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When choosing eco- friendly garden furniture , is it enough for it to be FSC certified? Should we be sticking to local materials or choosing garden furniture made from salvaged or recycled materials? Is it more sustainable to choose garden furniture made from local materials, or garden furniture made from salvaged wood? These elegant loungers are made from salvaged teak The sustainable furniture option does not have to mean compromising on design The teak will age elegantly over many years to a soft silver grey. No need to oil, wax or varnish. Sustainable garden furniture choices can be a minefield as there is no one right answer. Here are some simple tips to keep in mind when making your decisions... 1/Buy garden furniture made from locally produced wood There is no excuse for buying teak furniture (even if it is sustainably forested) when so much environmental damage is done shipping it halfway around the world. Choose English Oak from local managed woodland, or if you must have ...

Top: PONTUS. A generously proportioned partner desk combining walnut, oak and painted finish with cable management system and hidden router/hard drive storage built-in. The pigeon-hole unit is available as an option and can be placed directly on the surface of the desk or wall mounted as shown.Above: CLYDE. A 3-legged side table with a turned solid wood top and triangular shelf below. Available in 3 finishes; stained black Elm, Elm and Walnut/Elm combination. Furniture by Pinch Above: SOREN. The Soren light makes a virtue of its frame, which is apparent through its banana-fibre outer when illuminated. The multi ringed copper frame contrasts with the organic look and feel of the shade itself. Above: TWIG WALL PANELLING. Twig panelling is made from solid Ash forest thinnings and is designed as sculptural wall finish for large interior walls through to smaller alcoves. The panels are hand built to order and can be made to bespoke dimensions. Recommended for interior use. Above: BRODY. A c...

This is another modern and minimalist house design for your inspiration of planning your home. This house façade processed consist of playful square sectors, ordered forward and backward. One of wall part intent to made higher, like tower and decorated with wooden pergola, so become attractive accent. Almost of front house surface dominated with wide windows and simple covered passageway, in order to get wide view and maximize natural light, beside get fresh air circulation. Foyer is for formal guest, informal guest (friends) received in family room that unity with dining room and pantry. This house has unique area, inner courtyard with two floor void and skylight. Beside of that there is open area in first floor, consist of sitting room and water fountain, surrounded with foyer, stairs, dining and family room, only partitioned with fold glass door.

Solar Decathlon  blew us away, but we were particularly fascinated by a stunning  Solar House from Cornell University .  This team brought a beautiful zero-energy home to the mall in Washington, D.C., and had just launched  ZeroEnergy Design , a home design firm focused on zero-energy design. Continuing their momentum as green home design gurus, two of the Cornell Solar Decathlon team members have just launched a new endeavor aimed at bringing custom green design to the masses through an innovative business model called  FreeGreen . Started by David Wax and his partner Ben Uyeda,  FreeGreen is making green home designs free to everyone! FreeGreen  provides a selection of green home designs for free, with a range of styles from traditional to modern. While the basic designs are free, homeowners can take the process even further and customize their designs for an additional (and very reasonable) fee. The cost of the design process, and of the free home...

For almost as long as they’ve known each other, Scott and Tracy Lee have been designing and building the Hillside Residence, a sustainable gem in the Marin Hills. The house represents their personal merger — or marriage — as much as that of their professional talents. Scott is the principal at SB Architects and Tracy is vice president of spa development for Auberge Resorts. Their house, which was featured in the AIA San Francisco’s Marin homes  tour, blends modern and green architectural influences with a spa’s love affair with wood. Built into a hillside, as the name implies, the house consists of four small stories, totaling just 2,116 square feet. There’s a basement, a floor with a guest bedroom, a child’s bedroom , and a tiny nursery. The master bedroom gets its own level, and capping it all off is the living area, whose height earns it an exquisite view of woods and the San Francisco Bay. A porch swing greets you at the entry to Hillside Residence . Then ...

Directed by Joaquin Torres, the first luxury modular houses that located in Madrid, Spain, was finished by  A-cero  architecture Studio, introducing a modular architecture product based on the principles of the Industrialized Construction. It applies the same ‘production line’ standardisation procedures to the construction, modularity, technology, quality control and time spaces that are applied to other many fields of human activity. The Modular House benefits from the speed and cost advantages of assembly line production. Producing in-factory and assembling on-plot means that within just 3 months a house design can be enjoyed after signing. More specialized labour can increase productivity and quality as well as reducing the costs. A-cero plan to roll out the offering of bespoke modular houses offering decoration as equipping as an extra service, in the same way you would receive a boat. Example prices are divulged as 69,000€ for an 82 sq m house as standard, or fully decora...

Directed by Joaquin Torres, the first luxury modular houses that located in Madrid, Spain, was finished by  A-cero  architecture Studio, introducing a modular architecture product based on the principles of the Industrialized Construction. It applies the same ‘production line’ standardisation procedures to the construction, modularity, technology, quality control and time spaces that are applied to other many fields of human activity. The Modular House benefits from the speed and cost advantages of assembly line production. Producing in-factory and assembling on-plot means that within just 3 months a house design can be enjoyed after signing. More specialized labour can increase productivity and quality as well as reducing the costs. A-cero plan to roll out the offering of bespoke modular houses offering decoration as equipping as an extra service, in the same way you would receive a boat. Example prices are divulged as 69,000€ for an 82 sq m house as standard, or fully decora...

This w all unit is a magnificent piece of art created in the center of Mr. Gonzales’s family room . He is a star from the big leagues and his preference was using a nice refreshing paneling unit to bring beauty to his main area to enjoy when watching games in a 65” top of the line LCD flat screen TV , with friends and family.

Offers contemporary  entertainment centers  yourself and stay it clean with these modern wall units , compartments for television and cabinets on the walls . This wall unit furniture ideas by Momentoitalia belongs in the decorating living room with striking marriage of wood and intricate designs. Modular wall unit system can be customized to your own taste to make modern compositions for decorate your plasma tv or modern wall units with the Italian design and  high quality furniture . Colors, commonly used for modern wall units and entertainment centers are wenge (dark oak) or light oak wood veneer or white and black lacquered matt or high gloss. Frosted, clear or painted in matching black and off-white color glass is also used for highlighting a modern look of your wall unit. This collection are available for nearly every conceivable space and there are those that even provide fireplaces and home heating l iving room wall units .  [ Momentoitalia ]

An elegant wood wall unit that incorporates marble countertops and glass cupboards. The many drawers make it a very useful piece of furniture , being a great design element for your living room or dining area .

Made from sustainably harvested wood, the NoHo TV stand and media storage cabinet has a sophisticated form mixed with functional elements. It’s four sliding doors cover a concealed area for storage. Each door opens to reveal adjustable shelving and concealed grommet holes tom invisibly manage your cords and wires.

Available in Dark Walnut and Grey Oak, the Arte Console has a solid wood case with three touch latch doors providing tons of storage space for all your TV and stereo equipment. The interior is fitted with adjustable shelves which can be moved according to the size of your stereo and home theater components. The shelves and case are also fitted with concealed grommet openings to manage all your cords and wires in an invisible way. A great looking contemporary media storage console and TV stand made from wood from sustainable forests that will look fantastic in your home.

In the manufacture of this TV stand only legally harvested and forested lumber is used, no lumber from ecologically significant, socially valuable, specially protected or uncontrolled forests. The Zita Media Stand provides four bays for audio/video equipment and a top surface large enough for a Plasma or LCD TV up to about 50in size. Excellent for surround sound systems, the center divider is recessed to allow a small center-channel speaker to be ideally placed under the TV and it has storage for more than 120 DVDs on its four outer shelves.

Constructed of select hardwoods, walnut and zebrano veneers, the Zacara Costes TV Stand in Sable will be a wonderful addition to your living room . This modern TV stand is extremely functional with plenty of drawer and shelf space and equipped to handle al your electronics with a ventilated back and grommet for electrical cords. THe Zebrano veneers and rich Sable finish turn this TV stand into a great-looking piece of furniture.

Wall units are most often made of different species of wood such as cherry, oak or maple. Sometimes wood veneers are also used in the creation of modern wall units with adjustable shelves. But apart from employing wood, glass and metal is also often used in wall units’ manufacture. Here are some modern TV entertainment / storage wall units from Acerbis International of Italy.The Life from designer Roberto Monsani is shown here as a modular storage wall system, and as an entertainment wall unit with combinations of finishes, shelves, and cabinets vastly different in appearance.Spacious and stylish shelves may help you beautifully arrange your books, family photos and extensive collections of DVD and CD.

Modern living room entertainment units are a must in contemporary décor. Futuristic home theater entertainment centers promise simplicity and functionality. Sleek and sophisticated design of Modern TV Stands that will compliment any contemporary or fresh taste. This wall unit from MDF Italia features a flexible rotating arm for the TV. The TV can then be turned back in, flush with the wall unit, to make for a tidy appearance. This is great design by MDF Italia.

In this site Italian Company NovaBell intoduce the new concept of ceramic wall tiles namely York. If you want to have about  beautiful bathroom bathroom tiles design  with Black and White these collection could be your consider.  Beautiful bathroom tiles design  with Black and White consists of three types of tiles which differ by relief: Skin, Deco and Slide. The Skin surface looks like crocodile skin and it is ideal to add a touch of glamour and seduction to a bathroom . Slide in opposite looks quite minimalist. Although all of them create interesting light reflections and thanks to that look very beautiful and original. Please try these design, your family must feel comfortable in the bathroom every day.