| How you can go green when decorating your home |
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| Tuesday, 27 May 2008 11:53 |
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About two weeks ago, the 12th
Annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) was
hosted in Port of Spain, Trinidad at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad Hotel
and Conference Centre. “Going Green”, something on the minds of forward-looking developers, was the running theme this year. In the current issue of MACO Caribbean Living, we take a look at how you can go green when decorating your home, so that you too can be environmentally conscious and elegant in creating a charming ambience. In the article “Greening with style”, interior designer Melanie Wuilliez tells homeowners how they can save the environment without scrimping on style. Nowadays, there are many options available for greening your home. Environmentally friendly materials are the mode of the day. In the Caribbean, owners tend to gravitate toward tile and/ or wood. Tile made of natural stones help to keep a cool temperature in the home, reducing the need for air-conditioning. Wuilliez says that in the Caribbean, the preferred wood is mahogany, but bamboo, purpleheart and andiroba are now popular choices for flooring. Using regional woods not only reduce costs, but they also reduce pollution indirectly, since less transportation is required than when exporting materials from distant locations. But wood and tile aren’t the only options for flooring. Concrete is also a great, and widely used option.
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