After reading an article in Low Impact Living about the newly discovered dangers of granite countertops (that they can leak radon into your home) I was totally surprised. Sometimes a seemingly natural element just does not do well when taken out of it's environment and put into a home. Ozone is another example of this, have I ever told you how bad bad bad it is? (If not I will in another post.)Low Impact Living provided an alternative material to granite, that I find similar but way more beautiful! And that is EnviroGlass! I am so in love with this versatile material, that can be made for countertops, but also into flooring (see pic). I love the way they cut it to mimic wood floors, but with that deep starry night blue! I wish I had a house to renovate, just for these gorgeous floors.
The glass comes in a variety of colors, cuts, and sizes- from red, blue, green and orange, to multi mixtures. Plus you can view the entire process of how it was made on the website, which is the kind of transparency I like to see in an environmentally friendly business.
Do you know of any other alternative countertop & flooring materials?
Wow I've never even heard of this and I work with glass all the time! It would be amazing to do my next mosaic project with this stuff...we'll have to see how expensive it is though hmm..
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ReplyDeleteIt might be pricey but I didn't check actually, i was busy drooling - but for houses, and small mosaic projects it would rock out. ah, I am still drooling.
Thanks for sharing information about Eco Friendly Building -eco friendly glass, i was too searching for the same.
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