Announcing Our New Book: Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home

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Can model and sustainability coexist? It’s a query we’ve been asking ourselves since we based Remodelista 15 years in the past. And it’s a problem that feels so central to what we do, and so pressing, that for the previous few years we’ve been at work behind the scenes on a guide stuffed with inspiration and steering.

We’re delighted to announce that Remodelista: The Low-Influence House: A Sourcebook for Fashionable, Eco-Aware Dwelling, is now accessible for preorder (please think about getting a replica; particulars beneath) and can be arriving in bookstores on September 13. In it, we discover methods, each huge and small, for dwelling nicely whereas treading calmly on our planet.

What precisely does “low influence” imply? We like to consider it as the brand new regular: a future-minded strategy to house design with an emphasis on conscientious consumerism and earth-friendly selections.

bunzo, justine — Above: Bunzo, Justine’s pet rabbit, checks out his publishing debut on the again cowl.

In Remodelista: The Low-Influence House, we tour the quarters of people that have interpreted low-impact dwelling in myriad methods. We additionally current room-by-room recommendations on how one can cut back your environmental footprint, from a gentler laundry routine to how one can rid your kitchen of plastic.

And there’s extra—together with 75 of our favourite classic home items (all simple to supply); a worldwide compendium of sources; a information to how one can responsibly eliminate undesirable issues; and, after all, reworking recommendation of all kinds, whether or not you’re seeking to supply unhazardous paint, improve your home windows, or exchange an inefficient water heater.

Right here’s what you’ll be able to anticipate finding between the covers.

Pictures proven right here by Justine Hand for Remodelista.