INDOOR
Eco-Friendly Materials
- Start repurposing your furnitureto prevent the harvesting of new trees
- Indoor or outdoor the Wood Guide shows you the pros and cons of various tools and materials including the environmental footprint
- Paper-based Countertops: Tree pulp from forests that are strictly sustainable
- Recycled Glass Countertops: Made from windshields, stemware, beverage bottles and concrete. These countertops are scratch and heat resistant and strong like granite without the petroleum-based resin binder
- Bamboo Plywood: Sustainable by nature and works well in moist areas, bamboo your bathroom
- Kirei Wood: Made from sorghum stalks without toxic adhesives, great for a desk or coffee table
- Cork Flooring: Stripped from cork-oak tree trunks the new bark regenerates quickly leaving the tree undamaged. This flooring is softer than hardwood and looks great in kitchens
- Natural Linoleum Flooring: Made from raw materials and keeps microorganisms from growing
- Recycled-Plastic Carpet: After plastic bottles are ground into chips, cleaned, and melted the resulting fiber is spun into this carpet yarn
- Biodegradable Hemp and Wool Carpet: Made from nature’s strongest fiber and adhered with natural rubber
- Eco-Friendly Carpet Tiles: 80% recycled poly fiber, stain-repellent, and a single tile can be replaced rather than the whole floor
DIY
“If your home doesn’t have much storage space, or if you like to add touches of style throughout your home, consider hanging various types of shelving. Fortunately, adding shelves to your home is a fairly simple process that is relatively inexpensive. This ultimate guide to DIY shelving will get you started on making a space more functional or decorative.”