Furniture project helps environment
Worn-out upholstered furniture may be clogging landfills but a study underway in Digby County is considering ways to reduce the quantity.
For the rest of this month, unwanted upholstered furniture may be dropped off at sheltered workshops in Digby and Church Point during business hours and it will be dismantled for recycling, said Angelique LeBlanc of [...]
Triangle furniture store shuts down
The housing slump has claimed high-end furniture store Porto as one of its victims, the store’s owners said Friday.
Porto had locations in Raleigh and Chapel Hill. It offered hand-crafted furniture made by companies that it said practiced environmental sustainability.
But amid a local slump in residential housing and a general economic slowdown, it became too difficult [...]
Schools Get A Gymnasium Full Of Furniture
But when she opened the door of the NB Southern Railway warehouse and saw mounds of barely used cabinets, desks, chairs, even up-to-date computer equipment, she couldn’t believe her eyes.
“It blew me away,” said Tipper, who is superintendent of schools in District 8, which encompasses the Saint John area.
The furniture came from Allstate Insurance branches [...]
Organic Tierra Moderno Hemp Chair
Price: $2,650.00
Dimensions: 19″ x 19″ x 46″D (48 x 48 x 117cm)
These contemporary and sophisticated Organic Hemp Tierra Moderno chairs are handcrafted one at a time by Bean’s expert craftsmen with decades of experience making individual and unique designer quality furniture. The frames are made with quality sustainably grown hardwoods from well managed American forests [...]
Creating Cool Furniture From Recycled Trash
My tastes in furniture run to the eclectic. From retro in one area to more modern in another room, I decorate in a style that probably would confuse most interior designers. If I can combine a creative use with a greener sensibility in my rooms, I’m even more excited about it.
Designers have been doing some [...]