DIY, Creative Crafts of Bamboo

Des idées créatives de faire de l'artisanat en utilisant le bambou, unique, beau et amusant

The popularity of bamboo crafts has surged significantly in the last decade as many people jump onboard the "green bandwagon."

Bamboo is a sustainable product with tremendous environment qualities and it's not just a plant one can grow in their garden or keep in a pot to decorate the interior of their home.

The number of products which can be produced from bamboo range from flooring to window coverings and fences.

Bamboo Crafts

Dedicated forums for bamboo lovers have become a necessary presence for people to exchange views and information on this hardy resource. Forums such as bamboocraft are busy with enthusiasts discussing such topics as bamboo flooring, window shades, blinds, musical instruments, kite making, clothing and of course, growing bamboo.

Bamboo Flooring

As a home improvement resource, it's undoubtedly an environmental blessing. Bamboo flooring is one area where traditional hardwood floors are being challenged by this extremely renewable resource.

One of the attractions of using bamboo as a flooring product is it's rivalry in hardness and toughness to traditional surfaces and it's cost effectiveness. Long lasting and durable, it appears any thoughts of this surface becoming a fly-by-nighter has quickly disappeared and the demand continues to surge.

Bamboo Clothing

As a clothing resource, it hasn't reached the popularity of it's flooring cousin just yet but it's only a matter of time. Clothing of the bamboo variety offers benefits in the area of versatility which means it's suitable for cool and warm conditions alike and in the area of health.

As a fabric, one of it's great qualities is it's hypo-allergenic benefits. It's attracting a lot of interest because of this and unlike cotton, it's not bombarded by pesticides during the growth phase.

The western world has taken a little time to catch on to the benefits of bamboo crafts in our day-to-day living. It's suddenly regarded as more than just a garden plant and with the world's sustainable resources taking a hammering, fast renewable products such as bamboo continue to shoot up the popularity stakes.