Going Green? Eco-Friendly Wallpaper for Your Home

Whether you’re remodeling your home or building a new one, choosing eco friendly wallpaper will keep your home healthier, as well as reduce the environmental impact typically associated with vinyl wallpapers.

You’ll feel good about creating a healthier home, as well as reducing your impact on the environment. And with the additional use of an eco friendly, low-emitting paste, you can really “go green” during your home remodeling or building project.

Why Should I Choose Eco Friendly Wallpaper?

Eco friendly wallpaper is usually made of paper, which decomposes in landfills more quickly than vinyl and is easier to recycle. In addition, the eco friendly paper is better for your health because it "breathes" more than vinyl. This helps to prevent the paper from trapping moisture behind your walls that can potentially cause mold to occur.

“The demand for eco friendly wallpaper options is increasing, especially from commercial customers, such as interior designers and architects, and more recently, homeowners,” says Pat Walker, founder and president of Shop4Wallpaper.com.

Walker adds that while ultra cost-conscious consumers will often choose a more traditional material, such as a vinyl or vinyl coated wallpaper, more and more people are willing to pay a little more for eco friendly wallpaper, manufactured in a genuinely considerate way.

Shopping for Environmentally Friendly Wallpaper

In the past, eco friendly wallpapers have been hard to locate – and were often available in limited designs at higher costs. Fortunately, these are problems of the past. With green initiatives growing world-wide, eco friendly wallpaper is now easier to find, as well as less expensive than it used to be. There’s also a wider variety of chic patterns from which to choose, too. No matter your style, you’ll find one to compliment your home.

As you shop for an environmentally friendly wallpaper or mural, keep in mind that “eco friendly” means different things to different manufacturers. One wallpaper manufacturer may simply produce a product that emits low volatile organic compounds (VOCs), while another may have a solid commitment to the environment reflected throughout the company’s entire manufacturing process.

Solara wallpaper is manufactured by a company with a strong commitment to environmental stewardship and is a good choice if you’re interested in a true eco friendly wallpaper product.

Solara: Eco Friendly Wallpaper, Superior Imagery on Murals

Solara, offered by Shop4Wallpaper.com, is a new, earth-friendly wallpaper product made of paper (vinyl-free). It’s available as an ordering option for any of the company’s custom wallpaper murals. Shop4Wallpaper.com chose Solara as the company’s flagship eco friendly wallpaper because its manufacturer has one of the strongest corporate commitments to the environment in the wallcovering industry– one that closely matches Shop4Wallpaper.com’s – and produces a quality product.

Solara wallpaper is manufactured without the use of chlorine. In addition, 50 percent of the pulp used to make the Solara wallpaper is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified and contains 20 percent post-consumer recycled waste. The wallpaper is manufactured using more than 25 percent renewable energy through hydroelectric facilities, at a plant that’s received several awards for environmental stewardship.

Solara wallpaper offers superior image quality for wall murals, too. According to Walker, the paper lends itself to the creation of richer and clearer colors.

So if you’re going to remodel or build a new home soon, consider going green with new, eco friendly wallpaper like Solara. It’s not only a good choice for the environment, but also for your health – and the image quality of your wallpaper murals will be even better.

For more information about Solara, visit Shop4Wallpaper.com or call (800) Shop4-10.

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