An eco-friendly child’s room offers a healthy environment for the child to flourish, play, learn in complete serenity. Here are our tips for setting up a green child’s room, without blowing the budget!
The biobased ecological paint is not harmful, perfect for the ecological child’s room. Remember, however, to ventilate the room well during and after the painting work for a few days. The air will be even healthier.
An ecological floor in the ecological child’s room
For the floor of the eco-friendly child’s room , consider choosing green floor materials . The wooden floor is natural and ecological. Linoleum is made from wood flour, vegetable resins and linseed oil – not to be confused with PVC, which comes from petrochemicals and is not environmentally friendly at all. Sisal and seagrass come from plants and are therefore eco-friendly.
The bedding is organic in the eco-friendly children’s room. On the eco-responsible bed, add a mattress in organic cotton and wool, for example, and made in France. You will find what you are looking for, in particular, at Cosme Literie (latex mattress and wool and linen-cotton filling) or at Laurent Laine (wool filling, mattresses made in Haute-Loire).
The prices for the purchase of an organic mattress are a little higher than the prices of classic bedding, but the quality is there so you will keep your mattress for many years and if you opt for a second-hand bed in wood to makeover, you will not blow up the total budget!
Natural materials for ecological/organic furniture
Make way for ecological and organic furniture for the ecological child’s room . Prefer natural materials . Like wood and bamboo for furniture. Wicker and rattan for decoration. Natural textiles (cotton, wool, organic linen) for decoration and bedding. Also consider cardboard for decoration, such as for small cardboard furniture or a cardboard animal trophy to attach to the wall.
DIY to decorate the eco-friendly child’s room
Children are very creative. It is therefore a real pleasure to share DIY techniques with them . Make with thez folding paper, collages, beads, painting, mosaic, salt dough…
Their works will be perfect to decorate their room! On the wall, on the furniture… Choose with the children which works will be exhibited. You can place a few objects on furniture, create an entire wall (or section of wall) dedicated to their creations placed in frames or just attached to the wall. They will love it!
Sort out toys
No need to reproduce a toy store at home to show your child that you love him or to help him develop in good conditions. On the contrary perhaps! A few well-chosen toys are enough.
Bye bye ugly plastic stuff (it’s petroleum!) or made in Asia (with a disastrous carbon footprint) or the accumulation of toys (not ecological or economical at all).
So make a big sorting of toys with your child: a pile with those you keep, a pile with those you give away, a pile with those that make you hesitate (then slice to sort this last category). Keep toys that appeal to and are actually used. Talk to your child and don’t bring this sorting up as a punishment. You will see that he will love his carefully selected toys even more.
Give the toys you no longer want to charities. And avoid buying lots of new toys afterwards of course! Privilege, for your purchases of ecological toys , on quality, the made in France, the wood, the second hand…
Betting on vintage
Vintage furniture invites itself into the decoration of children’s rooms. And they are perfect in an eco-friendly child’s room .
For example, buy second-hand a pretty school table and its vintage chair, perfect for drawing, doing homework, playing… We also love: the old rocking horse, the vintage furniture (chests of drawers, cupboards) possibly revamped Or an old wooden toy box…
You will find second-hand vintage furniture in flea markets, in private homes or for free in bulky stores or from your loved ones who are redecorating or whose children have grown up. Think of your own old furniture that you can give a second life by revamping it for the children’s room.
When you have found your second-hand piece of furniture, give it a good cleaning with white vinegar and hot water, and possibly an eco-friendly furniture makeover.
An eco-responsible children’s wardrobe
An eco-friendly dressing room in an eco-friendly kids room is a tidy and organized dressing room so you can see as much as possible at a glance. This avoids duplicate purchases and avoids forgetting clothes that are never worn.
Use wallpaper to cover one or more walls or a section of wall. But not only. Place pieces of wallpaper in frames attached to the wall; in the bottoms of cupboards, drawers, dressing rooms, toy boxes to decorate them; cover part of a piece of furniture with (stool, bedside table, desk, etc.); create a DIY bunting with scraps of wallpaper; or even a DIY mobile.
Air out and pass a recycled cloth cloth soaked in natural white vinegar (possibly with a few drops of orange essential oil) on the furniture and decorative objects. Wash textiles with a natural detergent. Vacuum and wash the floor with black soap or Marseille soap (grated or in flakes) and hot water.