Pretty Little Green Things

Hopefully by now, your home and life are a bit more organized.  If not, check out some eco-friendly tips and tricks I put together to help 2012 be your most put together yet.  As for me, I’ve been working furiously on getting our apartment ready for the new baby, especially because I know I won’t have the time once he/she arrives.  Our bedroom has desperately needed a new set of roman shades so that’s what I’ve been concentrating on this weekend.  I ended up breaking down and buying Marimekko fabric (on sale!) to add a jolt of color and pattern to our otherwise plain walls.  I just wish I had seen this chic fabric from Nina at Swanky Swell beforehand, since her collection is not only colorful and bold, but every bit eco-friendly.

A girl after my own heart, Nina Jizhar, creator of Swanky Swell, is a LEED Accredited Professional and a former commercial interior designer turned entrepreneur & mom.  Naturally her collection of fabric uses organic grounds (all of her fabrics are OE100 certified), are printed with water based, ultra-low VOC inks and don’t require a chemical pre or post treatment to set.  One of the things that I always find most inspiring about handcrafted products is the small batch process – since these fabrics are printed on demand, from large to small orders, there’s pretty much no fabric waste.  Check out her collection online or on her Etsy page.

Fall Collection

Daydream

Bliss

Raindrops in Mandarin

Heritage

Ginkgo

Blossom

Photos from Swanky Swell

Hopefully by now, your home and life are a bit more organized.  If not, check out some eco-friendly tips and tricks I put together to help 2012 be your most put together yet.  As for me, I’ve been working furiously on getting our apartment ready for the new baby, especially because I know I won’t have the time once he/she arrives.  Our bedroom has desperately needed a new set of roman shades so that’s what I’ve been concentrating on this weekend.  I ended up breaking down and buying Marimekko fabric (on sale!) to add a jolt of color and pattern to our otherwise plain walls.  I just wish I had seen this chic fabric from Nina at Swanky Swell beforehand, since her collection is not only colorful and bold, but every bit eco-friendly.

A girl after my own heart, Nina Jizhar, creator of Swanky Swell, is a LEED Accredited Professional and a former commercial interior designer turned entrepreneur & mom.  Naturally her collection of fabric uses organic grounds (all of her fabrics are OE100 certified), are printed with water based, ultra-low VOC inks and don’t require a chemical pre or post treatment to set.  One of the things that I always find most inspiring about handcrafted products is the small batch process – since these fabrics are printed on demand, from large to small orders, there’s pretty much no fabric waste.  Check out her collection online or on her Etsy page.

Fall Collection

Daydream

Bliss

Raindrops in Mandarin

Heritage

Ginkgo

Blossom

Photos from Swanky Swell