Green Kitchen Cabinets

Green is the color that symbolizes vegetation, the coolness of air,vitality and the life cycle of all living creatures. Although the color green is not widely used in cabinet but mostly in combination yet in this article the green means being Eco-friendly. Therefore, green kitchen cabinets are mostly referred to as those furniture made in the most environmental friendly way possible.

You wish you too had an Eco-friendly cabinet? Your friends and colleagues have been talking about the wanton destruction of the earth’s forest wealth and the dangers of the level of pollution. Your club members too have been noting with concern at the depletion of ozone layer and the toxic gasses like formaldehyde being emitted by the manufacturers of the particle board.

So you have taken up the task with a firm resolution that you too would be contributing to the ecology of the planet in your little ways and hope that your small acts of courage and sacrifice would instill others to follow the same footsteps. What you are now going to read is the limitless possibilities green kitchen cabinets that could really move anyone.

Where to start with your Eco plans? You start with purchasing unfinished cabinets or cabinets bought from the salvage yard. You have the accurate measurement of your kitchen taken and mold the cabinet according to the storage spaces required. If you want new wood then instead of fiber board you can choose bamboo.

The problem with particle board is that it emits the toxic gas known as formaldehyde and this is further compounded with the additional toxic fumes from the chemicals contained in the paints. You need to avoid choosing particleboard for your cabinet although it is relatively cheaper than hard wood yet you achieve some goals of being Eco-friendly.

You can have stunningly beautiful kitchen cabinet made of bamboo as this is the most Eco-friendly product and is actually not a wood but belongs to the grass family. Yet it is strong and durable and can give excellent finish. You need to make sure that all stages of building the cabinet is done in an Eco-friendly manner.

Many people even use paints which have very little toxic emission or none at all and they spent some of their precious time to search around for these types of paints. When done with extreme care and caution your green kitchen cabinets can be a source of joy and pleasure of having done something for the environment.