Eco-Friendly Interior Design Plan

Instructions: Based on the information you learned in this course, use this template to
create your own dream eco-friendly, sustainable home! To make this activity extra
meaningful, create your own Pinterest board with your final selections. Ideally, you can
use this plan as you make future upgrades/purchases for your home.

Step 1: Flooring Selection: You have decided that you would like to have either
hardwood or engineered wood throughout your entire home, except in the bathrooms
where you plan on using some sort of stone material. Let’s start with the wood selection.

What characteristics are you going to look for in your wood flooring?

Using the characteristics you wrote above, complete a quick Google search to identify
some eco-friendly wood flooring companies for your selections. List 3 possible lines
of wood that you like for your home:

Which wood product will you use?

List 3 possible stone choices for your bathrooms that you like:

Which stone product will you use?

Step 2: Wall Treatment Selections: You have decided to paint all of the main rooms of
your home, but will be using wallpaper in your powder room, and some type of special eco-
friendly wall treatment in your foyer. Let’s start with the paint selection.

What characteristics will you look for in your paint?

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Using the characteristics you wrote above, complete a quick Google search to identify
some eco-friendly paint lines for your selections. List 3 possible lines of paint that
you can use in your home:

Which paint product will you use?

What characteristics will you look for in your wallpaper?

Using the characteristics you wrote above, complete a quick Google search to identify
some eco-friendly wallpaper lines for your powder room. List 3 possible lines of
paint that you can use in your home:

Which line of wallpaper will you use?

List 3 possible eco-friendly wall treatments for your foyer that you like:

Which wall treatment will you use?

Step 3: Kitchen Selections: Let’s design an eco-friendly kitchen! You have the budget to
completely gut your entire kitchen and start from scratch. Let’s make this kitchen as eco-
friendly and sustainable as we possible can. Let’s start with the cabinetry.

What characteristics will you look for in your new cabinets?

Using the characteristics you wrote above, complete a quick Google search to identify
some eco-friendly cabinet series for your kitchen. List 3 possible cabinet companies
that you can use in your home:

Which cabinet series will you use?

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Based on what you learned in the course, what are 3 of your favorite countertop
options?

Which countertop material will you use?

Based on what you learned in the course, what are 3 of your favorite backsplash
material options?

Which backsplash material will you use?

What other eco-friendly choices will you be sure to incorporate into your green
kitchen?

Step 4: Bathroom Selections: You have decided that your master bathroom is in great
shape and works well from a functional standpoint, but you would like to update all of the
finishes, as it’s looking a bit dated. Let’s go ahead and select new green finishes for your
bathroom, starting with new paint for your cabinets.

Which paint product will you use?

Based on what you learned in the course, what are 3 of your favorite countertop
options for your bathroom vanity?

Which countertop material will you use?

What other eco-friendly choices will you be sure to incorporate into your green
bathroom?

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Step 5: Furniture Selections: Taking stock of your furniture, you’ve decided that you’d
like to purchase a new sofa for the family room and a new dining table.

What characteristics will you look for in your new sofa?

Using the characteristics you wrote above, complete a quick Google search to identify
3 possible companies who meet the criteria and carry styles of sofas that you like:

Which sofa will you purchase?

What characteristics will you look for in your new dining table?

Using the characteristics you wrote above, complete a quick Google search to identify
3 possible companies who meet the criteria and carry styles of tables that you like:

Which dining table will you purchase?

Step 6: Textile Selections: Now that you’ve identified some new furniture pieces, you
realize that you could also use a new rug in your bedroom and new window coverings for
your family room.

What characteristics will you look for in your rug?

Using the characteristics you wrote above, complete a quick Google search to identify
3 possible companies who meet the criteria and carry styles of rugs that you like:

Which rug will you purchase?

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What characteristics will you look for in your new window coverings?

Using the characteristics you wrote above, complete a quick Google search to identify
3 possible companies who meet the criteria and carry styles of window coverings
that you like:

Which window coverings will you purchase?

Step 7: Accessories Selections: To put the finishing touches on your great new eco-
friendly, sustainable home, you want to include some striking new accessories – specifically
a glass bowl for your console table in your foyer, a painting for your bedroom, and some
interesting pieces for the coffee table in your living room.

Where will you look for your new décor items?

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