There are many things you can do these days to decorate but also be keeping the environment in mind. Many of these ideas are better for your health and will also save you money and time.
* Use 100% Recycled Plastic Paint Trays*
Wash out your paint tray when you use it and save if for the next time you paint instead of throwing it out.
* Use No VOC Paints*
VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compounds. These compounds are found in many types of paint as well as other man made products. They let of dangerous fumes into the air for you to breath in while painting your room your favorite colour. No VOC paints allow area painted to used sooner and they don't have harmful fumes to breath in.
*Paint Brushes with Removable Heads*
Brushes that have these removable heads are easier to clean and use less water to clean.
*Drapery Liners*
Buying a curtain that has a drapery liner attached will help block out the heat in the summer time and keep the warmth in in the winter time.
These are only a few tips for ECO friendly decorating. Look for more on websites, books or stores.
Natasha :)
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
What is Interior RE-Design?!
Redesign is the "Eco friendly" version of interior decorating. As a professional re-designer we need to think outside the box. What do my clients want to get out of this experience, do they like the existing lay out? Are their pieces with in the room they would like to replace? those items they want to replace we may be able to use in a different way!
We take room measurements and furniture measurements so once we get back to the office we can make a birds eye view of the room. This way we can compose many different layouts for their existing furniture and possibly even see if a piece of furniture from another room would work in this space. Once we have a couple of different types of room layouts we also think of what can we use though out the home in that room to decorate it. Think shopping inside your own home, the benefit of having an "outsider" looking though your items is that we can think of ways or places they can be used. An old mirror hiding in the basement corner, a piece of art, family photo that was collecting dust, or something like an old coffee table on it's way "out" what about converting that coffee table into a bench!? have you thought of that? It's simple all you need is batting, fabric, staple gun, cord & paint or stain for your legs of the table.
Even if this new seating can not be used in the room we are redesigning once we have given it a new purpose it can find a new home in another spot in your house.
Once we have the main items altogether (the layout, added pieces from other rooms, reused items we have transformed) the next step is paint choice. Based on what colours you have existing in your room already this will determine what colour your room should be. We can always tweak paint colours at any stage of the game to give you the feeling you want.
And voila you have your room redesigned all using items with in your own home!
You can have you room redesigned for as little as $150.00 which is MUCH more affordable than interior decorating.
Cheers
-Kristy
We take room measurements and furniture measurements so once we get back to the office we can make a birds eye view of the room. This way we can compose many different layouts for their existing furniture and possibly even see if a piece of furniture from another room would work in this space. Once we have a couple of different types of room layouts we also think of what can we use though out the home in that room to decorate it. Think shopping inside your own home, the benefit of having an "outsider" looking though your items is that we can think of ways or places they can be used. An old mirror hiding in the basement corner, a piece of art, family photo that was collecting dust, or something like an old coffee table on it's way "out" what about converting that coffee table into a bench!? have you thought of that? It's simple all you need is batting, fabric, staple gun, cord & paint or stain for your legs of the table.
Even if this new seating can not be used in the room we are redesigning once we have given it a new purpose it can find a new home in another spot in your house.
Once we have the main items altogether (the layout, added pieces from other rooms, reused items we have transformed) the next step is paint choice. Based on what colours you have existing in your room already this will determine what colour your room should be. We can always tweak paint colours at any stage of the game to give you the feeling you want.
And voila you have your room redesigned all using items with in your own home!
You can have you room redesigned for as little as $150.00 which is MUCH more affordable than interior decorating.
Cheers
-Kristy
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