Objects from wood do not harm human health. Ecological wood furniture has an expensive appearance. She is practical and durable.
Furniture manufacture
Furniture are made of wooden shields - whole or glued from the plates. The first is easier than deform, the second are more durable. Therefore, glued furniture is more expensive.
Use wood with bitch and without them. Bounds reduce the quality of furniture and reduce the service life.
Decorative elements are made of metal, plastic, glass. Dear interior items decorate carvings, forging.
Advantages and disadvantages of wooden furniture
The main plus of the interior items from the tree - ecology. They do not harm the health of people and the environment due to the lack of toxic impurities. Allergy is possible on plastic or synthetics. The reaction is excluded if you have wooden furniture.
There are several more advantages among wood products:
- expensive appearance;
- long service life with appropriate care;
- the possibility of restoration to the initial species in the case of wear;
- low thermal conductivity, which is why more heat is saved in the house.
Disadvantages of wood interior items:
- classic design does not fit into the apartment in the style of high-tech;
- loses appearance when exposed to direct sunlight, sharp temperature and humidity drops;
- well absorbs fragrances;
- it is difficult to work with a tree, because of what items have simple forms;
- difficulty transportation due to high weight.
For security and quality you need to pay. Wooden interior items have a higher cost compared to similar products from other materials.
Care rules
The tree suffers under the influence of sharp temperature and humidity drops. Lucky, which cover the subject increase its stability. But even with them, the texture of the tree is damaged with an unfavorable microclimate.
The optimal room temperature with wooden furniture is 15 ° C and above. Humidity should not exceed 65%. Do not put items from the tree under the direct sunlight.
Care rules:
- Wipe the wood with a damp cloth, and then dry.
- The rag must be made of suede or other soft fabric. You can not wipe the wood with rigid sponges.
- Do not allow water to enter the gap between the fibers of the tree. This will prevent opening.
- Do not put interior items near heaters. Heat shortens wood life.
- Use wood care products. It is impossible to handle goods with solutions with ammonia and abrasive substances.
If the furniture fumes due to the impact of direct sunlight, periodically wipe it with wax. Such formulations are sold in any specialized store.
How to choose furniture from an array
When choosing a material for interior items, pay attention to the structure of the tree. Soft wood suitable for items carrying minimum load. For beds, chairs, tables and cabinets take solid rocks.
Soft species of trees:
- cherry;
- pine.
To solid varieties include:
- ash.
Different types of wood have their own properties:
- Pine - light, soft.
- Birch - High hardness, strength and strokeness, long service life.
- Beech - saturated red-brown color, hardness is not inferior to the oak, has a beautiful texture.
- Oak - durability and high decorative qualities, high cost.
- Ash - surpasses oak on hardness. More elastic, because of what is used to make curved interior items.
The hardness of the rock does not always indicate the strength of the furniture. When buying a product, pay attention to the presence of bitch and interlayers in the array.
Buy items from treated wood. In the manufacture of high-quality interior items use filling technology. It makes it more beautiful and more durable.
Furniture cheaper is covered with paint or varnish.
Children's furniture
The growing child's body is most sensitive to the effects of toxins. The most dangerous of them is formaldehyde. Its pairs in the air provoke bronchial asthma, allergic reactions. Environmental furniture for children from wood will save the health of the baby, will provide its normal growth and development.
From wood makes such interior items for children:
- manege;
- dressers;
- cabinets;
- beds;
- tables;
- chairs.
The subject can be covered only with water based lacquer, which is safe for children.
Disposal of wooden furniture
Although the tree is environmentally friendly material, you do not need to throw it into a landfill. It has a long expansion period. And the compositions covering wood, with prolonged evaporation pollute the environment.
Special companies will take out furniture from the apartment, and wood will be given to secondary recycling. This includes such materials:
- coal, turpentine and acetic acid - when processing hydrolysis;
- Chipboard, granules and heating briquettes - with mechanical recycling;
- a mixture of gases, which is used as fuel for cars - processing by gasification method.
Mostly wood is used to produce energy. From waste make new interior items, toys, building materials.
Common method of disposal of wood - burning. It is simple and economical. For the reaction take cone-shaped furnaces equipped with a grid. Heat is used to heal water, heating, and so on.
Wooden furniture - an eco-friendly way to make the interior stylish and original. It does not harm human health, and with proper disposal is safe for the environment.
Buying very expensive things, or household goods, fully cleaned from harmful impurities, you automatically become an eco-cactery. Ecomber - Is it so safe? What upholstery is better to purchase, and from what to refuse?
It is useful to acquire things secure both for the buyer and for the manufacturer, only then they can be attributed to completely environmentally friendly.
Eco-friendly furniture: True and myths
Wooden furniture has always been eco-friendly. Is it really? It turns out, the first array treated with oil or wax.
But not always the natural array of wood will be an environmentally friendly material. It is not necessary to purchase a bleached array, since when processing to achieve such an effect, chlorine-containing substances are used.
MDF or chipboard, what to choose? Chipboard is it really dangerous?
- The DSP cannot be put in the sun and near heat sources - on the warm floor or near the battery, it can be distinguished harmful substances.
- And also stands to fear chips and scratches.
In all other cases, the chipboard is quite safe, but it cannot be attributed to eco-friendly material.
MDF is more well-being, but not ideal, because it is not a natural material. And the other material must be covered with varnish, or laminated. It is important to pay attention to what varnish or composition is covered by MDF.
Almost water varnishes are not distinguished by harmful substances, but they will also serve less.
Filler with upholstered furniture is danger?
Do you know what your sofa is filled, pillow, chair? Is your mattress dangerous? Do not know? And completely in vain! It may be dangerous, and the pillow cause allergies and various diseases. How to determine what to buy?
Let's start with polyurethane foam, the most common material for today in everyday life.
You can buy only PPU without freon, which should be written on the product tag. This means that inside synthetic fibers, or treated fluff or pen. But here there are skeletons in the closet, some manufacturers are treated with fluff and pen with chemicals. So that dust pliers do not settled. Better when processing is performed using sterilization. Such products are marked with a green tag.
Dangerous cotton - Non-hazardous flax
You probably are convinced that cotton is environmentally friendly and safe material? Do you know how he is going? Even when collecting crop, cotton is subject to chemical exposure. So that the leaves sat down and exposed a cotton box, the plant sprinkle detergents. But this is not all - after cotton are treated with whitening, clarification and paint synthetic dyes.
But Len is not afraid of insects, it is easier to collect - flax is not treated with chemistry. Looking for a completely safe eco-friendly material? Choose unbleached flax.
What wear is safe for health?
Choose clothing that is taking. Uncomfortable? Be prepared for an unpleasant stuffing: so that the upholstery does not reverse, it is treated with a mixture of resins that contain a very unpleasant cocktail from formaldehyde and glyoxal. To make cotton be white-white, it is impregnated with special substances that contain dioxins. Alas, environmentally friendly products are available only in the elite segment, all the rest of the fiction. For such goods, raw materials are harvested with hands, without the use of chemicals. And then covered by beeswax, paraffin or butter. How to understand what the goods are safe?
Look for a tag with the "Green Cotton" icon
Upholstery with surprise
If your sofa failure or a mattress cover can be washed, it is not worth glad - it contains chemicals that help not sit down, often treated with artificial resins, which can easily be formaldehyde.
So, so as not to be afraid of your own sofa and upholstery, choose upholstery exposed to dry cleaning.
Another way out - to purchase sofas with an upholstery of organic wool, look for such an inscription on the tag - Wolle Organic Wool. Wool from the organic is not exposed to any effects. But you should know that the price of such wool is enormous, as it is rarely found.
Silk Upholstery is quite safe for humans, but since chemistry is used for speed growth, sometimes there can be formaldehyde and substances that disinfect. In order for silk to become more severe, use solutions of metal salts and silicates. This is not dangerous for a person, but when recycling is very harmful to the environment, which is why silk does not count to completely eco-product.
Often, more cheap materials from primary raw materials are used in ecosyl, usually on the tag you can see three twisted tapes.
Is it possible to call the skin with eco-friendly material? Yes, the skin is quite environmentally friendly, even though the processing use natural acids and chromium salts - all these substances are safe for humans. But colored skin can hire a danger, because it is not clear which dyes were used.
My home is my castle! Such a phrase is often just possible to hear from people who are seeking to make their home as safe as possible from external enemies. However, we do not always think about the internal security of our dwelling. Meanwhile, invisible enemies can easily attack us and harm our health. We are talking about the toxic chemicals of our internal situation, which by no means contribute to the fortress of our health.
The fact is that at the moment there was a wide variety of furniture, which is beautiful and convenient. However, manufacturers in the process of competitive race often do not focus on the safety of their products, and more think that it is better and faster for sale at the expense of beauty, functionality, cheap prices. In such cases, the consumer has to learn to navigate the features of the furniture market.
Let's deal with what materials are modern furniture and we define the most acceptable for use in our house.
Array of wood.
It is usually considered the most ecologically clean furniture. Lowable furniture is made of pine, birch, oak, walnut, red tree, alder and other is the most expensive in the market and is often devoid of trendy attractiveness (in the form of print, coloring, design), and in order To satisfy your needs - most often made individually, to order. It is more durable and safe from the point of view of hazardous substances. However, even it may have some danger from the point of view of the environmentally friendly adhesives during its manufacture, varnishes, paints as well as special additives for surface treatment from pests, water entering. Such furniture must be ordered only in reliable manufacturers having quality certificates for products.
Chipboard.
Wood-making stove is made of wood sawdust and chips, which glued together with special resins, alas most often containing formaldehyde, then polished and stained with enamels that can contain phenol. After the production of plates, they are usually laminate - coated with a paper-rested film and then the material acquires the name of the LDSP.
Typically, such a film prevents the release of harmful aldehydes into the air. Therefore, if you have furniture from chipboard - then check its integrity on the surfaces, and, if necessary, creep these places of PVA or varnish. Also ensure that all edges and seams, the exposing chipboard material be intact, so you reduce the concentration of dangerous resins that can be allocated through them.
DVP.
Wood-fibrous stove is made by pressing wood fibers, with the addition of binding elements, also most often containing phenol and formaldehyde, etc.
MDF.
The wood-filling plate of medium density is manufactured by dry pressing of fibers and gluing them using paraffin and lingin (natural wood glue). Thus, the MDF plate is safer for our health, but only in the case of their quality manufacturing, since manufacturers can use epoxy resins, chemical adhesives, also separating formaldehyde instead of natural adhesives.
Plastic.
Furniture made of plastic is safe only if it is made in accordance with the quality standards and is used in rooms without temperature drops, outside the exposure to sunlight and heating (battery, next to gas stoves, etc.) In this case, the risk of polymer compounds (styrene) is sufficient low. However, it is not necessary to abuse it in the interior, because over time there is an invisible destruction of the outer covering layer and the release of harmful substances.
Furniture from other natural materials
: Vine (branches of Shrune IV), rattan - Liana Palma, the reed meets all the requirements of environmental friendliness and will make a pleasant variety of your interior.
Whatever the furniture you have erected always require an ecological security certificate for the seller, in which the formaldehyde isolation coefficient will be indicated: E 0- ideal option, an E1 acceptable option, E2 - the average level, E3 is a dangerous option.
Thus, natural materials and MDF are most secure for furniture, subject to their quality manufacturing.
The situation in the house plays a significant role in maintaining and maintaining human health. Finishing walls and gender, furniture, textile materials can cause serious complications and exacerbation of chronic diseases if harmful components were used in their production. In the modern world, many manufacturers do focus on release Environmentally friendly furniturethat enjoys ever-increasing demand from buyers who prefer safe to health atmosphere of their housing.
Furniture items are not bought for one year, therefore, even a minor content of harmful impurities in materials, varnishes and paints, which were used in their manufacture, can harm with long-term contact with man. One of the most dangerous substances used in furniture production is formaldehyde. Even a small concentration of it in the air can provoke allergies and asthma. Therefore, buying a situation, especially for the children's room, for the bedroom, it is important to acquire environmentally friendly products.
Why prefer wooden furniture
The preference of furniture made of natural wood is the right choice, because the tree contains beneficial phytoncides, stand out, even when the product has been served for several years. In addition, it is no secret that trees have positive energy. Do not think that furniture from a solid massif is not available for everything. Domestic manufacturers make excellent products from inexpensive breeds - birch and pines.
In addition, the tree fits perfectly not only in, but also almost anyone.
Furniture from the vine - version of eco-furnishings for home and summer cottages
Beautiful and practical furniture, woven from the vine, uses great demand. Initially intended for country houses, she successfully passed on in urban apartments. Elegant tables, lockers, chairs and especially lovely rocking chairs are made of rattan, willow or bamboo. Combined options with glass or steel are found. Such objects, despite their grace and visible fragility, can last up to 25 years. They do not require special care, easily cleaned with a vacuum cleaner, and their only drawback - they are afraid of rain.
How to check how environmentally friendly furniture
- When buying, ask the sellers of the certificate of ecology. The presence of a certificate ensures that the product does not contain, for example, cadmium used in paints, or lead.
- If new furniture makes a sharp smell, it is worth thinking about its ecological purity. Despite the fact that, according to GOST, it should disappear no more than in 2.5 months, such a purchase can turn into an unnecessary headache. After all, well-being largely depends on the air in the apartment.
- When choosing a bed or sofa, avoid the products on the foam rubber - with time it decomposes, which leads to the release of harmful substances.
- Prefer the upholstery from natural, not electrochatized fabrics.
Leading furniture manufacturers around the world are increasingly striving to apply environmentally friendly materials in production. Tables and chairs, walls and cabinets, sofas and armchairs from natural components or at least without toxic and harmful to the health of the components will be tranquility and comfort in the dwelling. We list materials that do not harm human health and the environment.
Let's start with upholstered furniture. The use of environmentally friendly materials is extremely important in the upholstered furniture; For example, natural tissues (cotton, wool, flax, velvet) instead of synthetic in the upholstery of sofas and chairs. will serve longer. Natural, neatly selected leather - the most prestigious and at the same time practical type of coating. With proper care, it will keep its appearance for a long time. It is also environmentally friendly and a nubuck is a genuine leather, which was treated with special means to acquire a soft and dilated texture resembling suede. Let us dwell on the nubice in more detail, because this material has not been actively introduced into the production of upholstered furniture. Nubuk has high strength, as well as water-repellent properties, increased wear resistance, antistatic effect, heat resistance. For example, to remove from furniture made of nubuck, ink or fat spots, it is necessary to moisten with water or a solution of washing powder with a napkin and losing a contaminated place with circular motions. Using a dry napkin, carefully remove moisture residues. That's all!
Recall that the "specialist" on sofas and leather-upheaval chairs and the upholstery of Nubuk - the Keoma factory, which recently introduced in Moscow, at the exhibition isaloni 2013, your latest novelties.Separately, in the production of environmentally friendly upholstered furniture worth mentioning polyurethane foam - it is often used in the seat cushions, backs and armrests. This high-tech material is also environmentally friendly, and at the same time it allows you to achieve maximum comfort of upholstered furniture: there are various degrees of hardness.
Close up of upholstered furniture Products are mattresses for beds. As for them, here you can also find options made only from natural fillers. These include coconut coirs, natural latex (from rubber tree juice), horse hair, sisal, seaweed. Natural components are usually more expensive, but they are no less durable than their synthetic analogues, and, unlike them, hypoallergenic and are environmentally safe.
And now we will return to the cabinet furniture and the environmental friendliness of materials that are used in its production.
An array of wood is definitely the most natural material in the production of cabinet furniture. Wood is used to decorate tabletops and facades of heads. Usually, coniferous and hardwood types of wood are used for this - oak and beech, pine and ash, nut and cherry, tees and larch. The coating is often treated with special compositions (simulators, impregnation) to give it waterproof and brighter or to create an unusual visual effect (patina, gilding). Paints, waxes and varnishes, which are applied to the surface of the subject, pass the most thorough examination. According to GOST, it is recommended to use only 3rd (moderately dangerous) and 4th (low-hazard) classes in the furniture production. Furniture from the wood array is considered the most expensive and elite. Here you can also call braided furniture from rattan and bamboo. Chairs, chairs, shelves and other furniture items from Indonesia, of course, can also be attributed to the discharge of environmentally friendly and made of natural materials.
Veneer goes immediately after the array - it is practically not inferior to him in popularity and the same eco-friendly, but much more budget option. This facing material is thin sheets of wood, so it retains the texture of a tree. In addition, the veneer can be used to create plywood.
Chipboard (wood-chip) - the material from which it is accurate to refuse his home, although in Russia it is still used in the furniture manufacturing: beds, tables, cabinets and other items. This material is the leader in the number of harmful substances. It contains unsafe for health phenol formaldehyde and carbamide-formaldehyde resins, which protrude with its binder component and ensure strength. The intensity of the selection of formaldehyde depends on the temperature and humidity in the room: the warmer, the amount of formaldehyde in the air is larger. Therefore, all products from chipboard are placed by a protective film or veneer. Now other, more harmless modern compositions and materials come to the change of chipboard.
MDF (fine-dispersed fraction) is considered an environmentally friendly material. It is created by pressing a very small wood chips by pressing, and the binding element is a lignin - a substance that wood highlights when heated. In production, carcinogenic epoxy resins and phenol are not used. Furniture made from MDF plates is not subject to mold and other fungi, and this is another plus in its favor, especially in the premises where children are. MDF is distinguished by strength and wear resistance, it can be washed using cleaning products.
HPL plastics are often used in the production of kitchen heads. This synthetic material, but it is also considered environmentally safe. Decorative plastic consists mainly of cellulose and natural resins. It is famous for its resistance to moisture and abrasion, so suitable for facing facades and countertops.
PVC plastics can be called environmentally friendly (polyvinyl chloride). They are lightweight, durable and at the same time durable. At the same time, plastic furniture attracts dust to themselves, and plastic surfaces can act as sources of static electricity, which causes to refine such coatings.
Such materials such as glass, aluminum and stainless steel are also harmful effects on human health.
Furniture made of environmentally friendly, natural materials are usually sold at a higher price than its analogues made of synthetic substances whose security is under a big question. However, paraphrasing a well-known proverb, you can safely say: this is the case when health can be bought.