Are you a devout eco home decorator and not yet worshipping at the alter of Amenity, the Los Angeles-based purveyor of organic cotton bedding, hemp pillows, alpaca throws, and other soft, sustainable goods? Simply put, with the spring cleaning/re-organizing/redecorating season at its peak, it would be a sin not to. Here’s why:
Nicole Chiala and Kristina de Corpo, two nature-loving ladies with backgrounds in graphic design, founded Amenity – a praise-worthy source for “modern organic living” – in 2004. So while Amenity’s range of duvet covers, pillows, prints, table linens, a complete nursery line, and more is crafted from organically grown, SKAL-certified cotton and organic cotton/hemp blends is sustainable, it’s also damned stylish … no plain Jane patterns or boring old solids here.
All of Amenity’s limited edition, Mother Nature meets Marimekko organic bedding designs – printed with nontoxic, water-based dyes – are easy on the eyes but certainly not drab. If you’re looking to give your boudoir a soothing, understated twig n’ leaf -based motif (the ladies get the inspiration for many of their designs from real life foliage) then you may have found your Mecca with Amenity.
With pillows, duvet covers, and coordinating prints for the walls covered, you may also be in the market for an actual bed. Amenity’s custom-made-by-artisans-in-LA Muir Bed (named after famed Cali conservationist John Muir) is a great, green piece of furniture in which to show off all that great, green bedding. The bed frame – available in queen, king, and California king – is crafted from reclaimed Douglas Fir that’s been salvaged from demolition-bound buildings in LA; it’s treated with nontoxic, water-based finishes.
