Why might you want to choose natural materials to furnish your home with? These would be natural materials like…cotton, wood, stone, wool, silk leather, metals or ceramics. But wouldn’t you just pick whatever looks the nicest in any particular setting? Well maybe, but perhaps this may not be only our sole consideration. Because, sometimes, not all as it appears. Sometimes, things that look beautiful and alluring are the polar opposite and may be actually harmful for you. Oddly enough as one of the Best Interior Designers in Los Angeles, we don’t think the only reason that you should consider natural fabrics for your home is merely the style. Because there are other good reasons to banish manmade materials from your home – as much as possible. That is because of the potential toxicity that they can bring into your house. Items of furniture, like food, that are less processed will be better for both the wider and the more immediate environment in a variety of different ways.
To begin with, let us spare some thought for the ground beneath your feet. This should be your starting point (along with the walls) as whatever is on the floor and walls, will literally be your whole world whilst you are inside property. So the material that the floor is made of is paramount. Over recent years there have been concerns raised about the toxicity of materials such as vinyl flooring. And although the levels of the toxicity that may emit from these floors is not be at life threatening levels, there have been some stages of history where home decor was a danger to human life. The Victorian home was a very cautionary tale of what can go wrong if the only thing that matters is the outward appearance of something and nothing about the potential health effects on the home, its occupants and their health. From arsenic in the paint (one especial shade called Scheele’s Green being the worst offender) and poisonous wallpaper, to a danger with gas supply or killer painted toys and sweets, the passion for the new and manmade claimed many a life.
Of course, Best Interior Designers in Los Angeles is not suggesting that you should go and live in a cave off the grid somewhere and make all your furnishings from pieces of flint, but surrounding yourself with natural fibers will at the very least, not hurt and might just improve your health and that of everyone else’s as well. Feel free to call us at (805) 427-0200.