The eco-friendly home was definitely one of the more interesting places I went to from Houses From Within. Located in Bialik Square (over by Bialik House), the eco-friendly apartment has a store in the front, an office, bedroom and kitchen. The backyard is used to make compost and other earth friendly things.
I have to say, some of the apartment seemed like it was taking ‘earth friendly’ to mean the same as ‘grungy’ – and they are not the same.
Now you know where the shop is.
They sell a range of goods from lotions…
to purses…
to really cool fabric covered easels…
Probably the nicest and most expensive thing in the apartment – this gorgeous Hunter fan.
The shop leads to an office, which looks – like an office. I do love the fabric woven into the chair though.
The bedroom was adorable, albeit a tad dark for my taste. I would have preferred it if they had taken the blue from the trim and carried it throughout the room, but the earthy brown does go with the decor.
The paintings were very sweet and I liked the ‘shelf’ framing the bed. I do not, however, like the mattress on the floor and don’t care that there are rugs under it. A platform that would raise the bed to the height of the side shelf would be nice.
One nice thing about the brown paint is the romantic light it gave the room. I also like how it contrasted with the bright blue trim on the doors and windows. And notice – there’s a scale under that window. Even the eco-conscious are aware of their weight.
The bathroom, however, was where they lost me. That shower needs to be finished. Here is where we cross over from eco-friendly to simply grunge.
You can’t see it, but the water heater is in the bathroom – which means they need to turn on the electricity for hot water – which means it’s not environmentally friendly. In Israel most water heaters are on the roof, which saves money for the person living in the apartment and is better for the environment.
The kitchen had an appeal with the exposed brick and open wood shelves.
I loved this. All of those jars will be used. Good for them!
On the way out to the garden was this painting and I absolutely fell in love with it. Would be happier without the cherubs – but the flowers are lovely and the style is wonderful as well.
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I was there and stood in line for 25 min. to get in that house. What I saw was an almost typical yucky Tel Aviv apartment like the ones I left behind in my early 20’s. I think I might of appriciated more if there was someone there to explain.
I liked the outside of the house and I loved the location but she/they could have dome much more and much nicer.