Sustainable Interior Design Blog | Sesshu Design Associates

Sesshu Project: Creating an Inviting Home Design in Paradise Valley

The new owners of an existing home in Paradise Valley, Arizona came to us here at Sesshu Design to remodel their home's interior. Their goals were to establish a comfortable home for their family as well as an inviting space for entertaining friends and business associates.

How to Clean Your Air Naturally and Beautifully

Eighty percent of us live in cities, and we spend about 90% of our time indoors. Most of us think that staying indoors is healthier than breathing smog or high allergen level outdoor air. Not so fast!

Designing with Light Part 3: The Best Bulb for the Job

In addition to selecting the appropriate fixture, it is very important when designing the interior lighting in your home to consider the type of bulb which each fixture uses.

Designing with Light Part 2: Choosing Fixtures

Lighting can also be used to enhance the style or décor of a room, dressing it up or down, making it feel exciting and lively, or calm and soothing.

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.