerated growth and relentless resilience, bamboo runs rings around the harvest turnover for trees and eliminates the need for replanting. It’s a solid timber substitute that minimises deforestation and allows us to manufacture products faster.

Not only does bamboo save trees and speed up the agroforestry process, but it also consumes less water, absorbs more carbon dioxide, and produces 35 per cent more oxygen than trees do. If you were to plant 10,000 square metres of bamboo, it could absorb as much as 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide in a single year! Bamboo is also biodegradable, meaning it will have reintegrated with the earth in hundreds of years’ time — unlike hard plastics, which will almost certainly outlive everyone currently alive.

Bamboo itself ticks many boxes, but whether it’s ‘good’ for the environment depends on how it’s farmed and processed. Because of its rapid growth, bamboo can easily become invasive, potentially compromising biodiversity in surrounding ecosystems. Most bamboo is also grown in China, and evidence suggests that Chinese bamboo farming prioritises profit over protecting the earth. Bamboo is often grown as a monoculture, meaning farmers will clear land in response to demand — and this can cause further issues with biodiversity.

Bamboo in its raw and unprocessed form is always a better choice — especially for kitchenware and furniture. At Luca Living, we don’t stock bamboo rayon, and many products in our range come with the ‘Made from Environmentally Sustainable Bamboo’ claim.

Our Most-Loved Bamboo Solutions

Looking to replace or upgrade a few old faithfuls? Luca Living has bamboo household items for every room and need. Please peruse the following curated (yet non-exhaustive!) catalogue.

Kitchen

Equip your kitchen and dining table with an abundance of bamboo household items. If you need kitchen storage, we’ve got you covered with drawer dividers, pantry shelves, spice racks, and even wine racks of various capacities and configurations. Hang mugs from the whimsical lines of modernism itself with our stylish bamboo mug tree. Dry and drain mugs and other dishes on our foldable bamboo dish rack. If there are any final drips, mop them up with the paper towel you have propped on our bamboo paper towel holder.

Dining

Smoothly transitioning from the kitchen to the dining table, you can wow guests with premium bamboo table-setting items. Present your piping-hot casserole without leaving a scratch on the table — thanks to our heat-resistant board. Throughout the meal, let them take a spin with one of our lazy Susans — whether you prioritise the surface area of our larger models or the compact storage capacity of our two-tiered version. When it’s all over, leave guests free to wipe up any remaining remnants by keeping our serviette holder handy.

Clothes Storage

Get your clothes and shoes in order with our bamboo storage solutions. Home is where you hang your hat — and with our bamboo coat and hat stand, you can claim that quite literally. As you return home to put your feet up, you can also put your shoes up with a spiffy bamboo shoe rack bench. As well as grey, our shoe rack benches are also available in blue and charcoal. 

If you have many family members, housemates, or pairs of shoes, you may appreciate the extra storage of our double-tiered model. Or, if you prefer to forgo the upholstery altogether, you can save a few bucks with our range of regular shoe racks.

Another aspect of clothes storage is having a place to hang them dry. Introducing our bamboo clothes airer: a foldable, 12-railed rack that can hold large loads and requires minimal storage space. 

Alternatively, we have another model that folds up like a concertina, saving even more space in your cupboard. Once the washing is dry, you can hang clothes in your wardrobe using one of our bamboo coat hangers.

Go Green with Luca Living

With all these bamboo home products, your home setup will be set for some time. From your open-plan kitchen to your closed-up closet, there’s a place in your home for all our eco-friendly products. Browse all the bamboo household items in our collection and invest in a stylish, modern look for your home that goes easy on Mother Earth. A smaller carbon footprint starts here.