Create an Eco Friendly Bedroom
You can see platform beds in home decor magazines, in
interior design plans and even in prototypes developed for green
housing. The rooms containing a platform bed are usually flushed with
light, open and immaculate, and at the same time very chic and very
attractive. Did you know that it could be the start of an Eco Friendly
Bedroom as well?
Platform Beds are extremely popular right now. The simple, clean lines
in this style of furniture work well with minimalist decor preferences
and styles influenced by artists and architects from contemporary
Japanese to Art Deco. The size and depth of this clean, balanced
architectural and graphic style makes the platform bed ideal for
efficient use of space and as a graphical element to highlight any room
as a whole.
Okay, you say, how is a platform bed a green piece of furniture? Think
about the use of materials: the platform bed design requires fewer
trees, so big planks of wood are not required and are instead replaced
by a minimum number of slats (not even always of wood). Like many modern
beds, the platform bed requires less expenditure and bulk in the
mattress department, too. It only needs an innerspring or futon
mattress. And all of this can contribute to conservation of a very
important resource, your finances too!
And when you extend your efforts to match your green concerns, you can
use a natural-fill, untreated mattress. As you may know, traditional box
spring mattresses are potent, with their petroleum-based polyester,
polyurethane, nylon, formaldehyde, perfluorooctanoic acid, and other
compounds and gases.
You can insist on an FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Certified frame,
one which, when possible, uses only wood culled from responsibly-managed
forests. These are mostly solid, not pieced together with glues and
compounds that also emit VOCs like formaldehyde, as well.
And once you add only untreated, organic cotton bedding (foregoing the
bleaches and dyes and subsequent carcinogens); natural, organic pillow
stuffing; and surround the piece with only natural (hemp or other) area
rugs resting on FSC Certified wood floors, you have a platform bed and
bedroom furniture that not only is more sleek in style but will
contribute the health of you and your family. You'll be contributing to
the global community.
This is a great start towards making a difference in the battle against
global warming and creating a more pollution free atmosphere. It's a way
of insuring a brighter future for our children and cleaner air for
everyone to breathe right now. All of which should help you to get a
better nights sleep.
About the author
Ben Weissman writes about using metal beds, contemporary beds and bedroom furniture to decorate your house responsibly. You can turn your bedroom into a personal retreat. Find out more about home décor ideas at Home and Bedroom Furniture