The kitchen is often the most used place in the house, even more so than your living room. When it comes to upgrading your kitchen, you may want a beautiful and trendy kitchen but nothing says you cannot have a sustainable upgrade as well.

In this blog, we have suggested five ways you can create an eco-friendly kitchen without sacrificing its beauty.

Selecting Eco-Friendly Materials

Choosing the right materials for your counter, worktops, backsplash, and flooring is the most exciting part of kitchen remodeling. However, before you make your final decisions, think about choosing products that do not have a negative environmental impact.

Today, we are fortunate to have a huge variety of sustainable materials for building a kitchen, including eco-friendly faucets and sinks, FCS-certified cabinetry, and recycled appliances that can suit all types of preferences.

Building Sustainable Cabinets

An eco-friendly kitchen does not just require eco-friendly walls and floors; it also needs to have non-toxic and environmentally-friendly cabinets. Most traditional cabinets are made of plywood, fiberwood, particleboard, and pressed wood that is glued together with formaldehyde-containing products.

This substance is hazardous to human health as it gives off toxic gases even after the glue dries off. However, there are plenty of options for you to make your cabinets with reclaimed or recycled wood, bamboo, glass, steel, and more.

Choosing Water-Efficient Fixtures

There are several types of water-conservation faucets available on the market that can reduce the amount of water usage in your home. Low-flow faucets use less water but allow you to feel the satisfaction of high water pressure. 

Faucets with WaterSense labels help reduce water flow by 30%, which can help save billions of gallons of water every year.

Picking Energy-Efficient Lighting

Natural lighting is the most eco-friendly and beautiful lighting available — plus it is free. If you want to make the most of natural light and lower your energy bills, it is a good idea to design large windows or skylights in your home, which enable less use of artificial lights.

When you do use lamps, it is a good idea to use energy-efficient LEDs rather than conventional incandescent. LED lights can last 20 times as long as traditional lamps, which means it will be several years before you need to change another light bulb.

Using VOC-Free Paints

Do you know that smell of fresh paint? This is because of volatile organic compounds in your paint, finishes, ad coatings that release harmful gases that can have both short-term and long-term effects on your health, from dizziness and nausea to cancer. 

Fortunately, VOC-free paints are now readily available in the market and can help ensure your kitchen has that perfect pop f color that you always wanted without compromising your health.

Bottom Line

Kitchens these days have turned into versatile places where a family can eat, do their homework, do office work, or even entertain guests. Hence, it is important that they remain safe and healthy spaces. By getting the above sustainable upgrades, you can do your part to keep your loved ones safe, conserve the environment, and have a gorgeous kitchen as well.