Category: Holistic Home
holistic home explores how the land, energy, and materials in your space affect its overall state. We provide solutions to empower you to love your home and feel great within it.
Our bedrooms are our oasis away from the hustle and bustle of life. Designing your bedroom with sustainability in mind is a great way to reduce your environmental footprint and create an eco-friendly sanctuary. A room full of natural elements feels better at its core. From switching to LED light bulbs and sustainable furnishings to […]
1. Cervo Mountain Resort The updated Cervo is a beautifully remodeled hotel for the modern nomad where sustainability, connection to nature, and a “glocal” experience are enjoyed. Redesigned by multi award-winning studio Dreimeta, led by Armin Fischer and Andrea Kraft-Hammerschall, the remodelled spaces feature a modern interpretation of the Alpine lifestyle alongside a decidedly more […]
It’s happened to us all. You see a small gnat near your apples and the next day there are twenty fruit flies swarming your bowl of fruit. They are called ‘pests’ for a reason, as a swarm of them can ruin your day. However, you don’t have to deal with these annoying bugs for long […]
If the smell of new paint has ever caught your sniffer you are smelling VOCs. Volatile Organic Compounds. i.e Fungicides, Formaldehyde, Ethylene Glycol, and Benzene. Yum. Not something you’d necessarily want lathering up your walls. VOCs are primarily carbon-containing substances that are commonly found in paint and household cleaning products. When used inside, they can […]
Design firm, In Situ Studio overhauled a mid century modern home in Raleigh, North Carolina, that was “haphazardly chopped up” over the years. The brick, ranch-style home was built in 1959. Known as the Ocotea House, it is situated within a suburban neighborhood dotted with mature trees. Mid Century Modern Home “What was originally a clean […]
Hey! At Roomhints, we are always trying to find fabulous ways in which we can educate our audience and inspire with sustainable design. Today we sat down with the fabulous Sharlene Kayne of @skaynedesigns to learn about her 100% sustainably designed home. 1. Tell us a bit about who you are 🙂 I am an […]
Paints are a fascinating world filled with colors and finishes, but they’re also a bit confusing. There are a lot of paint types to choose from for every project, and they all appear similar. Let’s dive deeper into what are enamel paints? If you like doing DIY projects and fixing up small items around the house, […]
Glass has long dominated the architectural facades of buildings but it’s over abundance has often been coupled with higher energy demands. Ellen Daniel explores how glass technologies are helping to make glass a more conscious design choice. The use of glass has, for a long time, been a key pillar in architectural design, with all-glass […]
7 Hints for an Eco-Friendly Baby Room We think the nursery is by far the most fun room to decorate. From choosing a theme like animals or storybook characters to picking out nursery decor that compliments that theme, there’s no limit to the nursery ideas you can come up with. But whether you’re dreaming up […]
Perhaps the most important issue we as humans face today is climate change. It has already caused cataclysmic damages to the environment and will continue to do so if we don’t do anything to stop it. Roomhints aims to help us combat this issue by giving resources to build a sustainable home. But it’s not […]