SO IT'S EARTH MONTH TIME TO
THINK ABOUT HOW OUR CHOICES
AFFECT THE PLANET EVEN WHEN IT
COMES TO INTERIOR DESIGN.
CRYSTAL YOUNG. I NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, I NEVER
DID EITHER. WHICH IS WHY I THINK
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD, INFORMATIVE
SEGMENT. SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU
A TWO SECOND BACKSTORY ON OUR
EXPERT RATIO. WALDEN, SHE SAID.
I BECAME A VEGAN ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS AGO. AND SO MY FOOD
CHOICES MADE ME THINK. WELL HOW
CAN I BE VEGAN AND INTERIOR
DESIGN AND PASS? ALONG TIPS THAT
ARE REALLY GOING TO BE PEOPLE
MAKING CHOICES THAT ARE GOOD FOR
THE EARTH WILL. SHE HAS FIGURED
OUT A LOT AND SHE'S PASSING IT
ON TO ALL OF US. TAKE A LOOK.
WHEN IT COMES TO DECORATING. IS
IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO MAKE
SUSTAINABLE CHOICES AND STILL
GET THE LOOK? YOU WANT? INTERIOR
DESIGNER RACIAL? WALDEN SAYS.
YOU BET AS OWNER OF WALDEN
INTERIORS. SHE SPENDS A LOT OF
TIME HELPING HER CLIENTS MAKE
CHOICES THAT ARE VEGAN AND
TAKING A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT.
OKAY. WHAT AM I USING? AND ALSO
, WHY AM I USING IT THINKS ONE
OF THE EASIEST WAYS TO BE
SUSTAINABLE IS TO REPURPOSE
ITEMS YOU ALREADY OWN. SO THEY
DON'T WIND UP IN A LANDFILL AND
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF
PAINT, WHICH, BY THE WAY,
TRANSFORMED THIS FORMALLY DARK
BROWN TABLE. I MET RUSSIA AT
THIS GORGEOUS TOWNHOUSE IN
HARLEM RECENTLY REDESIGNED I
WANTED TO REUSE AS MANY PIECES
AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE ON A BUDGET.
FRIENDLY DESIGN REMAKE, AND I
SAID, LET'S JUST PAINT IT. LET'S
PAINT IT AND YOU KNOW IF YOU DO
IT WRONG, YOU CAN ALWAYS
REPAINTED RIGHT DESIGNS. SHE'S
ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR PIECES THAT
HAVE HIGH STYLE BUT DON'T
INVOLVE CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LIKE
DOWN PILLOWS THAT IS NOT
SUSTAINABLE, AND NOR IS IT
CRUELTY FREE BECAUSE THEY
USUALLY DO LIVE PLUCKING ON THE
ANIMAL. THEY'RE PROBABLY AT
LEAST HURTING THE ANIMALS. TO
GET THESE FEATHERS OUT YOUR HAIR
. OKAY THEN. RIGHT SO IF YOU
LOSE YOUR HAIR AND YOU KNOW IT
WOULD GROW BACK. RIGHT PULLING
OUT OF THE HAIR WOULD NOT FEEL
FLAKES. OKAY SO HERE I'VE GOT TO
EXACT SAME FABRIC, WHICH IS A
LOVELY VELVET. YEAH AND ONE IS
DOWNFIELD. THIS IS MY PILLOW
TEST. WHICH ONE IS REAL? THIS
ONE TO ME FEEL SOFTER AND
SQUISHY. ER AND I WANT TO SAY
MORE LIKE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD
WANT TO LEAN BACK ON AND HAVE AS
A PILLOW GOING TO SAY THAT THE
PILLAR ONE MIGHT RIGHT IS FAKE.
AND THE PILLOW ON MY LEFT IS
REAL, RIGHT? CORRECT? THAT'S
RIGHT. ALRIGHT THE DEATH. THIS
ONE FEELS GREAT. YEAH IT'S NOT
LIKE YOU NEED TO GO TO DOWN TO
CREATE AND HAVE THAT FEEL THAT
YOU WANT. I LOVE HOW GOOD THESE
FAKES ARE. WHAT IS THIS MADE OF
POLYPROPYLENE POLYESTER MANMADE
FIBER REPLICATING THE ANIMALS
FIRST WITHOUT THE CRUELTY
ATTACHED. THESE ARE FANTASTIC.
LIKE. I MEAN, THEY REALLY WAIT,
WAIT, LET'S SAY IT AGAIN. AND
HOW CAN YOU TELL WHAT'S REAL OR
BOTH GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL BY
THE BACK SO YOU CAN SEE THAT
THERE'S NO SKIN ON THE BACK.
WE'VE SEEN THIS IN FASHION HOW
THEY'RE MOVING AWAY FROM FOR AND
SO A LOT OF COMPANIES. IT'S A
DEMAND THAT WE ARE REQUESTING AS
CONSUMERS AND BECAUSE OF THAT
THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR AND
CREATING THE PRODUCTS THAT WE
WANT TO SEE AND USE. HERE ARE
SOME LEATHER SAMPLES, CROCODILE,
RIGHT? FANTASTIC YES, THIS COLOR
SKIN. THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT? THIS
IS FAUX SILK. WE DON'T THINK OF
SILK AS BEING CRUELTY, YOU KNOW,
FULL OF CRUELTY, BUT IT IS
BECAUSE IT'S SILKWORMS THAT MAKE
THEIR COCOONS AND THEN IN ORDER
TO GET THE THREAD, YOU ACTUALLY
HAVE TO BOIL THE COCOONS WITH
THE WORMS AND THEN LIVE AND THEN
THREADED. SO YEAH, THIS IS
GIVING YOU THE LOOK AND FEEL OF
SILK, RIGHT AND SO MANY
DIFFERENT COLORS. IT'S MORE
LONGER. IT'S MORE DURABLE. IT'S
NOT GOING TO DISCOLOR AND I USE
THIS A LOT IN DRAPERY BECAUSE WE
WANT THAT SILK LOOK MORE
SUSTAINABLE CHOICES IN THE
KITCHEN TABLE AND CHAIRS SUCH A
FUN, FUNKY LOOK THESE ARE NOT
NEW PIECES. NO THEY AREN'T. AND
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE SPEAKING
ABOUT BEFORE, BUT JUST ASSIST A
NABLE DESIGN. THESE ARE OLD 19
FIFTIES. THESE ARE CHAIRS THAT
HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME. BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT
FOAM LEATHER ON THE SEATS AND
THE TABLE, GOT A MAKEOVER WITH
BLUE PAINT ON THE TOP AND GOLD
ON THE BASE. RISHEL WALDEN'S
INTERIORS ARE STYLISH PROOF THAT
BY MAKING MORE THOUGHTFUL,
SUSTAINABLE CHOICES, YOU CAN
SAVE THE PLANET AND STILL HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL HOME. ALRIGHT GOOD
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, RIGHT. SO
I BOUGHT A FEW OF THE SAMPLES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PIECES OF
FAUX SILK BUT FEEL THESE
FABULOUS LIKE YOU WOULD. YOU
WOULD NEVER KNOW PILLOW OR
SOMETHING OUT OF THAT BACKGROUND
. THEY ARE NOT. SHE ACTUALLY
SAID THEY ARE LESS EXPENSIVE
TEXTILE COMPANIES ARE STEPPING
UP. THEIR GAME AS PEOPLE REJECT
THE REAL THING. BUT WHAT FAKES
THAT ARE GOOD. THEY'RE MAKING
THEM BETTER AND BETTER A LAST
THEY DO LAST. THINGS LIKE SILK
DO NOT LAST, YOU KNOW, GROWING
UP. MY MOM HAD A SILK COUCH AND
I'M TELLING YOU, THOSE THREADS
STARTED TO SHOW BUT YOU HAD THE
PLASTIC ON TOP. OKAY? MAYBE SHE
DIDN'T CALL OUT CLASSIC MOMENT
IN TIME, THOUGH, BY THE WAY, I
WAS NEVER ALLOWED IN THE LIVING
ROOM, EXCEPT FOR WHEN THERE WAS
COMPANY FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND
SEE I WAS BECAUSE IT WAS
PLASTIC. IT WAS LIKE, GO IN
THERE. WHO CARES? SOME RED WINE,
PLASTIC CRYSTAL. THANK YOU.
THAT'S GOOD. NO EARTH MONTH.