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Q Collection
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Lydia Corser's Review
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Dining Room
Living Room
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Approved by Subject Editors on August 14, 2004
Reviewed by Lydia Corser
This company is taking the highest end design down a more ecological path, and not hiding about it. They are using FSC certified woods, vegetable tanned leathers, and high-class naturally died fabrics from natural fibers. Everything they are doing is carefully outlined on their website. I can't imagine more benign products.
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The Joinery
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Cassandra Adams's Review
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Bedroom
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Approved by Subject Editors on July 06, 2005
Reviewed by Cassandra Adams
For environmental considerations, order this product to be fabricated of FSC-certified maple or cherry. This company's finishes are a mixture of tung, linseed, and soybean oils. All these oils are natural but they do offgas VOCs, so people with chemical sensitivities may not be able to tolerate them.
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Wiggers Custom Furniture
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Lydia Corser's Review
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Custom
Home Office
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Approved by Subject Editors on August 12, 2004
Reviewed by Lydia Corser
In April, 1998 Wiggers received certification from the Smartwood arm of Rainforest Alliance, which uses the guidelines of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to promote the sensible use of sustainably harvested woods through chain-of-custody documentation. Wiggers' selection and use of woods place great emphasis on the resulting impact to trees and forests in general. For over 25 years Wiggers' cabinet-making philosophy has been one that utilizes veneered construction, since veneers allow for higher yields and thereby require far fewer trees to build a typical piece of furniture. Maximum effort is also given to minimize waste in the Shop. Glass, metals, paper and cardboard get separated for recycling into new materials, while sawdust and wood scraps are given away to a local recycler for use as fuel. Organic wastes are composted on site.
Wiggers' satin and high gloss finishes are both based on high solids formulations, which rely on catalyzed curing methods as opposed to solvent evaporation. This means that far fewer V.O.C.s (volatile organic compounds) are emitted into the atmosphere in the form of lacquer thinners and other solvents.
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The Joinery
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Cassandra Adams's Review
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Home Office
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Approved by Subject Editors on July 06, 2005
Reviewed by Cassandra Adams
For environmental considerations, order this product to be fabricated of FSC-certified maple or cherry. This company's finishes are a mixture of tung, linseed, and soybean oils. All these oils are natural but they do offgas VOCs, so people with chemical sensitivities may not be able to tolerate them.
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Furnature
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Lydia Corser's Review
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Custom
Living Room
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Approved by Subject Editors on August 12, 2004
Reviewed by Lydia Corser
Furnature is careful to use lumber companies that practice sustainable harvesting, although they are not able to get the quantities needed for everyday operations in certified lumber. Furnature provides upholstered pieces where the lumber is certified sustainably harvested upon specification. From a human health perspective, few companies do a better job than they; since their origin in 1994, they have focused on reducing and eliminating toxicity of their bedding, upholstered goods, and now case goods.
From a human health perspective, few companies do a better job than Furnature; since their origin in 1994, they have focused on reducing and eliminating toxicity of their bedding, upholstered goods, and now case goods.
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AlterECO
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Cassandra Adams's Review
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Cabinetry
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Approved by Subject Editors on September 13, 2004
Reviewed by Cassandra Adams
Their furniture and cabinets are manufactured from bamboo, a quick growing renewable resource. Their glues are typically low-VOC but contact them for special glues for use around chemically sensitive individuals.
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AlterECO
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Cassandra Adams's Review
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Cabinetry
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Approved by Subject Editors on September 13, 2004
Reviewed by Cassandra Adams
Their furniture and cabinets are manufactured from bamboo, a quick growing renewable resource. Their glues are typically low-VOC but contact them for special glues for use around chemically sensitive individuals.
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Whit McLeod Furniture
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Lydia Corser's Review
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Dining Room
Living Room
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Approved by Subject Editors on August 14, 2004
Reviewed by Lydia Corser
I really like that these folks share my reverence for the reuse of precious resource: wood. Their furniture is made from reclaimed Douglas fir, oak and redwood. There is a fair amount of energy embodied in the reclamation, but I believe it is worth the cost. While they are using oil-based finishes, the majority of the outgassing should be complete by the time the piece gets to the end user. Extremely durable and beautiful pieces, each with its' own unique story of origin, and tons of pride, craftsmanship invested into its' rebirth.
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Pacific Rim Woodworking
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Cassandra Adams's Review
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Bedroom
Nursery
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Approved by Subject Editors on April 15, 2005
Reviewed by Cassandra Adams
These furniture products are manufactured from Western Maple, a secondary wood obtained during the harvest of Pacific Northwest softwoods. The softwood forests are FSC-certified. Request that the manufacturer use low-VOC finishes.
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Berkeley Mills
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Lydia Corser's Review
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Bedroom
Cabinetry
Custom
Dining Room
Home Office
Living Room
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Approved by Subject Editors on August 12, 2004
Reviewed by Lydia Corser
Berkeley Mills has FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) designation, which means that at least 70% of the woods they use in making furniture are certified sustainably harvested. Berkeley Mills pays close attention to waste and resource efficiency. Each piece of wood has a special purpose, and the less beautiful can be used in locations on furniture where it isn't visible.
Berkeley Mills uses an environmentally benign catalyzed finish on their furniture. It has cured by the time it gets to your home.
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