green home products

After I wrote the post about whether or not I should do a green bathroom remodel, I thought I should at least look at the products to see if they were affordable.  I was shocked to find a store in my neighborhood that sells green building materials. 

Green Home Experts is a new business in Oak Park Illinois that specializes in, well, green home stuff.  The store is owned by this awesome chick named Maria whose had the idea to open a store where people like me can go to find anything green they need.  I only went there for the recycled glass and ceramic tile and the bamboo counter tops so I was shocked to find that they had a whole section devoted to organic gardening, and a whole section devoted to cleaning supplies.  They also had lots of organic and natural bedding and baby products.  What I loved about the store is that they had such a nice selection of the products they carried.  For example, in my area Whole Foods tends to have the largest selection of green cleaning products like Meyers.  I had always been under the impression that Whole Foods carried the entire Meyers product line until I went to Green Home Experts.  They had way more of this stuff!  I can tell I’ll be spending a lot of time (and money) at this store.  Besides selling good products I love seeing young people who have the guts to start their own business, especially when it’s something more non-traditional like green products.  It’s risky - I love that!

Maria runs the store herself and she is very knowledgeable, and equally important, she’s really nice.  So, if you are in the Chicagoland area, be sure to pay her a visit at Green Home Experts. 

Do you have a store that specializes in green home products like this in your area?  I’d love to hear about it so leave us a comment to tell us where it is.