It can really tie a room together, according to the Dude, and it can be tough to know what’s good for you and what’s not.

We’ll help sort that out in our sustainable rug round-up.

 

Simplehuman compost pail

We use the city supplied plastic compost pail in our kitchen, but it’s not very pretty, and certainly doesn’t seal up very tightly, so we’ve been looking for something new to match the rest of our nice kitchen things. Luckily we stumbled upon this Simplehuman compost pail at Treehugger. It seals, absorbs odors, and most importantly, looks nice on our counter. It’s not horribly priced at $59.99.

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PIC table from POSTFOSSIL

POSTFOSSIL is an interesting design group, creating with renewable resources in mind for a “post-fossil world”. This table is called PIC – they certainly love capital letters – and it’s held together by the weight of the stone top without the use of fasteners or glues. The wood is oak with a natural oil finish. We wish we knew what kind of stone that was, so we could judge the sustainability for ourselves, but the site doesn’t mention it.

There’s also no mention of price or availability, so it seems this is a design exercise at this point, but it’s got a look close enough to final to imagine a chain picking it up.

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Greenbelt sofa

Normally things made of things made for other purposes aren’t too interesting to us. These seatbelt straps though, came from scraps, and they certainly take fewer materials than an overstuffed couch, and certainly look very nice. They came together with sustainably sourced beech to make a great looking sofa, but without sitting on it, we have to imagine we’re not going to crash out on it. However, it does look like we’d put it up against a side of a long table, an interesting take on family seating. Maybe in a foyer as a seat to change your shoes on.

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Snug-it desk

We saw this desk at Eco Systems awhile back, and noted it, but forgot to post. We should have got on that! It’s a fantastic looking desk, with a light and airy feel. It would be great in a space you wanted to keep a bit uncluttered.

It’s made from FSC or reclaimed wood, depending on your choice, low VOC natural oil finish, and the factory is LEED something-or-other. The only thing not sustainable is the price (have we already used that joke?) with the cheapest being the apple-ply at $1860, up to the teak at a mind-boggling $5040.

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The Hansen Family

Gesa Hansen is a Scandinavian designer who has created a line of furniture based on both new designs and her family’s archive of designs. Each piece is handcrafted and the focus is on the wood, rather than staying precise to the design, so the wood can shape the look of the final piece.

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