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Loving The Environment – Loving Your Home

I would like to believe that we are now wiser in living our lives. We are more aware and concerned about what’s happening around us, one of which is the deteriorating condition of our once clean environment. We are apathetic no more but instead feel motivated to help any way we can to save what good is left of our environment. For one, there are now campaigns against the use of plastic and wood, and drives to recycle materials as much as we can. Let’s take a look at how we can support environmental protection right in our own homes.

An important note is to buy furniture or home decors made from recycled materials and others made from discarded items. This one is called “upcycling”. Such products that in no way harmed the environment during its production are easily identifiable because of a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) stamp on them. You might have seen this sign on a cabinet made from used woods, chairs made from leftover cork, and window blinds or screen made from recycled paper.

But we know, that is easier said than done. After all, the difference between shelves made from the finest mahogany or oak and their “Green” counterparts made from recycled plywood is rather immense. So what do you do?

Wise and proactive thinking, that’s how. Products that are made of used materials means saving a couple more trees from dying. Buying eco-friendly products increase their potential and popularity. Subsequently, the demand for manufacturers to create more of these goods increase. You may only be one person, but you count. If you share this idea with your family members and friends, and they in turn pass the news to their own social circles, the demand will further increase and sooner hopefully, no more trees will be cut down to produce woods, lumber and paper. Furthermore, no more synthetic materials will be added to the humongous non-biodegradable pile hazardously stored in our planet.

Perhaps you’re now squirming in your seat, stricken with guilt yet still hesitant to buy this “green home” idea. You do want to make a difference don’t you? However you’re thinking that not all FSC marked products go well with your home decors or furniture, and that you would rather scout the bigger market of brand new stuff. So what do you do?

There are decorative items called transitional rugs that can be used as a “melting pot” of all decors in such a way that these rugs match with all other items and help blend some or all other things together so the room will look coherent and fitting. This kind of rug usually has elements of the items like theme, color, pattern or design in the room. It can be used as a central point or as an added embellishment.

But perhaps one of the best things about a transitional area rug is that it can be bought both new and second hand without having to worry about the effect it might have on the environment – this is of course only the case with those made out of wool. Why wool? Quite simply because the sheep it belonged to will have a fine new fleece in no time, which means that the environment wasn’t harmed in any way during the making of your transitional rug. Choosing the correct rug will mean that your room will be a seamless work of art where new and old has been used together.

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