Buying Quality Furniture Means Greener Living

Once upon a time, furniture was built to last. It wasn’t out of the ordinary to see a cabinet or a bookshelf pass through several generations. But things started to change around the turn of the 20th century. One of the many transitions brought on by the industrial revolution was a preference for...

Green 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 units are natural pine with some surfaces finished in moss green. But it’s not just any moss green. The material used in this picture...

Rocking Chairs Don’t Get Simpler than This

When it comes to eco friendly furniture, one way they can be friednly is be simple. Now, if you look at a normal rocking chair, it consists of many parts. Building a rocking chair is a labour intensive process that involves various methods including bending – something that consumes a lot of...

The Best Bed For You

The best bed for you depends on what you want and need from the place where you go to relax at the end of a long, busy day. Taking into consideration things like support, size and the space you have in your bedroom can all make a difference to your choice, so think about these things when buying that new...

Single Beds Save Space

When you are buying a house, you always try and get as much space as you physically can afford. Humans like space, hence why we tend to have this priority. But buying a house with large rooms is not the only space saving option. When you are trying to save space in a bedroom the best way to achieve this is...

Will Coconut Palms Save the Forests from Extinction?

We all seem to be talking about the number of trees that are being cut every day to satisfy the demand for paper and furniture. Have we progressed much beyond talking about it? The problem is that the available alternatives have various issues – chipboards, for example, emit VOCs and are bad for your...