Welcome to Faodail Studio
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What we offer
Faodail Studio is an independent eco-conscious home and lifestyle business based on the East Lothian coast. We are an environmentally aware business that strives to offer a beautiful, sustainable and plastic-free approach to homeware, gifts, home décor, hampers and stationary. Our purpose is to offer beautiful, unique, and high-quality products that are gentle on the planet. We also offer a bespoke furniture up-cycling and restoration service as well as engaging, fun and creative workshop programs
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Eco Conscious
We care a lot about the protection, conservation and education about preserving our beautiful planet which is why we are extremely proud to be an Eco Conscious Business that strives to be as gentle on the planet as we can and love collaborating with like-minded businesses and campaigns. All our items are handmade in Scotland and materials are sourced/reclaimed from within the UK only. Where possible, all the wood used to make our handcrafted products is sourced from my family home in Perthshire, Scotland.
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Our Stockists
Our products can be found in our wonderful unique stockists across Scotland. We also take part in online and in-person markets, pop-ups and other events so keep an eye out on our newsletter and social media to find out where you can meet us next!
We are also now new members of the fantastic Tea Green Events Directory, EGG Women’s Business Directory and Just A Card Campaign.
We are always on the lookout for new stockists with like-minded ethos
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Global Recycling Movement & Plastic-Free Packaging
Faodail is proud to offer beautiful unique pieces sourced ethically, as part of a wider global movement that focuses on upcycling, reusing and restoring with a key focus of avoiding things going to landfill. We are very proud of our beautiful options available of plastic-free, recycled & recyclable packaging choices. All our packaging is toxic & plastic-free, recycled & recyclable and sourced only from UK based like-minded businesses. All our products come beautifully gift-wrapped in our eco-friendly packaging with not a piece of plastic in sight!
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Our Wood
Our wood is sourced from my Dad’s woodshed & workshop at my family home in Perthshire, Scotland. We use both naturally-fallen timber as well as hardwood offcuts sourced sustainably and ethically from my Dad. Nothing goes to waste & working with wood is both incredibly satisfying and important in us being an Eco Conscious business.
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It's In The Family
Growing up in a highly creative family & environment of interior designers, fine artists & house renovations- it’s been a natural step of Faodail emerging. I’m mostly self-taught but have learnt a lot from my incredible Dad (a cabinet & furniture designer/retired interior designer) and all round woodwork connoisseur!
Faodail Studio is an independent eco-conscious home and lifestyle business based on the East Lothian coast. We are an environmentally aware business that strives to offer a beautiful, sustainable and plastic-free approach to homeware, gifts, home décor, hampers and stationary.
Our purpose is to offer beautiful, unique, and high-quality products that are gentle on the planet. We also offer a bespoke furniture up-cycling and restoration service as well as engaging, fun and creative workshop programs
Faodail Studio is an independent Eco Conscious Home & Lifestyle Business based on the East Lothian coast offering a beautiful, sustainable and plastic-free approach to homeware, gifts, home décor, hampers & stationary. Our product ranges include themed collections: Folklore, Coastal, Botanical & Nature as well Seasonal Mini Collections launched throughout the year. We offer a gorgeous array of unique, handmade, plastic-free products such as: Greetings Cards, Journals, Art Prints, Decorations, Gift Hampers & Home Décor. All our products are high-quality, beautifully made and finished, unique & eye-catching and are all plastic-free. We also offer a bespoke furniture up-cycling & restoration service as well as engaging, fun and creative workshop facilitation.
At Faodail, we care deeply about the protection, conservation and education about preserving our beautiful planet which is why we are extremely proud to be an eco conscious brand who love to collaborate with like-minded businesses and campaigns. All our items are handmade in Scotland and materials are sourced/reclaimed from within the UK only. We use sustainably sourced wood from naturally-fallen trees and specialist reclaimed Scottish hardwood offcuts from my family home in Perthshire. Our bespoke furniture upcycling/restoration service is part of the wider global recycling movement to help reduce waste and avoid items that could be repurposed from going to landfill. We invest a great deal of time in finding the most ethical, sustainable and plastic-free suppliers for our printed products (such as our greetings cards, journals and art prints) as well as our packaging and gift-wrap which is all plastic-free, recycled and recyclable, toxic-free and sourced from within the UK only.
*Image by Folken Rose
The entire ethos of Faodail being a proud eco-conscious and sustainable business stems from our business owner Alexa’s longstanding passion and commitment to the wider global movement of recycling, re-using and up-cycling. It matters a lot to us that we offer exceptional products and services that are as planet-friendly as possible. Our products are stocked across a wonderful selection of boutique shops and independent businesses across Scotland and we participate in a wide-range of markets, events and pop ups including Tea Green Events and Village Green Makers Markets. We recently became members of the fantastic Tea Green Events Makers Directory which showcases some of Scotland’s best creative talent and are also members of Just a Card Campaign and the EGG women’s online business directory.
The Face Behind Faodail
Hello! I’m Alexa, the very proud owner, self-taught maker and designer of Faodail Studio. My journey with Faodail began six years ago with an initial focus on upcycling & restoring antique and vintage furniture. Since then, Faodail has flourished into a thriving eco-conscious home and lifestyle business offering a wide array of beautiful, unique products as well as facilitating creative workshops and collaborations. Coming from a highly creative family, creativity, design and colour has played a key part in every stage of my life and I find a lot of my inspiration comes from the years I spent travelling and life abroad, particularly my time spent living, volunteering and working in Mexico. I’ve always cared deeply about the protection, conservation and education about our beautiful planet so in many ways Faodail has been a natural path that I was obviously destined to carve for myself and I feel incredibly grateful to be creating a gorgeous and healthy coastal lifestyle on the beautiful East Lothian Coast.
With a profound passion and love for interior design, cooking feasts for family and friends, photography, gardening/plants and nature I channel my natural eye for detail and colourful creativity into all aspects of my life. I lovingly create all of our products and curates collections that are unique, sustainable, plastic-free, handcrafted and eco-conscious. My new illustrations and designs are greatly influenced by my coastal and travelling lifestyle and are colourful, uplifting, high-quality and sustainable.
Sustainable Timber Statement
Faodail uses natural and sustainable materials to produce beautiful items of furniture and handmade gifts, priding itself on adopting and maintaining an ethical and sustainable approach to the timber used in all our products. Where possible, we use the most eco-friendly products and processes which will continue to be an integral part of our longer-term business model.
Each individual item of wooden furniture we upcycle is second-hand/pre-loved and sourced from within the UK only and is upcycled by hand using as many eco-friendly products as possible. All of the wood used in making our handmade products is sourced from naturally-fallen local Scottish wood or unique hardwood off-cuts sourced from a specialised Scottish-based furniture designer (my Dad!).
We pride ourselves on being a forward-thinking and environmentally aware business who over the years to come, will invest both time, a percentage of our profits and some of our resources, to promoting the conservation and protection of the environment.
When you purchase one of Faodail’s products you are supporting a small local business that cares about producing beautiful sustainable products. You are also purchasing items that contribute towards the wider global movement of reusing, upcycling, recycling and being more environmentally aware and respectful.
Thank you so much for your support!
Alexa Anderson-Smith, Faodail Owner, Designer & Maker