Eco Friendly Garden Furniture

When choosing eco-friendly garden furniture, is it enough for it to be FSC certified? Should we be sticking to local materials or choosing garden furniture made from salvaged or recycled materials?

Is it more sustainable to choose garden furniture made from local materials, or garden furniture made from salvaged wood?

These elegant loungers are made from salvaged teak

The sustainable furniture option does not have to mean compromising on design

The teak will age elegantly over many years to a soft silver grey.

No need to oil, wax or varnish.

Sustainable garden furniture choices can be a minefield as there is no one right answer. Here are some simple tips to keep in mind when making your decisions...

1/Buy garden furniture made from locally produced wood

There is no excuse for buying teak furniture (even if it is sustainably forested) when so much environmental damage is done shipping it halfway around the world. Choose English Oak from local managed woodland, or if you must have teak, choose furniture made from salvaged or recycled wood

2/Buy recycled garden furniture, or garden furniture that is made from reclaimed materials

Furniture made from recycled or reclaimed materials is clearly the most sustainable option. Garden Boutique have a great choice of stylish recycled metal garden furniture and wooden furniture made from reclaimed wood. These materials are already in circulation and so have a limited impact on the environment.

3/Avoid oil based paints and stains.

Choose wood that is suitable for outdoor use without treatment such as oak, sweet chestnut, larch, western red cedar or douglas fir. If you must colour your wood, choose water-based products so that any wooden furniture can be recycled or composted at the end of its useful life.

This garden furniture is made from 100% recycled aluminium. 

Making this garden furniture reuses waste aluminium and consumes only 5% of the energy needed to produce aluminium from ore.

Eco Friendly Garden Furniture

When choosing eco-friendly garden furniture, is it enough for it to be FSC certified? Should we be sticking to local materials or choosing garden furniture made from salvaged or recycled materials?

Is it more sustainable to choose garden furniture made from local materials, or garden furniture made from salvaged wood?

These elegant loungers are made from salvaged teak

The sustainable furniture option does not have to mean compromising on design

The teak will age elegantly over many years to a soft silver grey.

No need to oil, wax or varnish.

Sustainable garden furniture choices can be a minefield as there is no one right answer. Here are some simple tips to keep in mind when making your decisions...

1/Buy garden furniture made from locally produced wood

There is no excuse for buying teak furniture (even if it is sustainably forested) when so much environmental damage is done shipping it halfway around the world. Choose English Oak from local managed woodland, or if you must have teak, choose furniture made from salvaged or recycled wood

2/Buy recycled garden furniture, or garden furniture that is made from reclaimed materials

Furniture made from recycled or reclaimed materials is clearly the most sustainable option. Garden Boutique have a great choice of stylish recycled metal garden furniture and wooden furniture made from reclaimed wood. These materials are already in circulation and so have a limited impact on the environment.

3/Avoid oil based paints and stains.

Choose wood that is suitable for outdoor use without treatment such as oak, sweet chestnut, larch, western red cedar or douglas fir. If you must colour your wood, choose water-based products so that any wooden furniture can be recycled or composted at the end of its useful life.

This garden furniture is made from 100% recycled aluminium. 

Making this garden furniture reuses waste aluminium and consumes only 5% of the energy needed to produce aluminium from ore.

Design House Brings Green to Misa

Started by David Wax and his partner Ben Uyeda, FreeGreen is making green home designs free for everyone. 2005's Solar Decathlon blew us away, but we are fascinated by the amazing Solar House from Cornell University. This team brought home a beautiful zero-energy to the mall in Washington, DC, and has just launched ZeroEnergy Design, home design firm focused on zero-energy design. Continuing their momentum as green home design teacher, two of the Cornell Solar Decathlon team has just launched a new effort that aims to bring green design to the masses through a special innovative business model called FreeGreen.

FreeGreen provides a selection of green home design for free, with a variety of styles from traditional to modern. While the basic design for free, homeowners can take the process further and customize their designs with the cost (and very reasonable) extra. The cost of the design process, and free house plan, kept to a minimum through partnerships between FreeGreen and green building products manufacturer - paid placement from product manufacturers.

As homeowners consult with FreeGreen to design customized, they are introduced to healthy, energy efficient, sustainable products that sponsor FreeGreen's eco-companies. This is a collaborative win-win-win that introduces people to the principles of green building and products and allows consumers on any budget to have a custom-designed, green home.

In the end, FreeGreen is about providing people with options and knowledge to make decisions. Green building products are widely available, but sorting through various options, or even know where to look, is a daunting task for most new homeowners. Freegreen solving this problem by offering a very good green building consulting with little cost to the consumer. According to founder, "is the goal at FreeGreen not produce environmentally friendly home possible but rather to provide a variety of different home plans that allow people to create homes to suit their lifestyles in a responsible and fair."

FreeGreen launched this month began with several great designs including our favorite, The Loft Suburban, modern home suitable for all climates. Marked with an open floor plan and loft ceiling space, this design will be available in various sizes to meet a lot of lifestyle and landscape.

We think FreeGreen is a great idea and a wonderful way to bring information, innovation and green design options for everyone - We are very excited to announce the launch of FreeGreen "because green design should be accessible to all." [Via]

Design House Brings Green to Misa

Started by David Wax and his partner Ben Uyeda, FreeGreen is making green home designs free for everyone. 2005's Solar Decathlon blew us away, but we are fascinated by the amazing Solar House from Cornell University. This team brought home a beautiful zero-energy to the mall in Washington, DC, and has just launched ZeroEnergy Design, home design firm focused on zero-energy design. Continuing their momentum as green home design teacher, two of the Cornell Solar Decathlon team has just launched a new effort that aims to bring green design to the masses through a special innovative business model called FreeGreen.

FreeGreen provides a selection of green home design for free, with a variety of styles from traditional to modern. While the basic design for free, homeowners can take the process further and customize their designs with the cost (and very reasonable) extra. The cost of the design process, and free house plan, kept to a minimum through partnerships between FreeGreen and green building products manufacturer - paid placement from product manufacturers.

As homeowners consult with FreeGreen to design customized, they are introduced to healthy, energy efficient, sustainable products that sponsor FreeGreen's eco-companies. This is a collaborative win-win-win that introduces people to the principles of green building and products and allows consumers on any budget to have a custom-designed, green home.

In the end, FreeGreen is about providing people with options and knowledge to make decisions. Green building products are widely available, but sorting through various options, or even know where to look, is a daunting task for most new homeowners. Freegreen solving this problem by offering a very good green building consulting with little cost to the consumer. According to founder, "is the goal at FreeGreen not produce environmentally friendly home possible but rather to provide a variety of different home plans that allow people to create homes to suit their lifestyles in a responsible and fair."

FreeGreen launched this month began with several great designs including our favorite, The Loft Suburban, modern home suitable for all climates. Marked with an open floor plan and loft ceiling space, this design will be available in various sizes to meet a lot of lifestyle and landscape.

We think FreeGreen is a great idea and a wonderful way to bring information, innovation and green design options for everyone - We are very excited to announce the launch of FreeGreen "because green design should be accessible to all." [Via]

Small Balcony Ideas

I have a really small balcony (1m x 4m) which faces north and it’s lovely to sit with a cup of coffee, read the paper or munch on a piece of toast in the morning sunshine – if only I could fit! No matter how many different ways I have tried to organise that balcony, it has been a constant decorating challenge. Small tables and chairs always over-crowd the space making it impractical to move around and walk down to the yard - until I discovered the Hanging Balcony Table.

It looked pretty ridiculous online, but for $59.95 it was worth giving it a try.When it arrived, it was a little larger than I thought and solved the problem perfectly. Coupled with a bench seat from IKEA and these cute little pink and scarlet outdoor cushions, I have the perfect place to sit in the mornings to watch the birds and enjoy the sunshine.

Here are a few other small balcony ideas I have uncovered while researching my own little project… Urban Balcony has some great furniture ideas including these ones for small spaces:

Burkes Backyard featured a small balcony makeover one episode including converting aluminium toolboxes into bench seats that also double as storage. I’m not too keen on the look personally, but I was originally thinking of having a piece of furniture custom made to fit in this space which could act as a kind of small daybed and storage box at the same time. They also featured another balcony makeoverwhich looks much better including custom designs furniture and wooden deck tiles.

Small Balcony Ideas

I have a really small balcony (1m x 4m) which faces north and it’s lovely to sit with a cup of coffee, read the paper or munch on a piece of toast in the morning sunshine – if only I could fit! No matter how many different ways I have tried to organise that balcony, it has been a constant decorating challenge. Small tables and chairs always over-crowd the space making it impractical to move around and walk down to the yard - until I discovered the Hanging Balcony Table.

It looked pretty ridiculous online, but for $59.95 it was worth giving it a try.When it arrived, it was a little larger than I thought and solved the problem perfectly. Coupled with a bench seat from IKEA and these cute little pink and scarlet outdoor cushions, I have the perfect place to sit in the mornings to watch the birds and enjoy the sunshine.

Here are a few other small balcony ideas I have uncovered while researching my own little project… Urban Balcony has some great furniture ideas including these ones for small spaces:

Burkes Backyard featured a small balcony makeover one episode including converting aluminium toolboxes into bench seats that also double as storage. I’m not too keen on the look personally, but I was originally thinking of having a piece of furniture custom made to fit in this space which could act as a kind of small daybed and storage box at the same time. They also featured another balcony makeoverwhich looks much better including custom designs furniture and wooden deck tiles.

Best Wooden House by Jendretzki

This is the best timber home design. Located in Sag Harbor, New York, this project has been carried out by Jendretzki Design and Planning Consultants. The view is very natural around the house making it look very cool and comfortable to stay inside.

This house was redesigned from an existing house. The original house is an old traditional wooden house, but surrounded by beautiful nature. The owner will not change from the original concept of Home-Wooden, just remodel the old. The interior is very well connected to the exterior. There are several decks, terraces and stairs so that owners can easily stroll from almost every part of the house.

At night, this house is very exotic with all the classic lamps hanging on the porch posts. This view brings the owner into the past. our eyes will be spoiled with a beautiful view all day.

There is a window large enough around the house so that natural light can break into easily and owners can see the beautiful view from the room the entire house. All exterior wood work done with reclaimed-timber recycling.

Furniture design

Homes are environmentally friendly and uses high technology. It uses solar panels on the roof for electricity and rain water collection system.

Best Wooden House by Jendretzki

This is the best timber home design. Located in Sag Harbor, New York, this project has been carried out by Jendretzki Design and Planning Consultants. The view is very natural around the house making it look very cool and comfortable to stay inside.

This house was redesigned from an existing house. The original house is an old traditional wooden house, but surrounded by beautiful nature. The owner will not change from the original concept of Home-Wooden, just remodel the old. The interior is very well connected to the exterior. There are several decks, terraces and stairs so that owners can easily stroll from almost every part of the house.

At night, this house is very exotic with all the classic lamps hanging on the porch posts. This view brings the owner into the past. our eyes will be spoiled with a beautiful view all day.

There is a window large enough around the house so that natural light can break into easily and owners can see the beautiful view from the room the entire house. All exterior wood work done with reclaimed-timber recycling.

Furniture design

Homes are environmentally friendly and uses high technology. It uses solar panels on the roof for electricity and rain water collection system.

Bathroom Vanity Cabinets

Any design of Bathroom Vanity Cabinets are to consider the use of steam, hot and cold water system in the bathroom. As those three kind of liquids are the most commonly found in a bathroom one use to clean his body. Although it seems to have nothing to do with , it may directly affect Bathroom Vanity Cabinets  performance in the sense of its lifetime and its hygienic.

Basic rule to notice is that one should spare at least 4 inches rise from the bathroom floor surface before putting Bathroom Vanity Cabinets. This is a must. Most Bathroom Vanity Cabinets start to get damaged starting from their base part. Yes, it is because of water splash and very high floor moisture which is absorbed by the Bathroom Vanity Cabinets porous material. When this happened bacteriae and or rust will grow up and settle in unreachable spots which is impossible to be cleaned then.

For some aesthetical reasons there are designs where one must put his Bathroom Vanity Cabinets directly on the bathroom floor without any concrete bed to lay on. Yes you can do that as long as you are sure your bathroom floor is 100% dry. 5% of moisture is the maximum tolerance you can get for this kind of purpose. Since to build a 100% dry floor surface would require a lot of cost to build. Usually the Bathroom Vanity Cabinets manufacturer or the carpenter you order them from will use the hardest and best quality of wood to anticipate the demand. Plus using the kind of Poly Urethane surface protection to make it last long.

The only thing is most bathroom will use ceramic tiles at its floor and walls. As we understand there are grout lines all over the floor surface so indeed the Bathroom Vanity Cabinets are still exposed to water in some way. Nothing is perfect and above mentioned is the best thing one can do to fulfill his dream bathroom lay out. To arrange a short meeting between you, your designer and your contractor is the best way to do prior to the work.

There is possibility to invite another contractor who do waterproofing job. Your Bathroom Vanity Cabinets lifetime will depend on his work indeed. The remaining 5% tolerance of floor moisture is a result of naturally never ending condensation process. Particularly when your bathroom environment bears a hot humid air then condensation must be handled by proper experienced contractor.
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Bathroom Vanity Cabinets

Any design of Bathroom Vanity Cabinets are to consider the use of steam, hot and cold water system in the bathroom. As those three kind of liquids are the most commonly found in a bathroom one use to clean his body. Although it seems to have nothing to do with , it may directly affect Bathroom Vanity Cabinets  performance in the sense of its lifetime and its hygienic.

Basic rule to notice is that one should spare at least 4 inches rise from the bathroom floor surface before putting Bathroom Vanity Cabinets. This is a must. Most Bathroom Vanity Cabinets start to get damaged starting from their base part. Yes, it is because of water splash and very high floor moisture which is absorbed by the Bathroom Vanity Cabinets porous material. When this happened bacteriae and or rust will grow up and settle in unreachable spots which is impossible to be cleaned then.

For some aesthetical reasons there are designs where one must put his Bathroom Vanity Cabinets directly on the bathroom floor without any concrete bed to lay on. Yes you can do that as long as you are sure your bathroom floor is 100% dry. 5% of moisture is the maximum tolerance you can get for this kind of purpose. Since to build a 100% dry floor surface would require a lot of cost to build. Usually the Bathroom Vanity Cabinets manufacturer or the carpenter you order them from will use the hardest and best quality of wood to anticipate the demand. Plus using the kind of Poly Urethane surface protection to make it last long.

The only thing is most bathroom will use ceramic tiles at its floor and walls. As we understand there are grout lines all over the floor surface so indeed the Bathroom Vanity Cabinets are still exposed to water in some way. Nothing is perfect and above mentioned is the best thing one can do to fulfill his dream bathroom lay out. To arrange a short meeting between you, your designer and your contractor is the best way to do prior to the work.

There is possibility to invite another contractor who do waterproofing job. Your Bathroom Vanity Cabinets lifetime will depend on his work indeed. The remaining 5% tolerance of floor moisture is a result of naturally never ending condensation process. Particularly when your bathroom environment bears a hot humid air then condensation must be handled by proper experienced contractor.
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Italian Kitchens Furniture Barrique Bleached Canaletto Walnut & Gloss Mustard Lacquer

Home Design Interior :

This modern italian kitchen furniture of Barrique bleached canaletto walnut & gloss mustard lacquer is delivered to you by Ernestomeda. This kitchen furniture inspiration is inspired by the all-Italian tradition of good fellowship, fostered by the pleasure of savouring a fine wine or sophisticated dish.

Check out the great wooden finished with granite countertops and timeless beauty of glass that could create a full functional impeccable kitchen with elegant design that combines transparent surfaces, natural stones, woods and more high-tech materials, where tradition reveals an extraordinary flair for innovation.

Barrique Bleached Canaletto Basic product description and technical information and main features are :

* Base cabinets: Bleached Canaletto walnut

* Cupboards/Top units: Gloss mustard lacquered plain door

* Larder cabinet: Bohème with structure and door in bleached Canaletto walnut and Pinot glass

* Hood: Cheminée in steel

* Work-top: Feel in calacatta oro marble

* Penisula: Balance with steel work-top and chromium-plated frame

* Handle: Assiette in chromium-plated steel

Italian Kitchens Furniture Barrique Bleached Canaletto Walnut & Gloss Mustard Lacquer

Home Design Interior :

This modern italian kitchen furniture of Barrique bleached canaletto walnut & gloss mustard lacquer is delivered to you by Ernestomeda. This kitchen furniture inspiration is inspired by the all-Italian tradition of good fellowship, fostered by the pleasure of savouring a fine wine or sophisticated dish.

Check out the great wooden finished with granite countertops and timeless beauty of glass that could create a full functional impeccable kitchen with elegant design that combines transparent surfaces, natural stones, woods and more high-tech materials, where tradition reveals an extraordinary flair for innovation.

Barrique Bleached Canaletto Basic product description and technical information and main features are :

* Base cabinets: Bleached Canaletto walnut

* Cupboards/Top units: Gloss mustard lacquered plain door

* Larder cabinet: Bohème with structure and door in bleached Canaletto walnut and Pinot glass

* Hood: Cheminée in steel

* Work-top: Feel in calacatta oro marble

* Penisula: Balance with steel work-top and chromium-plated frame

* Handle: Assiette in chromium-plated steel

Strong and Masculine Office Furniture

Here is a unique looking office furniture set designed by Gabriel Teixidó for Spanish company AG Land 14. These desks have a very dynamic feel and thin edges. The sober color palette and the strong design give these furniture items a firm, masculine effect. Here is a statement from the designer: “Level is style. Style because it combines

Strong and Masculine Office Furniture

Here is a unique looking office furniture set designed by Gabriel Teixidó for Spanish company AG Land 14. These desks have a very dynamic feel and thin edges. The sober color palette and the strong design give these furniture items a firm, masculine effect. Here is a statement from the designer: “Level is style. Style because it combines