Sustainable Interior Design Blog | Sesshu Design Associates

Designing With Light Part 1

Taking advantage of natural daylight is essential, but with fewer hours available, we must utilize indoor lighting to a greater extent.

Clean the Air Inside Your Home with Green Plants

The air quality inside your home is one of the most important yet overlooked areas of green interior design.

Greenwashing - How to Avoid Being BAMBOOzled by Green Labels

If you look around, you’ll see that companies left and right are all jumping on the “GREEN” bandwagon. Unfortunately, this has become a case of buyer beware, because too often they are just slapping on an ‘ECO-FRIENDLY’ label and that does NOT mean the product is actually environmentally responsible.

Save 11,000 Gallons of H2O in Your Home

Did you know you can save up to 11,000 gallons of water every year by switching to a new WaterSense approved toilet?

Zen Powder Room is Also Eco-friendly

We recently completed this powder room in one of our projects- a remodel in Scottsdale of an early 90's semi-custom home. The owner wanted aspects of a Zen aesthetic, with the quiet, soothing sounds of water running to be incorporated into the home somewhere. The powder room was a logical choice for both.

How Did I Come To Be an Eco-Friendly Designer?

Breaking with my standard format of reporting design trends, I want to share a little bit more about me personally and why I am in the business of creating eco-friendly homes.