Wooden Furniture saves your house and our future!
Why is buying wooden furniture good for your home but best of all for our environment? Because the stuff literally grows on trees! When a piece of wooden furniture is …
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Best Ways of Installing Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood floors have been a staple of home design since ancient times. Their durability has made them a top choice for low-maintenance flooring, and their attractive, timeless appearance is great …
Read MoreGreen Construction Materials For Home and Garden
In the past, it was often difficult to find useful, beautiful materials for your home and garden building projects while being ecologically-friendly. However, green materials are much more popular now, …
Read MoreStorage Within the Staircase
Brooklyn, New York-based Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture studio has solved the life-long problem of crammed apartments. This one is just 400 square feet and considering the owners use the flat …
Read MoreGreen Kitchen with Water Based Wood Stains
This glorious green kitchen design has moved away from the mainstream “white look” as far as possible. Who has said that a kitchen has to be white anyway? These kitchen …
Read MoreJapanese Shell House Saving Trees
A green home can encompass a tree making it part of its design. The wooden decking of the Japanese Shell house clearly shows that it is doable.
Read MoreSailor’s Tales and Modern Architecture
The 25Hours Hotel HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany is one of those success stories that simply sweeps you off your feet. It’s like a pop-art exhibition within a hotel.
Read MoreWill Coconut Palms Save the Forests from Extinction?
Coir is a relatively cheap material and makes for superb mattresses. I’m old enough to have experienced proper eco-friendly mattresses made of horse hair or seaweed. Before the synthetic junk beds came into fashion – there were much less allergies and asthmatic issues around.
Read MoreWood Panelling Made of Recycled Planks
As for installing the wall panelling, you can screw battens onto the wall and then add the panelling elements on top of the battens using headless nails. Apply the varnish after you’ve driven the nails to hide them.
Read MorePutting Barrels on the Floor
McKay Flooring are making use of old whisky barrels by turning them into exquisite oak flooring.
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