A wonderful tradition of "ennobling space" can and should continue. Moreover, on April 22 the whole world celebrates Earth Day - a holiday founded by US activists in defense of our planet. However, you can save the world without a binding to the date: surround yourself with environmentally friendly things, do not leave garbage after a picnic, maintain good relations with others - be environmentally friendly towards nature, people and yourself. We also decided to support this tradition. After all, an ecological, clean and comfortable home is a fairy tale!
Eco Design Apartment
Do you plan to get out into the forest at the weekend or at least to the nearest park? It turns out that you can rest from the gassed streets and other delights of the metropolis ... by opening the door of your own apartment with the key! In fashion, ekostyle, as close as possible to the interior of rooms to living nature. How to create a real oasis of ecology in your house?
Melody for Meadow Harp
Of course, the times have passed when a caravan drove our ancestors along dusty roads - and the journey from Kiev to Kharkov took not a day, not two, but whole weeks. The snacks of envelopes with a stamp in the mailbox are something of an exotic sort. Many citizens have safely mastered the Internet space and correspond exclusively by e-mail. The world has become too technological and urban. But it was this circumstance that prompted people to turn to nature. The townspeople began to miss what had seemed to be a lot of noise: the noise of foliage, the aroma of grass, wild flowers ... Many contemporaries prefer to settle down in the metropolis - in private houses. Or make out apartments of urban high-rise buildings so that they have a maximum of natural and minimum artificial. For example, parquet instead of linoleum, wicker tables, rattan cabinets, pots of dried pumpkin, figures from straw.
However, not only objects a la nature - elements of green design in an ecological, clean and comfortable home. Say, a sheepskin on the floor, leather sofas - certainly, naturally. But not environmentally friendly. The main principle of ecostyle: "Do no harm to the environment!" Much more humane - wool carpet (animals are sheared, and not killed). A upholstery of upholstered furniture in the eco-style can be made of cotton, linen, other natural fabrics. Another postulate of eco-design is a careful attitude to the resources of the planet. Ecology should be economical - such is the postulate of the "green" house. Therefore, there are often no open cranes, light bulbs, which are switched off, only when we leave the house, Ten calorifiers on twenty square meters and other merciless exploitation of mother nature.
The plumbing with lean water consumption is welcomed (wash basins with a stopper, toilet bowls with an economical drain, taps with a dosed portion of H2O, special shower cabins that allow to wash well and reduce aquapottery). By the way, it is not necessary to settle in the eco-house items, only, from natural materials. You can make a curtsy and in the direction of synthetics - if it's quality, without harmful substances that our body does not need. The main thing is that the thing lasts a long time and really does. It does not want to be sent to a landfill in the near future - the environment will not be clogged with unnecessary trash. Thus, windows made of metal-plastic are not made of the gifts of nature. But if these products are made of high-quality materials, they are durable, they save energy in the style of ECO heat, unlike the wooden frames of the last century. Such innovations do not need to be painted - therefore, the house is shielded from unnecessary chemical fumes. In a word, metal-plastic windows fit perfectly into the concept of green style. Do you want to live in an apartment eco? It can be arranged.
Just room
Air and space is the first rule of green design for an ecological, clean and comfortable home. We get rid of unnecessary things - they clutter up space, collect dust. We determine what is really needed in the interior and finally send another horrible sideboard to the world, which occupies half a room, but for some reason there are not enough things in it. We choose functional objects: built-in wardrobes, folding tables, which can serve as a nightstand.
Called the sun
Energizer of all living things is the sun's rays. Lighting in a green house must be built in such a way as to make maximum use of the power of the daylight. Windows - large, not curtained with heavy curtains. Furniture is arranged so that the sun's rays penetrate into the most remote corners of the room. In the dark, we use fluorescent lamps - they save energy. In summer and spring (when there are enough clear days), lamps that work on solar panels are good. They are charged in the daytime from the natural light, and in the evening they light up the room without electric recharging.
Color Kaleidoscope
The highlight of eco-design is color. No bright tones, screaming contrasts are accents of neon-lit streets in the evening Megapolis. The color of the ecological house must be peaceful: the color of sand, earth, water, stone. And, of course, all shades of green are appropriate here! This color scheme can be the king of the whole apartment.
Earth Matter
Enjoying the gifts of nature is the main idea of a green interior for an ecological, clean and comfortable home. Favorites here - furniture made of bamboo, rattan, vines, reeds. These materials are durable, waterproof, do not cause allergies and in an ordinary apartment create the illusion of a romantic bungalow on the ocean shore. Both bamboo and vine grow very quickly. Therefore, the production of such lockers and chairs does not violate the ecological balance. The walls can be finished with a natural stopper. How is it obtained? Cut only the bark of the cork tree, and the plant itself continues to live. By the way, all natural materials are excellent noise insulators. With them you can protect yourself from winds, sharp sounds from outside.
Wood also fits into the eco-house concept. Of course, to make an oak table, you need to cut down the oak. But such a giant will last a very long time - there will be no disturbance of the natural balance from its manufacture. However, not all wood items are environmentally friendly. For their production, glues and varnishes containing harmful substances can be used. For a green house, furniture with a special mark of the environmental association FSQ is suitable. This means that for the manufacture of such tables, armchairs, no dangerous chemistry was used. It is important to pay attention to the filling of interior items. Synthetics are not needed here. Ecological upholstered furniture, pillows and other sleeping things are produced. Inside their dried seaweed, juniper shavings, and outside - natural fabrics.
Second Life
By the way, in an ecological house, everything does not necessarily have to be new. Quite original will look and a dresser, got from the great-grandmother, if it is in good condition and fits into the interior. Things that have received a second life are another direction of ecotourism. Especially for green houses designers make vases of broken glass, wheelchair chairs, shower booths from phone booths. These interior details look very piquant and correspond to an important environmental rule. "Do not clog nature!"
Old friends
For ekokvartiry fit and quite traditional finishing materials: wallpaper, parquet. They are in the key of green design, because they are made of wood. But they should be used correctly. We attach the wallpaper to the walls with the help of ecological glue based on natural fats, oils. Parquet lay in a special chain way, inserting parquet into the grooves of each other. And under it we put a bamboo or rattan plug. The ecological bathroom can be finished with ceramic tiles. Here you should not get cheap. Low-grade tiles are covered with paint and varnish, which when heated evaporate and release harmful substances. But high-quality ceramics is made of clay, without chemical add-ons - a pure gift of the earth.
Front garden on the roof
Well, what green house without indoor plants ?! Friends in pots should be very much. They clean the air in the apartment, complement the image of a paradise untouched by civilization. The room garden can be taken out and out. The balcony, where "flowers with the name of stupid phlox" grow, vineyard or ivy-covered walls of houses are a piece of natural design. By the way, in the stone jungles of New York, parks are straightened on the roofs of skyscrapers - in order to improve the ecological situation in the city. This pleasant trend has already reached us. Houses with a green hairstyle are now also in Kiev - in the area of Prospekt Pobedy, Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard.
Lady happiness
But not only the subjects give birth to the image of an environmentally friendly house. First of all, for him, aura, relations between people is important. The apartment often sounds laughter, friendliness and peace reign? It can be safely called environmentally friendly, even if not everything is smooth in terms of design. Therefore, when creating a green apartment, try to make it comfortable for every inhabitant. And then it will turn into a true island of harmony.