We're here to make a difference, in your home life and the world. We have a goal to become the source for your home interior shopping, not just your 'green' source. We’d love it if there were no other option than green.

The day when someone sells a product made from old-growth clearcut timber and we all scratch our heads and asky "why?" will be a great day.

Please join us in talking about where you got your beautiful pieces and how your admirers can join have the same good feelings about not only their role in the world but how great their houses can look. We can provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to spread the word, just scroll on down to our definitions of the materials we use and feel free to drop us a line. We'd love to talk to you about your plans.

Here is our comprehensive list of the materials our designers use, in alphabetical order.

Bamboo

Bamboo is 16% harder than maple wood, 1/3 lighter in weight than oak, yet in some instances as strong as steel. Bamboo holds the promise of a sustainable, cost effective, and ecologically responsible alternative to the widespread clearcutting of our old growth forests.

Bamboo is a rapidly-renewable resource; it reaches maturity in 4 to 6 years.

Bamboo is harvested and replenished with no impact to the environment. It can be selectively harvested annually and is capable of complete regeneration without need to replant. Bamboo is an enduring natural resource and provides income, food, and housing to over 2.2 billion people.

Bamboo Carmelization

Carbonized bamboo is a light brown, amber shade, similar to a light cherry stain. This soothing and warm light brown color is achieved through a steaming process. The color is not a stain, it continues through the plys, so it won't scratch off or wear uneven and the best part is that it requires no chemicals or solvents.

EuroPly

Europly hardwood plywood is the same type of high-quality, virtually void-free plywood that is often sold as "Baltic birch," except that it is made with wood certified through the Forest Stewardship Council as coming from well-managed forests. This is the most respected verification in the world that the lumber was harvested sustainably.
The core of these sheets consists of alternating layers of Northwest alder and imported birch (from Poland), with the birch layers most numerous. This makes the plywood stronger and somewhat heavier than competing products that have an purely alder core. It also creates high-contrast plies, which create a decorative edge on drawers and other cabinet components. The high-density panels machine nicely and hold screws well.

FSC-certified woods

The FSC logo on lumber and consumer goods is a guarantee that the wood you’re purchasing comes from forestlands that are managed in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible.

Milk Paint

Milk Paint is a traditional, long-lasting paint made from milk casein, clay, earth pigments and lime. It is a natural, non-toxic product that bonds with hard porous surfaces, such as sanded wood, by way of a naturally forming resin, called calcium caseinate.

With traces of it found in King Tutankhamen's tomb, Milk Paint is the oldest form of paint known. Until as recent as the 1930's, many craftsmen still painted furniture with it.

Wax-Oil finish

Hardwax Oil is an engineered finish made with plant oils and waxes, plus just enough highly refined mineral spirits to allow easy application. This remarkable finish offers excellent durability and renewability with a unique lustrous finish. It will never crack, blister or flake off. Instead of forming a plastic film, like polyurethane does, OSMO Hardwax Oil has open pores that "breathe." This allows any moisture that does get through to get back out again without pushing off the finish.

When the finish wears-as all finishes eventually do, spot repair is so easy that you can keep the finish in good shape indefinitely.

Key ingredients in Hardwax Oil include sunflower, soybean and thistle oil, plus two hard, natural waxes—carnauba and candelilla. A Brazilian palm tree, Copernica cerifera, produces the carnauba in its leaves, berries and stalks. Villagers cut down fronds, dry them for several days, and then beat off the wax. The candelilla comes from the outer coating on a desert shrub, Euphorbia antisyphiliti, that grows in northern Mexico.