Eco Friendly Floors Kitchen

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Eco friendly floors kitchen.

Eco friendly flooring ideas to try 1. Try an fsc certified wood flooring in your kitchen. Check out durable sustainable flooring products like bamboo reclaimed wood and more. There a number of great flooring options that you can select if you with go green style.

Wood flooring doesn t have to be reclaimed to be eco friendly. Kitchen floors take a beating and eco friendly options can take it. For instance you can choose terrazzo crete if you want to get a micro concrete surface. Wooden flooring window frame stair railing.

Kitchen renovations are costly undertakings that can be equally hard on your wallet and the environment. Generally speaking the rarer the tree species the less sustainable it is which means that commonly grown oak and pine are good eco options. Kitchen flooring becomes the primary element on the aesthetic design so that it should be made as interesting as possible. If you have your heart set on traditional hardwood flooring while not usually considered eco friendly due deforestation concerns it can still be an option.

Doing an entire overhaul with green products might not be realistic but if you re looking to reduce the overall impact of your remodel consider selecting eco friendly kitchen flooring as one of the largest elements in a renovation choosing a material that s sustainable can go a long way. This article was originally published on houzz on june 4 2012 as ecofriendly kitchen. Shop these products now. There are two types of hard wood to consider.