Choosing Green Household Items and Green Furnishings
Hi Fellow Homeowner, Besides enjoying a green lifestyle via your own generated green energy; consuming local organic produce; taking public transport; even mundane things like choosing green household items plus green furnishings for your household can help to save the Earth.
Below are some tips in choosing green household items and green furnishings for your home and family: - Green furnishings: utilise natural materials wherever possible, like solid wood, linoleum for flooring.
For carpets, those made of organic cotton or wool is a good and green choice.
For hardwood floors, choose water-based finishes like waterborne urethanes that contain lower VOCs (volatile organic compounds) like those offered by Bona; a Canadian company specialising in wooden floor maintenance or even IKEA that uses recycled wood chips in their timber.
- Green household items like furniture are made of solid wood from sustainable sources or timber farms with nontoxic finishing like tung oil and formaldehyde free sealant that are both good and durable.
To lengthen the lifespan of the furniture, select those with dual purposes like for e.
g.
sofa-beds for guest rooms and for nurseries select for cribs that can double up as a bed later.
- Other green furnishings include beddings and cushions: source for mattresses and pillows made from materials like organic wool, cotton and kapok wool.
Most of these materials are widely available online or in shops.
- Clothing: Choose material of natural fibres or organic natural fibres like cotton, wool especially if they are from sustainable and chemical-free sources.
Most of these materials are also widely available online or in shops like AnRawkz.
- Other green household items include toiletries and cleaning products.
For toiletries, look for products made up of natural, organic and fragrance-free ingredients for e.
g.
body foam and cosmetics from Bodyshop and Burt's Bees use natural and biodegradable ingredients from pomegranates and tea tree oil.
For your toddlers, avoid usage of conventional baby-wipes with their chemical ingredients instead look for chlorine-free wipes for e.
g.
Seventh Generation and Olive Ventures.
- For cleaning products, avoid purchasing antibacterial and chemical cleaners.
Instead use products that are made of natural ingredients like concentrated lemon oil and saponins.
You can also make your own DIY cleaning products using vinegar, baking soda or lemon juice.
- Besides cleaning products, a green household item to have is to have your own DIY furniture.
You will not worry of purchasing furniture with finishes that contain VOCs or adhesives containing formaldehyde or those made of wood from unsustainable sources.
Below are some tips in choosing green household items and green furnishings for your home and family: - Green furnishings: utilise natural materials wherever possible, like solid wood, linoleum for flooring.
For carpets, those made of organic cotton or wool is a good and green choice.
For hardwood floors, choose water-based finishes like waterborne urethanes that contain lower VOCs (volatile organic compounds) like those offered by Bona; a Canadian company specialising in wooden floor maintenance or even IKEA that uses recycled wood chips in their timber.
- Green household items like furniture are made of solid wood from sustainable sources or timber farms with nontoxic finishing like tung oil and formaldehyde free sealant that are both good and durable.
To lengthen the lifespan of the furniture, select those with dual purposes like for e.
g.
sofa-beds for guest rooms and for nurseries select for cribs that can double up as a bed later.
- Other green furnishings include beddings and cushions: source for mattresses and pillows made from materials like organic wool, cotton and kapok wool.
Most of these materials are widely available online or in shops.
- Clothing: Choose material of natural fibres or organic natural fibres like cotton, wool especially if they are from sustainable and chemical-free sources.
Most of these materials are also widely available online or in shops like AnRawkz.
- Other green household items include toiletries and cleaning products.
For toiletries, look for products made up of natural, organic and fragrance-free ingredients for e.
g.
body foam and cosmetics from Bodyshop and Burt's Bees use natural and biodegradable ingredients from pomegranates and tea tree oil.
For your toddlers, avoid usage of conventional baby-wipes with their chemical ingredients instead look for chlorine-free wipes for e.
g.
Seventh Generation and Olive Ventures.
- For cleaning products, avoid purchasing antibacterial and chemical cleaners.
Instead use products that are made of natural ingredients like concentrated lemon oil and saponins.
You can also make your own DIY cleaning products using vinegar, baking soda or lemon juice.
- Besides cleaning products, a green household item to have is to have your own DIY furniture.
You will not worry of purchasing furniture with finishes that contain VOCs or adhesives containing formaldehyde or those made of wood from unsustainable sources.
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