Okay, so my husband and I are moving into an apartment. This doesn't seem like a big deal, but we've been living in a duplex that gave us "creative control" so to speak. I was able to paint the walls with low-VOC paint, choose greener carpet, etc etc etc.
But now we're moving into an apartment where those choices are already made for us & they're most likely not the greenest. While it's a wonderful & gorgeous apartment, I'm still left to think....
How can I make it as green as possible (without violating our lease)? The walls are already painted, the carpet's already laid (and it's already fumigated... good and bad...). Should I focus instead on the positives that I can control, like what I bring into our new place? Open the windows and let in fresh air as much as possible? What do YOU do?
Thanks!!
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I just looked at these links and they are awesome tips. I even bookmarked this site for future use. I like the fact that it is easy to use and the tips are simple ones.
I think that for you, the tips make sense. I would try and decorate using green products and keep what I could control as natural as possible. Maybe in the future, when the apartment needs painting, you could convince your landlord to use low VOC paint. I know when I lived in the city, my landlord would periodically paint my apartment and update the appiances. It would save them money too.