If you are an eco-warrior and love all things eco- friendly, incorporate your love of the environment into your home.
While you might dream about designing a home that is eco-friendly from top to bottom. Complete with solar panels, recycled furniture, and chemical-free paint, this may be a little out of your price range. Eco-friendly home renovation projects are often rather pricey, which can leave you feeling discouraged.
But luckily for you, there are other ways you can make your home more eco-friendly. Start off focusing on just one room, such as your kitchen for example, and refurbish that in an eco-friendly way. After a few months, you can then move on to the rest of the house and in no time at all, you will have a home that is truly green.
For four fantastic ideas for refurbishing your kitchen in an eco-friendly way, we have put together this guide below:
1. Start with the countertops
While you may not be able to afford to redo the entire kitchen in eco-friendly materials. You can use recycled materials for the main areas, like the
countertops and floor.
Replace your old countertops with eco-friendly recycled glass or wood alternatives. While these aren’t cheap to buy, they are affordable and long-lasting, so are worth the cost.
Just make sure to choose a colour countertop that works well with the style and colour scheme of the rest of the kitchen.
2. Update your curtains or blinds
A low cost, wallet-friendly way to make your kitchen more eco-friendly is replacing your old curtains or blinds with natural alternatives.
For your new curtains or blinds, you can choose from a range of eco-friendly materials, including bamboo, woven and foam wood blinds.
As well as picking window treatments that are made from eco-friendly materials, aim to choose designs that help to reduce energy usage.
3. Invest in eco-friendly flooring
If your flooring is looking a little worse for wear, replace it with an eco-friendly alternative. There are some fantastic recycled flooring options on the market, to find the best style for you, think about the design and layout of your kitchen.
One of the best types of recycled flooring is
reclaimed teak flooring. It’s stunning to look at, works well with any colour scheme and is long-lasting, making it ideal for any kitchen.
4. Opt for energy-efficient appliances
When choosing new appliances for your refurbished kitchen, don’t just take their design into account, also look at the energy efficiency rating.
To make your kitchen as eco-friendly as it can be, it is important that every item is as eco-friendly as possible. Although they may be a little more expensive to buy, energy efficient appliances will
save you money in the long run.
5. Go eco-friendly with accessories
Just like the larger design features, the small, decorative touches you add to your kitchen can also
be eco-friendly.
You can buy rugs and tablecloths that are made from all-natural fibers or recycled cotton or wool. There are so many eco-friendly accessories to choose from, you will be spoilt for choice.