# Secrets to achieving a sustainable style at home

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/05/secrets-to-achieving-a-sustainable-style-at-home-2/
- Published: 2020-05-04T01:35:54-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

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[⌊Eco friendly and sustainable home⌉⌊Eco friendly and sustainable home⌉[
 So let’s
talk a Sustainable home. Because we know, you’ve also changed all your light bulbs
to LED. Yet you’re always looking for more than just energy-saving light emitting
diodes (led).

You’ve cut your shower time down by a minute and installed a low-flow shower-head.

Of course you also recycle and compost. So you also never leave your cell phone 
charger plugged into the wall.

Now, take the leap from eco-chores. So here’s some sustainable home tips!

#### RETHINK YOUR WALLS

Painting a wall has long been a designer’s trick for adding more oomph—without more
clutter—to a room. Rachel Winokur, the founder of eTTa Designs. For it’s an eco-
friendly interior design firm in Los Angeles. One that suggests putting down the
paint brush and considering these green options instead.

#### GET PLASTERED

American Clay Earth Plaster is a wall finish made of clay, pigment and postindustrial
materials such as shell or stone crushed into sand. It’s a less expensive, very 
sustainable alternative to paint and will last for the life of a building. [americanclay.com](https://www.americanclay.com/)

#### DECK THE WALLS

Wallpaper is making a comeback with dozens of companies producing exquisite, fanciful
and subtle designs. Madison and Grow wallpaper is made from vinyl-free recyclable
paper from sustainable forests, and the patterns are hand drawn and printed with
water-based ink. [madisonandgrow.com](http://www.madisonandgrow.com/)

TIP! Find hundreds of eco-friendly wallpapers at wallpapercollective.com.

#### DON’T JUST RECYCLE, UPCYCLE

“Upcycling is transforming something from good to great or better to best,” says
Danny Seo. For he is the author of the Simply Green book series and The Early Show’s
environmental lifestyle contributor. “Here’s how to upcycle some items that would
break your heart to throw out or donate.”

#### DESKTOP GLOBE

   “Seems like we all have an old globe stashed away in the basement or attic. I
love to pry the globe apart using a blunt knife around the Equator. The two halves
of the globe become perfect global-inspired decorative [bowls](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/01/two-wholesome-green-nourishing-bowls-for-you/).”

#### OLD BOOKS

Danny Seo adds “Is it sacrilege to throw away old books? Sure is. I love to stack
large coffee table books and use an extra-large belt to wrap around them, tightening
the belt until it secures the books together. Instant side table.”

#### WINE CORKS

We all save champagne and wine corks from special events. However they can sure 
add up in the junk drawer. Buy a metal pipe clamp at a hardware supply store and
fill the entire inside with corks. Finally and with a flathead screwdriver, tighten
the clamp around the corks. That’s until they are also absolutely snug. Use it as
a trivet in the kitchen. All to therefore protect your countertops for your Sustainable
home!

[Source: CBS Watch Magazine](https://web.archive.org/web/20140223014336/http://cbswatchmagazine.com:80/blog/2011/04/28/eco-gorgeous/)

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 The Green Living Guy, Seth Leitman is an independent power producer, a green living
expert, and Editor of the McGraw-Hill, TAB Green Guru Guides. Seth is also an Author,
Radio Host, Reporter, Writer and an Environmental Consultant on green living. The
Green Living Guy writes about green living, green lighting, the green guru guides
and more. Seth's books range from: # Build Your Own Electric Vehicle by Bob Brant
and Seth Leitman (2nd and 3rd editions) # Build Your Own Plug-in Hybrid Electric
Vehicle by Seth Leitman # Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle by Carl Vogel # Green
Lighting by Seth Leitman, Brian Clark Howard and Bill Brinsky # Solar Power For 
Your Home by David Findley # Renewable Energies For Your Home by Russel Gehrke #
Do-it-Yourself Home Energy Audits by David Findley # Build Your Own Small Wind Power
System by Brian Clark Howard and Kevin Shea # and more green living books to follow.

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