Tips to decorate and develop your room in an ecological way

Whether on our plates or in our dressing room, the ecological trend is indeed present. This movement also begins to gain momentum in the field of interior decoration, which so far did not feel directly concerned by these ethical questions. This trend has a name: the Slow Deco. It is a lasting and minimalist decoration, which is based on ecological and ethical values. This involves natural objects, made with local materials, which contain as little harmful products as possible.

Follow our various decoration and development tips for a design and eco -responsible room!

Opt for natural and durable furniture

Arrange your room ecologically involves the choice of natural materials. In the bedroom as in the whole house, avoid materials such as agglomerated and plywood for your furniture. They cause toxic fumes due to the glues, binders and varnishes necessary for their manufacture.

What alternatives are you to arrange a healthy and durable room?

Think about second -hand furniture. For an ethical and lasting decoration, nothing better than flea markets, deposit-sales or purchasing sites between individuals. The purchase of second-hand objects makes you save while performing an eco-responsible act. In addition, shot objects will bring a surplus of authenticity and charm to your decoration.

Good to know: old furniture is less harmful to your health. Indeed, volatile gases disperse over time.

Another ecological solution to arrange your room: the upcycling

Or «the art of recovering the existing to create new». Do not throw your old furniture, give them a second life by customizing them!

Why the upcycling?

• First, this avoids waste. Do you know that every year, 1.7 million tonnes of furniture is thrown in France?
• Then, it is a very interesting solution from an economic point of view, because it is a question of customizing a piece of furniture that you already have
• Finally, you give new life to your furniture and you get a unique and character -fed room

Here is an example of furniture that you can customize. Your armchairs, by covering them with materials such as recycled leather or linen. You can also create your personalized headboard with pallets. Finally, renovate your old chest of drawers by sanding it and giving it a natural paint stroke.

Favor ecological furniture made in France

Do you plan to buy new furniture for your room? By buying local manufacturing furniture, you reduce the transportation caused by its import and when it is delivery and you participate in the preservation of jobs in the territory. For materials, opt for furniture made from sustainable materials such as solid wood, cork, bamboo, metal, wrought iron … For this, come and discover our selection of room furniture for a contemporary and ecological interior.

An environmentally friendly decoration

As with furniture, it is preferable to opt for decorative objects made from natural materials. It is therefore better to avoid plastic and synthetic materials. Also think of second -hand decoration accessories or upcycling to create a unique decoration.

Decorate with plants

Plants are the decorative accessory that you need to have at home for a trendy and ecological interior! In addition to brightening up your decoration, there are certain varieties of plants that come to “depollute” the interior air of your home or apartment. Indeed, do you know that the air of our interiors is very often more polluted than that of the outside? This is explained by the presence of many products containing pollutants in our accommodation (paintings, plastics, glues present on furniture, heating equipment, etc.)

This is why, plants like the fern or the ficus can make the air of your room healthier and thus create a serene atmosphere, conducive to sleep.

The choice of colors from your bedroom

Favor “natural” colors like green and blue. In addition to evoking nature, they are known for their soothing properties and are often recommended for a room. You can also associate these colors with the range of browns which is very easily associated with other colors and comes to warm your interior.

An ecological and quality bed

Prefer a solid wood furniture

For the structure of your bed, prefer FSC or PEFC certified furniture to ensure that wood comes from a sustainably managed forest. Also prefer a cot, without a varnished, without toxic paint or other chemical product. This is why Sobréal made the choice, as much as possible, to use aqueous paintings in order to limit VOC emanations. Thus, in addition to having a healthy and eco-responsible bed, you are sure to benefit from a robust bed that will last for many years.

Choose a mattress made up of natural materials like latex

It is a very resistant and naturally anti-acarian and antifungal material. You can also opt for materials such as organic cotton and organic wool. Your mattress must be durable and well suited to your needs, so that you can feel comfortable using it for several years and thus avoid having to buy a new mattress. Discover our selection of high -end bedding made in France on our Sobréal online store.

Healthy and comfortable bed linen

Treating your decoration and choosing your bedding is essential to benefit from quality sleep. For bed linen as for curtains, favor natural materials such as organic cotton, flax, hemp or silk, which do not require pesticides during the production process. Do not hesitate to opt for French manufacturing bed linen, guarantee of quality and resulting from unique know-how. Find our selection of French manufacturing bed linen for excellent quality and durability.

To wash the textiles of your room in a more responsibility than traditional laundry, prefer washing nuts or start in the homemade laundry based on Marseille soap for example.

An eco room responsible for the walls on the ceiling

A man respectful of man and the environment also involves choosing the coatings of your walls and your floor.

Opt for paint that contains little or no volatile organic compounds (VOC)

They are harmful to your domestic environment.

Today it is easy to choose healthier wall coveringsfor a price not necessarily higher. Painting based on lime or clay, compostable and ecological wallpaper … You will find many durable alternatives to dress your walls on the Maison-ecolo.com site, specializing in the sale of materials of natural origin for your work. All you have to do is find the one that will suit you best!

A natural covering on the ground

Regarding the choice of your flooringsearch for natural materials such as solid wood parquet. For flexible soil, we favor materials such as lino or wool for carpet which are resistant and natural materials.

The energy consumption of your room

Your room temperature

Last aspect not to be overlooked, the temperature of your room. We often tend to heat our room too much around 20 ° while the ideal temperature for this room is 18 °. And know that 2 ° less in a room already represent a good economy.

What about lighting?

Regarding lighting, it is not necessary to have a strong light in your room. We can therefore put aside the powerful bulbs and opt for models with energy saving such as compact or LED fluorescent bulbs. To reduce your electricity consumption, it may be interesting to turn to bulbs and lighting devices that can be attenuated, to avoid having to use them at full power

Finally, favor not too thick curtains, which let day pass to be able to warm up and enlighten your room naturally during the day.