Purchase furnishings that last longer and that can be recycled.
New Home Smell & New Car Smell are chemicals
Since interior design incorporates many paints, dyes and adhesives, we need to be aware of what is in the products we purchase. Watch out for items that have “ene” in them.
Conventional Cotton accounts for 25% of all the pesticides used globally and farmers apply 7x more chemical fertilizer on cotton crops than they do pesticides. Organic fabrics are whitened with peroxide, not bleach.
Adhesive is also important.
Many natural fibers are durable, anti-microbial and mildew resistant. Wool is a non-allergenic fiber which does not promote the growth of bacteria or dust mites, or give off harmful emissions Wool is naturally soil resistant. Soy Based Backing on Woolshire products
Eco-friendly paper made from recycled wood pulp to reproduce photographic images.
Tints - (other companies say low VOC but then the tints add VOC)
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