Once I got the painting bug and started putting some color on our walls, it really made me wonder how I had lived with bare, eggshell walls for so many years. So painting was the first thing my husband and I did before we moved into our new place. We’ve been buying Olympic low-VOC paint because it is so affordable (between $16 and 25 a gallon at Lowe’s depending on finish), but we’ve been looking out for other reasonably-priced brands. When I discovered Bungaloo, I knew I’d stumbled on something new and different.
Bungaloo doesn’t sell paint — they sell zero-VOC “color liquid.” If you ask me, that term is just a marketing gimmick, but it’s a pretty smart gimmick. I was still interested enough to check out their color palettes. They are trying to sell to the younger generation, and as such, the colors can be browsed in a variety of ways, including by decades (think early 80s or late 90s palettes) and by brightness (”fun” or “mellow”), and they’ve even taken their marketing to events like Caltopia and Bonnaroo.
And every appearance at a festival is linked to a social cause. For example, at Caltopia, Bungaloo provided a gigantic canvas and thousands of students painted a tree in shades of green, blue, and yellow. The first 1000 students who participated had a tree planted in their name in a region of the world that is suffering from deforestation.The students received a donation card from www.SeedOurFuture.org, and they could then register online and select where their tree would be planted.
I’ve got to get behind a company that’s thinking of new and creative ways to make eco-friendlier paints — um…color liquids — a part of popular culture.
Why It’s Green:
- Paints contain zero VOCs (both colorant and base are VOC-free)
- Bungaloo uses its marketing to support social causes, including green efforts
Price: $16.95-$27.95 for individual bottles in 40 oz. or 100 oz. volumes; $44.95-119.95 for kits designed to give you everything you need to paint a room
How I’ve Used It Myself:
Check out my review of Bungaloo paint and how gorgeous it looks in my finished master bedroom!
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I’m Jennae Petersen, and I’m a lot of things. A mother, a graphic artist, a connosieur of beautiful interiors and a purveyor of all things design. Green Your Decor was borne of frustration in my attempts to find eco-friendly housewares that were also beautiful, and inspiration to do something to reduce my own carbon footprint and help others do the same in a beautiful way.
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I didn’t know zero-VOC paint existed – low, but not zero. I must try it out the next time I paint something in my house.
I never liked white walls, personally. When I was growing up, I painted my bedroom a different color every two years!