Unbleached, uncomplicated, unbelievably aligned

Sometimes things just fit together perfectly. Like a bleach free kitchen roll standing ready on a worktop made from reclaimed timber chippings. 

Our partnership with GS8 is a lot like that. 

GS8 are an award-winning developer and contractor of planet-positive housing here in the UK. 

They design homes with a clear aim: build better neighbourhoods without borrowing against the future. In 2024 they won the RIBA National Award, the RIBA London Award, and the RIBA London Sustainability award for their ground-breaking project The Arbour, a development of modern homes on a former industrial site in Walthamstow. 

For this project, materials were reclaimed and folded back into the build, from bathroom tiles recycled from yoghurt pots to earth compacted into 35,000 party-wall bricks. 

The finished homes now generate more energy than they use, feeding the surplus back to the grid and guaranteeing residents zero energy bills. 

At Naked Paper, we were delighted to see another company following the same ethos; strip out what’s not needed, protect what really matters, and make decisions with the long-term in view. 

These positive principles are the foundation of their new project, Carpenter’s Yard. 

This flagship development in Epping forest will have its own reuse and DIY centre, a wildlife pond and community allotments, and forest play areas among other thoughtful amenities designed to blend modern living with sustainable design.

And here’s where things get really exciting for us, because every new resident at Carpenter’s Yard will receive a warm, bleach free welcome pack of Naked Paper essentials. Naturally brown bamboo loo rolls, recycled tissues, and a few other basics that make it simple to live more sustainably.

We’re delighted to be working with a company who are, like us, firmly focused on a brighter future. It’ll be a real honour to welcome people when they start out in their new homes. 

Here’s to the most natural partnership you’ll see this year; responsible living inside and out, with Naked Paper and GS8. 

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