Pretty Eco-Friendly and Fair Trade Bed Stuff
I was out yesterday celebrating Presidents Day by doing our taxes, cleaning the closet, and indulging in U.S. history documentaries (guilty pleasure?). Now I’m catching up on my rss feeds. Just about every day as I read through my design blog subscriptions, I come across so many pretty things that I just wish were fair trade and eco-friendly. Most often they come in the form of textiles–bedding, pillows, fabric patterns that I love so much, but don’t love the way they are made or from what they are made. No need to get discouraged though, I just navigate my web browser over to some places where I know I can find pretty things that are made from good materials by good people getting paid fairly for their work. Behold the magical grid of pretty things that are eco-friendly and fair trade.
Top Left: Amenity organic cotton pillows and blankets, printed with low-impact dyes, available at Velocity. Top Left: Amenity organic cotton duvet printed with eco-friendly water-based dyes, available at Velocity. Second row-Left: Embroidered Flower Pillow Cover made from 100% silk from a fair trade group in Vietnam, available at GAIAM. Second-row Right: Rose Divan Bedding handmade from silk harvested from abandoned coccoons, available at GAIAM. Third-row: Inhabitat pillows, handprinted on Recycled Retrosuede and Sateen, designed, printed and constructed in the USA, dozens of designs available at Velocity. Bottom-row Left: Quilted Silk Shams and Coverlet from VivaTerra. Bottom-row Right: Organic Cotton Woddland Shams and Duvet Cover, made from 100% organic cotton with no formaldehydes or synthetics, from VivaTerra.
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I love that Gustavian-y bed in lover right photo.
Where can I find it?
I have been looking for a low/no VOC platform bed for AGES.
( that doesn’t cost $3000+ , nor is “Shaker” …)
Thanks!
Viva Terra actually sells the bed pictured in the photo as well. It is less than $3,000 but just barely: Gustavian Vintage Bed. All the info about the eco-friendliness of the bed is on the website. Hope that helps!