Interior Design: The Complete Detox Guide 

How we decorate our home and what we buy for it affects the health of our indoor environment. This section is a comprehensive guide to help guide you towards healthier interior design and furnishings. For a more complete overview of how these exposures affect your health, please refer to A to Z of D-Toxing.

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Transform Your Home Into a Sanctuary

Simple tweaks can evolve your home into a restorative space. The articles below can help guide you. The sections further below can help you detox your home.

  1. What is a healing space?
  2. How home can become your hottest wellness destination
  3. Harnessing the Power of Color to Change Bedroom Dynamics
  4. 5 Simple Ways to Bring Nature Into Your Home
  5. Detox Your Home: 5 Plants to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Health Issues Associated with Exposures from Interior Furnishings

Below are articles that spotlight healthy issues that have been associated with exposures, which can come from interior furnishings

  1. Respiratory illness
  2. Allergies
  3. Asthma
  4. Cancer
  5. Neurotoxicity

Ingredients of Concern

Below are examples of a few common exposures (chemicals, heavy metals, or EMFs) that are found in interior furnishings.

  1. Chemical Flame Retardants
    1. Flame Retardants: A Historical Summary
    2. PBDE Flame Retardants Are Still Around
    3. You Can Buy Furniture Without Flame Retardants
  2. Formaldehyde
    1. Formaldehyde in Furniture
  3. Solvents
    1. Why Choose Low- to No- VOC Solvents?
  4. Lead
    1. How Do I Know If My Tub Has Lead And How Do I Clean It?
  5. PFCs
    1. Phased Out PFCs Stick Around
  6. Phthalates
    1. Consider Phthalates in Furniture

Materials

It's worth getting to know the components of our interior design and furnishings because they can be sources of indoor pollution. However, safer choices exist! Below are articles to help inform you towards safer choices.

  1. Safer Materials
    1. Are "green" building materials and interior furnishings healthy?
  2. Floors
    1. Carpet and Asthma, Like Oil and Water
    2. Natural Stone Flooring
  3. Textiles
    1. Safer Textiles to Detox Your Home
    2. Which is a Better Choice: Synthetic or Natural Dyes
  4. Sealants
  5. Wood 
    1. Choosing Nontoxic Wood Furniture
    2. Using Wood as a Stress Reducer at Home
  6. Rubber
    1. Natural Rubber Products – Is it for me?
  7. Ceramic
    1. The Pros and Cons of Ceramic
  8. Painting and Paints
    1. Zero-VOC Paint Means Less Off-Gassing in Your Home
  9. Finishes
    1. Natural Wood Finishes That Are Safer
  10. Glass
    1. Why Choose Glass Over Plastic?
  11.  Plastics
    1. Less PVC is Possible
  12. Polyurethane Foam
    1. Is Polyurethane Foam in Your Mattress?
  13.  Adhesives
    1. Adhesives May Be Gripping Our Furniture And Our Health
  14. Paints and Painting
    1. When Painting, Planning Pays Off
  15. EMFs
    1. EMFs from Appliances in Your Home

Whole House Water Filtration

Be aware that there are water filtration systems that can filter all water that gets distributed throughout your home.

  1. How to have safe drinking water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detox by Room & Prevalent Things

Below are articles that are available to consider by key rooms—kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom—in our home.

In the Bedroom

  1. Bedroom
    1. Peace of Mind in Detoxing Your Bedroom
    2. Is My Damp Bedroom Causing Health Problems?
    3. Which Allergens Are Found in The Bedroom Only?
  2.  Mattresses
    1. What Are You Sleeping on 3,650 Hours?
    2. Mattress Revelations
    3. Can Your Mattress Cause Insomnia?
    4. Polyurethane Foam
    5. Podcast: 
  3. Headboard and Bed Frame
    1. Create a Nontoxic Bed: Headboard to Bed Frame
  4. Bedding Materials (Blankets, Comforters, Pillows and Sheets)
    1. 5 Tips for Nontoxic Pillows That Can Improve Your Sleep and Health
  5. Nursery
    1. Create a Nontoxic Nursery
    2. How to Choose A Nontoxic Baby Crib
    3. Crib on Wheels: I Wish I Had This Sooner!
    4. 3 Things to Look For When Buying A Nontoxic Baby Bassinet
    5. What to Look For When Choosing a Nontoxic Mattress Cover
    6. Carpet and Asthma, Like Oil and Water
    7. Guidelines for Choosing a Nontoxic Nursery Rug
    8. Choose a Nontoxic Glider Chair—for Your Nursery or Your Family Room

Practical Nontoxic Living Podcast

About Sophia Ruan Gushée

Sophia Ruan Gushée is a preeminent nontoxic lifestyle expert, author of the critically acclaimed books A to Z of D-Toxing and EMF Detox Workbook, creator of D-Tox Academy and 40-Day Home Detox, and host of the Practical Nontoxic Living podcast.

She has helped thousands of people eliminate harmful—often hidden—chemicals, heavy metals, and electromagnetic fields from their homes and lifestyles. Based on more than 15 years of tracking the latest research, she believes that removing these toxins is the overlooked key to unlocking greater mindfulness, mental clarity, emotional harmony, and physical healing.

Sophia also works with companies and served on the prestigious Brown University School of Public Health Advisory Council and the exclusive Well+Good Council. She has appeared or been featured on the most popular health and wellness platforms including The Doctor Oz Show, Health magazine, Family Circle magazine, MindBodyGreen, and much more. You can learn more about Sophia by clicking here: Sophia Ruan Gushée.

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