A key component of understanding our interior design consultation is to understand that we always go in with the intention of a “Cruelty Free,” state of mind. Our goal is to understand exactly what your needs are for you, your family and your health.

For years I specified wool for projects. The hand of the fabric, and durability is quite luxurious, but recently I started to find more of my clients had specific allergies to products containing wool. Wool is a great material used predominantly in the interior design industry in carpets and rugs, but there is more that you need to know about the process.

Here is the story of two amazing individuals that created an incredible product. Leather is an $80 billion industry, but uses animals and hard toxins to achieve its full potential.

This myth that we need to use real leather to achieve high quality, durable products is proven to be false with the creation of this chic alternative. Are you ready for it?

Ceibo is a handbag-accessory vegan brand created by Maria Cadena in Houston, Texas in 2016. Its name refers to the Ceibo tree, one of Maria’s favorite trees which grows along the Pacific coast in Ecuador.

Maria is a self-taught designer from Guayaquil, Ecuador who moved to Houston during 2014. She has a major on Marketing and Economics and started designing women handbags in 2010 when she created her first brand back home using cow leather as the main material.

Have you considered a vegan diet as a way to contribute to the planet? Not only may incorporating more plant-based foods positively benefit you, but it may significantly impact the planet too!

By nature vegan interior options have less toxins. When it comes to our senses, it is key that we know exactly what we are breathing in, and surrounding ourselves with inside of our homes.
Why is it that our food and where it comes from, and how it is made is such a topic of conversation, but the materials we surround our body with are not even discussed?

Don’t worry we get it! Personally, I felt so overwhelmed when I started to discover Cruelty Free Design, that I was somewhat discouraged on how to take my first steps.
The first rule is to understand that you don’t have to go around the house and start throwing everything away, and run out to buy everything new.

The theme for this year’s Earth Day 2020 is the ever so obvious, climate change. This by far is the biggest challenge to us humans to make sure we will still have a future here.
But are we doing our part to make sure that humanity and the life support systems will have a place to survive?