Green Furniture Gets Easier

Photo from HickerPhoto.com.

Sometimes we hear so much about green living that we think we know it all by now. But simple brushups, just like your dentist does, are good for you.
PlanetGreen.Discovery has provided some more tips on eco-friendly furnishings. Sometimes, see, it’s about buying a green label, but it’s also about being creative and using what you’ve already got. Everyone who reads this knows we her at SpaceDesignJournal are fans of architectural salvage.

Read Jacob Gordon’s tips for laypeople on offgassing, buying used, bamboo and more. For instance, eco-kind products lend themselves to easy repair and cleanup. That’s also part of universal design.
Look for furniture that’s disassemblable.
Look for reclaimed wood and other reclaimed products.
Buy vintage.
Buy local (this idea is a controversial one here at SpaceDesignJournal, though in the realm of going green, it’s a ubiquitously made statement).

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Funky Furniture

Designed by Kristina Anderson.

How have you gone this long without a Han Solo cocktail table? Why don’t you have the binary pillow or sliding maze door lock yet? Surely you could easily convince your spouse to install a riding vacuum in the house? Just as soon as you decorate yoru XBox-loving daughter’s room with illuminating wallpaper.
Asks Tom Spina, the designer behind the Han Solo table, why have furniture when you can have functional art?
Introducing Home Decor for Absolute Geeks, a post placed on CreativeCloseup.com. Visit the site to see more wacky (and embarrassingly desirable) decor.

Photo from Tom Spina Designs

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Latex mattresses: for your health and your money

Photo from MattressFoundations.com

For your back and for the environment, for your money and for your health, latex mattresses are a terrific investment. Sears used to sell them in the 1950s and some reports have shown that these very ones are still in use. Imagine never having to buy another mattress!
Now imagine picking up a mattress you found while dumpster diving. Yes, sleeping in a traditional mattress is about as unhealthy. Why? Not only do they off-gas, they harbor all those little insects you’ve only heard about on Discovery programs. Latex styles, however, are insect and mold/mildew resistant.
Discover more about the healthy, environmentally and financially sustainable benefits to buying a latex sleep throne at HealthyFoundations.com.

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Grete Jalk: Modernism Can Be Warm

Like Modernist furniture but want some warmth to it? Check out Grete Jalk, a Danish designer whose work has been in New York’s MoMA. Her mid-century Modernist wood furniture is sleek in design and tastefully aesthetic.
Find more like this at Dwell magazine’s daily blog.

Credit: Photo from RagoArts.com

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