"When we are authentic, when we keep our spaces simple, simply beautiful living takes place." --Alexandra Stoddard
I recently finished reading a book titled Restore, Recycle, Repurpose, by Randy Florke. Randy is an interior decorator with a twist--he believes in using recycled items, repurposing them, and restoring them. As he travels and transforms the homes of his clients, his guiding principles are those that his grandmother taught him. He has set out to prove that we can decorate our homes without spending barrels of money, without doing a lot of consuming, without shipping in costly materials from far-away places, and without adding to the piles of refuse as the nearest dump.
Decorating can have a serious impact on the environment, both inside and outside a home. Randy believes you can still go 'green' without sacrificing aesthetics.
As I paged through this beautiful book with lush photographs of redecorated homes, I marveled at the beautiful interiors and the character of the pieces that had been saved or repurposed or restored. It is a great inspiration to me, and I'm looking for ways to continue to buy only things I need, and to buy something old and with character when I need to re-do a room or change something in my home.
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