Green Interior Design: The Guide to Sustainable High Style

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The ultimate in nature-inspired decorating, green is one of the most popular and versatile colours to use in a living room. In colour psychology, greens are usually associated with balance and harmony, and act as the bridge between stimulating warm colours and calming cool colours. Spacious primary bathroom featuring green walls and brown tiles floors. The room offers two sinks and a freestanding tub, along with a walk-in shower room. A large living room featuring a brown sofa set with a fireplace and TV in front. The room is surrounded by green walls.

A dine-in kitchen with potted indoor plants and is surrounded by green walls. The room also features hardwood flooring. The white cottage-style bed is flanked by two tall windows with ornate white wooden designs. The dark wooden flooring is a nice earthy complement to the green walls and contrasts with the white built-in cabinets and drawers dominating one wall. A green living room doesn't necessarily mean wall-to-wall colour however. Indoor plants are the most obvious way to bring in elements of green, you can use clever paint techniques to highlight wall panelling or window frames in pretty shades of sage, or go for one of the most desirable living room pieces – the green velvet sofa. The wooden mission table has a wall-mounted framed artwork above the headboard that pops out against the light green walls. The bedside drawers flanking the bed are perfectly matched with the cabinet and dresser that has a built-in mirror.There are three fundamental principles to “green” interior design: energy efficiency, resource conservation, and health. When designing or remodeling an interior, optimizing the energy efficiency reduces pollution and saves resources for the entire lifetime of the interior. While maximizing energy efficiency is sometimes more expensive upfront, in the long term reducing energy consumption saves money and pays for itself.

Dine-in kitchen featuring hardwood flooring and green walls, along with white kitchen counters and a white center island both with marble countertops. A living room with white seats and a large fireplace, along with green walls lighted by a gorgeous set chandelier. Photo: “Macro photography of a stainless steel faucet” by David Stewart, homegets.com, shared under Creative Commons Attribution. There are many clever ways to heat your home and save energy. That’s a good thing, because heating is one of the most energy intensive needs of single-family homes. One way to heat your home through passive solar heating is indirect gain. Through this system, a thermal storage wall stores energy from the sun. If you have a south-facing wall, you could be a candidate for a wall with masonry or water to diffuse all that fantastic heat throughout your home. Energy Recovery Systems Photo: “Steam Kettle” by The Meat Case, shared under Creative Commons AttributionHuge primary bathroom with green classy walls and green tiles flooring. The room offers a floating vanity with two vessel sinks along with a freestanding tub. When possible, utilizing natural light can replace energy costs of lighting, while providing some healthy support to your circadian rhythm by bringing you more in tune to the outside world. Working in daylight may even make you more productive! Make sure windows are high-performing to not leak energy. An interior designer can help you determine what options are possible in your location and how to best reduce glare for your situation. Make your Windows Bird Friendly Photo: “DSC00140” by historyworks, shared under Creative Commons Attribution In the home, no room uses more water than the bathroom. Take this excuse to pamper yourself and update your bathroom. Modernize your bathroom to make it feel like an oasis and replace your fixtures with water-efficient fixtures. Make sure to recycle your old fixtures. Sustainable Interior Design at Design Institute This primary bathroom features green walls and tiles floors, along with a double sink and a corner bathtub. Designing with resource conservation in mind requires mindful use of limited resources. Designing interiors with a long, adaptable lifetime or with eventual reuse in mind also conserves resources in the long term by reducing the need for remodels or reducing waste in future remodels. Additionally, “green” interior design protects the health of users by designing for wellbeing and the prevention of indoor air pollution. “Green” interior design is forward-thinking, enhancing the lives of users today and in the future, while protecting the environment for years to come. Is “green” the same thing as sustainable?

Next, consider the mood you want to create – cozy and enveloping, in which case a darker green will suit – or light and airy, in which case you will want to choose a paler shade. What colors complement green? This dining area featuring green walls with two wall sconces. There’s a square dining table set for four.Green is an incredibly versatile colour with an endless array of stunning shades, offering something for everyone. This kitchen features green kitchen counters and a green center island breakfast bar with a wooden countertop.