Accessories

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Remember how I said I couldn’t find any eco-friendly outdoor pillows when I was sourcing products for my patio makeover? Well, guess what I found when I walked into Target just three days after buying a set of 3 non-sustainable outdoor pillows from Home Depot? Green outdoor pillows.

I wasn’t able to find these pillows at their website or find a website for the manufacturer, Comfort Earth. However, the product tags say that the fabric covers are made from recycled nylon and polyester waste, and that it is recyclable up to 10 times over. The pillow fill is also made of 100% recycled plastic bottles.

I may or may not be in the minority on this one, but I have real soft spot for damask prints. When I first created the header and background graphics for Green Your Decor, my immediate instinct was to use two different, but complementary, damask patterns. I have since switched to a new design, but I’m still captivated by any home decor that makes use of such a classic style in a contemporary way. This wood frame is a perfect marriage of old and new. The frame is made of reclaimed lumber from old buildings, and it is covered in a silver/white graphic damask that makes it an instant standout.

There are a lot of things I love about having been born and raised in the U.S. Virgin Islands, not least of which are the year-round warm weather and beautiful, white sand beaches. But some of my favorite memories are of fresh picked, organic fruits from the trees in my own back yard. From what I remember, we had avocado, papaya, pomegranate, coconut, genip and mango trees, along with some passion fruit plants.

There are a lot of habits my family has developed that I’m trying to get us to change. Among them is our tendency to eat our meals everywhere but the dining table. This means in the living room, our bedrooms, and more recently, outside on the patio. Add a 3-year-old to the mix, and that means we have a lot of spills and crumbs to clean up after each meal. Since I’m not especially fond of the eat-in kitchen (neither are my daughter and husband), it’s unlikely we’ll start eating there any time soon. So I figured we probably need to acquire some accessories that will make our informal mealtimes a little easier to manage. These Soleil Serving Trays from Bambeco are exactly what I had in mind.

When the average person initially considers the idea of eco-friendly home decorating, they are probably overcome with images of scratchy hemp curtains and a home full of Earth tones with no bursts of color. And then I come along, the defender of green decor, armed with beautiful examples of sustainable design that will prove them wrong. But not this time. This ottoman manages to live up to every cliche about eco-friendly living, but still be a thing of beauty.