Style Will Save Us Lets Us In On Their Kitchen Confidential
by Leonora Oppenheim, London, UK on 12.31.06
Those kind folk over at Style Will Save Us have given us their top tips for an eco-friendly kitchen renovation. Their resident Green Guru, Jenney Poyzer, has 'just put the finishing touches on her eco-fabulous kitchen and spills the beans over her prized contacts list.' She says “the kitchen is the most energy-hungry room and also the room that most attracts - or puts off, buyers.” Using recycled, recylable and non toxic materials was the first step towards creating an eco-friendly space. Installing triple A rated electrical products meant that they reduced the energy consumption to below 50% of what the average kitchen uses. Further to that they bought vintage furniture and chose a special colour changing LED lighting system. Read the full post to find out details about the materials and products used. You can also learn more about Jenney Poyser's entire eco-house renovation here. It looks like stylish eco-design will indeed save us! :: Style will save us.
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"It looks like stylish eco-design will indeed save us!"
Save us from what? Being unstylish?
Before you get too excited, most of the great energy and space effecient appliances featured in this article aren't sold in the U.S.
Nor are there any equavelent "combo" appliances. U.S. kitchens typically use large, single use appliances, with the trend being bigger and glitzier.
The U.K. has a wealth of stylish, small appiances, which would be perfect in a compact city kitchen. One really has to work to find suitable small appliances in the U.S. as most of the appliance stores don't sell small, high quality and cleverly designed appliances.