Recycle and Reuse to Redecorate #interior_design

A great reminder that recycling and reuse go hand-in-hand with interior design and remodeling.

When you decorate or redecorate by reusing and renewing, you end up doing both yourself and the planet a big favor.

In recycling, we process something to regain use out of it. By putting glass, plastic and papers in the recycle bin, we are practicing post-consumer recycling. All those items can be processed to regain some use. Pre-consumer recycled materials are typically collected waste products from a manufacturing process that are put to use as some functional product. For example, the textile industry uses pre-consumer waste byproducts by turning fibers, fabrics, and trim into new raw materials for mattresses and upholstery.

Try using both pre- and post-consumer products when decorating your home, and browse garage sales and thrift shops for undiscovered reuse gems.

"Interiors: Redecorate with Recycled Décor" by Rosemary Sadez Friedman