{"id":12800,"date":"2018-07-31T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.qcdesignschool.com\/?p=12800"},"modified":"2018-07-31T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T07:00:06","slug":"creating-sustainable-design-decor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qcdesignschool.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/creating-sustainable-design-decor","title":{"rendered":"Creating Sustainable Designs: 5 Environment-Friendly Solutions for Decorators"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”250″][vc_column_text]Tammy Hart, I.D.D.P, CAPS is a graduate and Tutor of Q.C. Design School and is a Certified Aging in Place Specialist from the National Association of Home Builders.\u00a0 She is the Senior Designer for the Designer Chick Co. (www.dznrchik.com<\/a>) and is the Past Director on the National Board for DDA (formerly CDECA).\u00a0\u00a0 She is a professional speaker, speaking at venues like IIDEXCanada and Heart of Networking.\u00a0 She\u2019s been featured as a guest spot on Daytime Durham, Rogers TV and works to empower young women to become successful future leaders and supports ocean clean-up efforts.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”250″][vc_column_text]We have a social responsibility in the design and decorating industry to be cognizant of our environmental impacts. The decisions we make today will greatly impact the future of tomorrow.\u00a0 Thus, \u201cSustainable Design\u201d challenges us to build sustainable buildings by pushing ourselves to think further outside of the box and further into tomorrow.\n\nAs designers and decorators, we are using products that have a grave impact on our environment from building materials to finishing materials to d\u00e9cor production. Obviously, we need to start by considering the manufacturing of materials and look at the production process of how and what we are using to create the products. But, if we are the end user how are we going minimalize the impact?\u00a0 There are 5 simple solutions below to help you start thinking about how you can design and decorate in support of the environment.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][image_with_animation image_url=”12810″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”250″][vc_column_text]\n
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