Green Interior Design in Greenwich

A GREENWICH DESIGN TEAM CRAFTS A SECOND HOME TO REFLECT ITS ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS RESIDENT

I call it my 'out-of-body experience,'" says Fairfield County resident Rhonda Sherwood of one of the most memorable years of her life. "I built a house, fully decorated the house and started a non-profit organization, all while simultaneously raising three kids. It was such a great feeling."

The whirlwind experience began fall 2007 when Sherwood, a longtime environmental health activist, began planning a benefit for Mount Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center, where she is chairman of the board. The center was founded by pediatrician Dr. Philip Landrigan, who studies toxins in the environment and their effects on children's health.

As Sherwood began recruiting like-minded green individuals to work on the organization's first fundraiser, she also began interviewing interior designers for her family's second home on Long Island. After a dozen interviews left her emptyhanded....READ MORE

By Mollie Magill for Connecticut Cottages and Gardens www.ctcandg.com
Produced and styled by Corey Grant Tippin
Photographs by John Gruen