Five Reasons to Go Green:

  1. Improve Air Quality: By choosing home decorating products with no or low toxic gases, you improve the air quality inside your home. Paints, flooring, and even bedding continue to release chemicals for many years, and the EPA found that indoor air can be up to 10 times more polluted than outside. Selecting healthy products for newborn and children's rooms decreases their potential for respiratory and allergic reactions. Give young lungs healthy home air to breathe.



  2. Lower Energy and Bills: Selecting energy efficient lighting, window treatments, and appliances lowers energy bills. Environmentally friendly lighting can cut energy costs by half, and wise choices in window treatments and other products can reduce your heating and cooling bills. In today's economy, cost-cutting measures such as these are a smart investment.



  3. Help the Environment: Replacing your home products with ones responsibly manufactured and harvested lowers pressure on the environment. Buying products with fewer chemicals and produced more naturally not only keeps toxins from being released into the air but also prevents additional damage to forests and other ecosystems. Even better: using what you already have, such as reupholestering sofas, refinishing wood, or simply rearranging furniture. What's good for the planet is also good for you.


  4. Connect with Nature: Today's homes are more tightly sealed, trapping the many synthetic and chemical products they contain. Returning to more natural materials is not only healthier but also helps us reconnect with nature. Studies show that homes with natural products reduce stress created from day to day living.


  5. Create Peace of Mind: Your home should be your sanctuary from the outside world. Achieve peace of mind by creating a truly healthy home for your loved ones, as well as helping the environment and future generations.


    6.        Green Facts You Might Not Know...

    • Most paints release VOC's (volatile organic compounds) for years after they are applied to your walls. Not only is this harmful to the environment, but repeated exposure may contribute to asthma and other respiratory problems in newborns and children.

    • Most bedding gives off chemicals as well. Sheets are often treated with formaldehyde (yes, the stuff used to preserve frogs!) to get that fluffy feel we all love. You can achieve that same softness with organic bedding without wrapping yourself in chemicals nightly.

    • Flooring and wood furniture pollute your home. Wood is preserved with chemicals, and flooring is usually glued down with hazardous materials, all released into the air you breathe. Trees are cut down by the thousands every year, more than we can replace.

    Learn healthier options for you, your family, and the planet.

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