Eco Friendly Living Room Ideas

September 14, 2010 - Everyone talks about going eco friendly but what matters is the actions you take for green living! Creating an eco friendly living room can be your first step towards contributing to the movement for sustainable living. Here we give you some tips and ideas that you can adopt for making your living room an eco friendly living room by adding green furniture and other environmental friendly stuff! And believe it- eco friendly doesn't need to be all plain and simple, thanks to the innovative furniture designers who are continually coming up with great designs of eco friendly furniture for living room!

Bring Eco Friendly Bamboo Furniture for Living Room!

Apart from being "not boring," eco friendly living room furniture can actually be inexpensive too! Bamboo furniture is just the same. Bamboo is stronger than oak and it never shrinks or expands, so you can stay assured of not developing cracks in your furniture. Did you ask, why is bamboo furniture eco-friendly? Because it becomes a full-grown plant in just four years opposed to the other trees- from whose wood, furniture pieces are made- that take many years to get fully mature. Its basic eco friendly nature has made bamboo the most popular material for green furniture.

Use Eco Friendly Upholstery for Living Room Furniture!

Why upholstery only, use all eco friendly fabrics for other needs too like that for living room curtains! Use organic cotton for table covers, cushion covers, etc. Organic silk can also be used if you want luxury furniture that is also a green furniture option! Use faux leather upholstered furniture instead of leather furniture to save animals from being killed.

Get Recycled Furniture for Living Room!

There are various artists who create furniture pieces from unusual recycled materials such as chaise lounges from recycled corks, love seats from recycled seat belts and shelves made of cardboard. If you love experimenting with your living room, you can bring these types of recycled furniture home otherwise you can also find furniture that are made of traditional recycled furniture materials like wood, metal etc. So, you can buy reclaimed wood furniture or a revamped furniture that looks as new as a fresh furniture! If you are planning for wooden floors, eco-friendly flooring will be the perfect choice.? Reclaimed wood either sourced from historic buildings and barns or even from the bottom of lakes and rivers, has a rich patina when it is re-milled. By utilizing reclaimed wood for furniture as well as flooring, you will reduce demand for new hardwood and help in preventing deforestation.

There are many other ways for getting green furniture- buy sofas, armchairs, loveseats and recliners having frames made from more traditional woodworking methods rather than by using adhesives and metal parts. If making a coffee table or end tables, use dovetail joints instead glue. Also select furniture having natural stains and non-toxic paints and finishes. In these ways, you do not use much chemicals. You can think many other such little ways to create a really eco friendly living room!