Once you manage to declutter your wellbeing, it’s time to focus on making your home the gorgeous and sustainable sanctuary you have always dreamed about. It can be difficult to identify which brands, especially the most popular furniture and decor stores, follow sustainable practices, which is why you can find better solutions by looking elsewhere. Whether you’ve moved into a new property or feel it’s time for a drastic and effective change, here are a few sustainable home ideas.
Buy Items Locally
Buying locally has always been an effective way to decorate your home sustainably, especially with the number of small and bespoke businesses that have cropped up over the past two years. Not only will this stimulate the local economy, but it also allows you to find out the source of everything you buy. Rather than search through pages of product descriptions on online shopping sites, you can speak to the person directly, which helps you find out what products are best for your home.
Visit Different Sources
You don’t only need to search online or in local shops to find something that could transform your home while still ensuring sustainability. There is a vast range of different resources to find unique items that you’d never encounter elsewhere. You can visit yard sales or even a microscope auction if you want to add an intellectual aura to your house. As everything has already been manufactured and you can take it home with you on the day, you have a simple and sustainable solution for finding items that will make superb conversation pieces.
Make Your Own Throws, Cases, And More
If you want to make the house scream that it’s all about you, making items and decor is always a good option. This isn’t self-indulgent, and many consider knitting or sewing a cathartic, calming experience that allows you to get lost in your creativity. You can find out how to knit your own blanket to get ready for the colder months, and it works perfectly as a sofa covering or throw rug in the meantime. Once you get better, you can explore other knitting and sewing ideas, and this could even evolve into making your own clothes.
Repurpose Old Items
Speaking of making your clothes, many people have found ways to repurpose items, such as turning bedsheets into curtains (or vice versa), while one persons’ junk can easily become a brand new coffee table or a place to keep your favourite records. Which, of course, we purchase second-hand. If you look at something and immediately consider what else it could become, repurposing everyday items or garments could be the sustainable answer you have a\been looking for to make your home more inclusive and comfortable.
Sustainable Living
You can’t expect to transform your living space into a sustainable haven overnight. Like many things in life, it takes time, but the more you focus on sustainability over cheap and quick furniture and decor solutions, the more you’ll realise how much character your home can achieve.
This is a contributed post.