Building a Healthy Home

We renovated our California home from just about scratch a couple of years ago. In doing so, health was our #1 concern, and green was #2 (though the two usually came down to the same decision). Here are some of the choices we made:

1. Blue Jeans in the Walls.  We insulated all exterior and interior walls with UltraTouch Natural Cotton Fiber insulation made by Bonded Logic. Aside from being non-toxic, it was only a little more expensive than common insulation, and it seems to be doing a great job. Since we insulated interior walls too, our house is almost too quiet.
2. Non-Toxic Paint. We painted all interior walls and ceilings with non-toxic American Pride paint.
3. Low-Toxic Floor Finish. We finished our wood floors with OSMO Polx-Oil.

My wife also has concocted her own wood furniture lotion made of beeswax and olive oil. Looks and feels beautiful on the furniture, protects it from spills, and is safe for our baby.

Actually, all our decisions about the house were made with the idea that one or more babies might be crawling around, getting into everything and chewing on stuff. We wanted tp keep the offspring from poisoning themselves.