Talk about a way to spice up your boring walls! Adding texture and dimension to your room is a great way to make it interesting, and this innovative product from Inhabit makes doing that quick and easy. The Shangri La Wall Flats essentially are embossed panels that you attach to your walls for instant texture. Leave it white if you love a clean look, or paint it to match the rest of your room.
Wallpaper
Wallpaper has definitely made a comeback in recent years, helped along by beautiful patterns like the one in this Rainforest Eco Wallpaper from Eco Centric. It is one in a series of wallpaper designs that are designed to highlight environmental issues. This design features a vibrant pattern in rich colors that are meant to “capture the essence of the Latin rainforest and emphasize the endangered agriculture.”
Why It’s Green:
- - A portion of the sale of these wallpapers will go to Friends of the Earth.
- - Printed on paper from 100% FSC timber sources using water-based inks, with no harmful VOCs or solvents.
Give your walls a little texture and character with this beautiful grasscloth wallpaper by Twenty2 Neptune. The paper reflects light, so it will give your flat walls a little dimension. Create your own island getaway, or use it as a natural complement to your ultra-modern decor. The grasscloth is made of hand-woven jute, a renewable resource, and the color is created with natural, nontoxic vegetable dye. It is available in seven colors clearly inspired by nature: blanche, natural, cacao, chanterelle, grenadine, neptune (shown above with chair) and chlorophyll (also shown above).
Price: $32/yard
It can be tough finding wallpaper that holds up to the scrutiny of the most environmentally-friendly decorator: there is production of the paper itself and the backing to consider, as well as the paintstaking and sometimes toxic task of putting it up. The “Eco-Wallpaper” collection from Charles Rupert does a good job of answering that challenge. These wallpapers are all printed on 100% paper base (not vinyl) and use water-based inks. The formaldehyde-free paper is produced from sustainable, managed forests, and the production process creates mostly benign byproducts such as water. Additionally, the inks and coatings are water-based with very low VOC levels. And for the final part of the wallpapering process, all wallpapers are installed with traditional wheat paste or cellulose paste, which are made from powder and mixed with water and produce no VOCs.








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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.
