Antique furniture and vintage – Recycled, Eco-Friendly and Green

Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 12:00 pm

Living with antiques and vintage has a very positive effect on the environment. Recycling treasures of the past in our current lifestyle can not only space in landfills, but also much more positive "green" impact on our planet.

Vintage furniture recycling saves trees, and gives life to the beautiful old wood. Much of the most beautiful old hardwood forest has been cut, and not a few years ago mobile. Restructuring of these substitutes irreplaceable sharesdecimation of hardwood trees, including more mature forests first endangered.

Most new furniture contains particle board. Synthetic adhesives powerful sawdust bind artificial release formaldehyde and wood chemical vapors in the air we breathe in our homes and offices for years.

Recent advances in paint stripping chemicals have led to the conclusion that the methods of removal are infinitely more reliable and smoother. Many are restored with period finishes, water-based, highbetter for the environment than conventional fuels and solvents based on lakes, proved to contain many carcinogens. But it also makes it healthier working conditions for repair.

"Nothing is more dangerous than being too modern. You can grow old at once." Oscar Wilde observed. Beyond the charm and beauty of antique furniture, antiquities are often much less expensive than new ones. Another advantage is the positive feeling that comes with helping the environment. Samesatisfaction that comes from rehabbing old buildings is to adapt an ancient part of life today.

"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second by our children," said Clarence Darrow. However, it is a nice feeling to know that the old furniture could one day be restored and reused for future generations. It is a pleasure to see things that we use history in our everyday life, reflecting the times and lives of their former owners, and knowingsurvive to illuminate the lives of others in the future. This is the true meaning of family heirlooms and the aspect of recycling is becoming essential to preserve life as we know it on our fragile planet.

Debate and controversy over what to do about pollution and global warming will continue, but enjoy life and antiques is an easy decision and ecologically positive. As Friedrich Engels said: "An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."