FLOORING MATERIALS
Casa Verde Designs offers a variety of products that can help you cover your floors with
materials that are clean and healthy and that help to conserve natural resources. If you
would like carpeting, we offer natural fiber carpets and rugs like wool, cotton, linen,
and coir. We also have carpets and carpet tiles that are both recycled and recyclable.
If you would prefer a hard surface flooring, we offer cork, bamboo, hardwood from
Forest Sterwardship Certified forests, and Marmoleum, a natural linoleum product.
Many of these products come in easy-to-install click-together panels. The showroom
has samples of a variety styles and patterns of flooring as well as fully-finished floors
in cork, Marmoleum, and FLOR carpet tiles.
COUNTERTOP & WALL SURFACE MATERIALS
Whether you are looking for a bathroom vanity top or kitchen countertop, you can
choose a product that offers superior performance, durability, and hygiene and that
uses material that might otherwise enter the waste stream. Casa Verde Designs offers
a variety of solid surface countertop materials, including recycled glass and paper
products. We offer several products using concrete and cement mixed with other
recycled materials materials. With many of our products, Casa Verde collaborates with a
qualified professional fabricator, but some materials can be installed by any home
contractor or experienced DIYer.
While solid surfaces are often desirable for horizontal bath and kitchen surfaces,
tile works well in both horizontal and vertical applications. Let us design a custom
backsplash or shower wall using recycled ceramic, concrete, glass, or metal tiles.
We can also help you select a kitchen or bath sink from materials such as
stainless steel, recycled aluminum, or recycled concrete composite materials.
We also have paper, fabric, and bamboo wall coverings.
ECO-FRIENDLY CABINETRY
In collaboration with Alchemy Interiors, Casa Verde Designs is pleased to
offer products from Crystal Cabinet Works.
(http://www.ccworks.com/GreenProducts.htm)
We welcome inquiries about Crystal's products directly from homeowners,
or from builders, architects, project managers, or interior designers.
In business since 1947, Crystal offers customers many custom options,
including a wide array of wood species, door style, and finish options.
The company has also made a commitment to sound environmental practices
aimed at reducing waste, conserving resources, and limiting harmful and
unhealthy emissions. For example, cabinets selected from Crystal's
frameless line use considerably less wood in the construction process than
traditional face-framed cabinetry. Several special "green" options
such as Green Core box work and doors (with renewable wood fiber and no
added formaldehyde), fast-growing wood species (lyptus and bamboo),
and natural finishes will result in cabinets that are not only meticulously
constructed and elegant but also environmentally friendly. Using Green Core
options may make your project eligible for points in third-party verified green
building programs such at LEED and the GreenPoint Rated system.
Visit the Casa Verde Designs showroom to see the cabinet selection center and
learn more about Crystal's green options and our cabinetry design and
installation process. If you would like a quote or design advice on using
Crystal cabinets in your project, you will then work directly with Alchemy Interiors,
an independent design firm owned by Linda Bellmer, certified kitchen designer and
member of the National Kitchen and Bath Association.
NATURAL & ENERGY-EFFICIENT WINDOW COVERINGS
Casa Verde Designs offers several different lines of eco-friendly window coverings,
which can help make your rooms more comfortable and attractive. Browse through
our samples books, and see the elegance and comfort that naturally woven bamboos
and grasses can provide. All of our custom window coverings are special
order products. We are always looking for new products to make your windows
more beautiful and energy efficient.
FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES & LIGHTING
Casa Verde Designs offers a variety of home furnishings and accessories. Our showroom
displays change frequently, and we have access to many custom and special order pieces.
Products obtained through certified Fair Trade sources help artisans around the globe to
build sustainable economies. Occasionally, we have furniture pieces have been refinished
or reupholstered, and we can provide advice and materials to help you rehabilitate your
own pieces. By reusing what we already have, we save energy and reduce debris.
Natural and organic upholstered furniture and mattresses ensure that chemically sensitive
children and adults can be comfortable in their homes. Furniture manufactured from
reclaimed or certified wood can help protect our forests and encourage the tradition
of craftsmanship.
SUSTAINABLE, NATURAL & ORGANIC HOME TEXTILES
Choosing natural, certified organic fabrics for furniture, bedding, bath, and window
coverings can make your home more comfortable and healthy. We have in-stock bedding
and bath products, and we can special order many products and fabrics. Be sure to ask
about our custom natural baby nursery packages! Casa Verde Designs also has recycled
fabrics that offer performance similar to popular synthetic fabrics, but with less resource use.
HEALTHY PAINTS, FINISHES & HOME CLEANING PRODUCTS
Using healthy products to maintain your home can help ensure your family's comfort
and well-being. Let Casa Verde Designs be your retail source for paints and finishes
with low or zero volatile organic chemicals and for low-toxicity and eco-friendly cleaning products.
BOOKS ON GREEN BUILDING & SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Want to learn more about what it means to create healthy, low-impact homes
and communities? Browse Casa Verde Designs' collection of recent books on green
design and find out more about ways to "green" your lifestyle.