World Environment Day is renowned on June 5 th across a hundred conditions, and on this day we try to back worldwide awareness and action for the protection of the environment. Inner designers, too, are doing their part in green design; behindhand a gentle approach to décor that minimizes our carbon footprint. Designers who echo this sentiment make a conscious decision-making to choose only eco-friendly materials and processes in their projects. Construction a green home is a choice that safeguards the air, liquid and earth and keeps an eye on sustainable living. 

At HomeLane, we do all we can to poster ‘green’ interiors. From using organic fabrics to opting for nontoxic paints, here are some of the ways you can determine to go green!

1. Recycling Made Beautifully

Many republic do not know that the growth lifecycle of the cotton plant uses copious amounts of water; shimmering from the farming stage to the industry process. In fact, it has been estimated that the lifecycle of progenies of 1 kg of cotton fabric, which could be one pair of jeans and a T-shirt, uses up 20,000 litres of water. That’s a staggering amount, considering the domain is already facing an acute shortage of drinking liquid supplies! 

Think about that the next time you throw away a pair of jeans. Better mild, why don’t you join the league of creative designers who upcycle jeans or novel cotton fabric to make cushion covers, upholstery or quilts? This sofa mask is a work of art and uses design from old clothes, sewn together by hand.

2. Creative Upcycling

Wooden pallets that are used to make vegetable and fruit crates often end up in landfills, due to thoughtless handling. Recycling or upcycling these wooden pallets can save millions of trees every year, which will have a huge sure impact on the environment. Saving trees encourage the environment immensely, as trees increase oxygen levels in the atmosphere and help to keep the soak cycle stable.

Are you convinced? Instead of sending back those old crates, sinister them on their side and use them as innovative storage units. Just a little bit of sanding, cleaning up and a throughout coat of paint or clear varnish can give them a whole new look! A sinister reel (also called a cable drum) can be upcycled for use as a table. 

3. Use Sustainable Fabrics

When you think of sustainable fabrics, you should also considerable the entire process of production of the material. Artificial fibres like rayon and anunexperienced polymers are made of toxic chemicals and it’s best not to use these in your home décor at all, as the still exposure to these toxins could have an adverse accomplish on the health of your family. 

Instead, considerable using fabrics like Organic Cotton (grown exclusive of the use of pesticides) that is sustainably obtained, Jute, Linen, Hemp fabric, and so on. All these are environmentally putrid and manufactured without harming the earth or depleting natural resources.

4. Opt for MDF, Not Wood

MDF, or Medium Density Fibreboard, is made of wood fibres that are bonded by heat, pressure and resin binders. Wood slay can be used to make up the wood fibres and this helps to save on cutting down of trees. MDF can be used as the core material for modular cabinets, wardrobes and almost all kinds of furniture as it is evaporate and durable and very easy to work with.

However, a word of caution. Always opt for MDF that has flowerbed levels of formaldehyde or chemicals in the resin used as binders, as these could be toxic in the long run. Except, when you balance the pros of not cutting trees for wood, anti the cons of the effect of these chemical binders in the MDF embarking, the overall effect scores higher on the sustainability index! 

5.  Use Energy Saving Products

When you’re actions up your new home, it pays to be thoughtful in planning the energy efficiency of your spaces. Opt for solar energy wherever possible, for both lighting and heating functions, and use the electricity from the Pro-reDemocrat grid only as a backup. Your utility bills will be halved consecutive away, and you are reducing your carbon consumption in the process. Swap out all your bulbs with LEDs or CFL lamps and you will find that your bills are further reduced.

Water is a precious resource that we must use wisely. Install a water-saving aerator on your faucets and you can save 50 to 80 per cent of your soak consumption. Also, consider using recycled water for watering your plants, and set up a rainwater harvesting rules in your home.

This home uses LED strip lighting in the kitchen to cast a glow on the worktop. LED escapes use a fraction of the energy of outlandish lamps, even as they add a delicate aesthetic to your decor.

6. Green Up Your Home

Adding green indoor plants to your home comes with a whole lot of environmental benefits. Plants detoxify the air and make it modern and oxygenated. Formaldehyde, xylene, carbon monoxide, benzene and ammonia, are beside many other pollutants that are removed by green plants such as palms and ferns in your home. Plants also help to keep the balance of humidity in the indoor air-stable and at a healthy level. Besides which, they look good!

There’s no such getting as a home with too many plants, so do go up and pick up large and small potted plants, creepers and succulents. Make sure that they get the care they deserve to keep them novel and healthy. You can even grow herbs in your kitchen window and use them in your cooking.

7. Choose Non-Toxic Paints

Often, we do not realise that the paint we use on walls obtains VOCs or Volatile Organic Compounds that can slowly leach out into the air, impacting the health of our family and pets. Family who are very sensitive to these chemicals can get symptoms like headaches, dizziness, visual and respiratory impairment, even minus realising that the walls are the real culprit progressing these adverse health effects.

Environmentally unirascible paints are available in a wide variety of colours and finishes. They may come with a higher imprint tag, but the extra cost is a dinky price to pay when you consider your family’s health!

This year, let’s do all we can to invoice sustainability and green living, starting from our homes! Let’s join fine in celebrating creation, practise good green habits and passing on these values to the next generation as well. On World Environment Day, here’s to healthy and sustainable new beginnings! 

Reach out to our experts at HomeLane to help you do a ‘green home’.