(Welcome to Emily, who's trying out to be a Re-Nest blogger!
Shower curtains and especially shower liners can be a toxic piece of house décor. That smell when opening a fresh shower liner's package serves as a reminder of the harmful gasses it will be releasing for months. Organic cotton, bamboo, as well as linen make excellent shower curtains. Hemp, while making a quality shower curtain, is a good choice of textile for shower liners as it's naturally resistant to mold and bacteria while being quick drying. Here are 5 choices for a more sustainable shower.
Shown above the jump, from left to right:
- Linen Shower Curtain ($58 at Gaiam): a pesticide-free linen shower curtain.
- Skiff Strip Organic Shower Curtain ($59 at Pottery Barn): a more colorful choice of 100% organic cotton shower curtain.
- Organic Cotton & Linen Shower Curtain ($95.95 at Turning Life): a 75% organic unbleached cotton and 25% linen.
- Hemp Shower Curtains($99 from Solay Wellness Inc.): 100% pesticide-free Romanian hemp shower curtain or liner.
- Organic Hemp Shower Curtain ($92 from Compostable Goods): a fair trade, organic, and vegan hemp shower curtain or liner.
Thanks, Emily!
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Comments (8)
$60 - $100 for a shower curtain? you're crazy.
Why is that crazy?
It's one of the easiest ways to make the biggest impact in a bathroom without remodeling.
And $60 - $100 is a LOT cheaper than remodeling!
And a LOT greener.
They also have to be replaced less often than vinyl curtains (which need to be replaced around every 6 months) so they won't seem as pricey in the long run!
I think $90 is way too much for a LINER. I'll take the pvc, thanks.
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Some items may be ecologically friendly, but not economically friendly....
right now my economy wins over my ecology...I use cloth curtains and wash them and that cost less than replacing or buying one for $100
good luck!
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I bought a PVC-free liner at target for ten bucks. It's EVA - a frosted plastic, but supposedly it does not off-gas nasty chemicals. I like it as a liner. Not only is there no odor, but it seems more durable. I've had it two years and it's still in good shape.
Now, that said, I still believe in a nice cloth shower curtain to hang on the outside of the tub. The non-organic poly/cotton ones at Kmart and Target run $20 - $55. So it doesn't amaze me that all-natural hemp, organic cotton, and linen ones would be $60 to $100.
Side note: I know a big reason why hemp curtains are so pricey is our country's ridiculous policies on hemp. You can't grow it here (even though hemp plants bred to produce fibers for cloth do not yield weed for smoking). So all hemp has to be imported. These seems especially dumb considering many of the Founding Fathers wore clothing made out of the hemp they grew on their farms!
That first curtain is gorgeous, and doesn't seem overpriced to me for yards and yards of nice linen.
We use a white cotton outer curtain and a washable liner from Target. I don't know what it's made of, but it doesn't have that vinyl stink and it still looks great after several years of repeated washing.
They may be ecologically friendly, but I think they're u-g-l-y. Kind of like mom's broomstick skirts from the 60s. Not flattering or interesting at all.