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Certified Sustainable Wood 

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Murmur 'furniture' and it opens up your imagination with
vivid pictures of retro and modern furniture in sundry materials
Wood, fabric, steel, glass and processed material like Methacrylate,
high-density fiber—the most common being
wood—accepted world over for its natural charms There are
options to meet the fancy and demands, and the choices are good
for you, for me, good for everyone Let's say the world needs
trees—they help with the natural balance They hold the soil
together, they cool up the planet surface and they help with the food
chain   We have been debating over using wood from
sustainable harvested forests, sustainably harvested tree farms, and
reclaimed wood being the main sources Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) and its largest forest certifier, the Rainforest Alliance, is the
most widely used standard for sustainable forestry Relating to the
theme, I found a couple of designs that appealed for the right
reasons The Baltic coffee table rocks for its antique features and
green theme Crafted with harvested Solid Wood-Durian Timber, it
goes well with the light hearted and conventional buff alike the
ring-shaped handles on the drawers look great, and the low-slung
design demands attention

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Then we have the Tua Glass Doors Media Stand—a unique
combo of utility & bygone charms—the furniture retains
antique looks in modern form Intelligent furniture Turning away
from antique looks, lets focus on contemporary green furniture the
Loft media center, for instance Designed diligently to store and
display, it carries elements of sound architecture to make flawless
furniture Also deserves a mention is the Loft Modern Dining Table
with its watertight features that add a contemporary touch to the
overalls Furniture made with reclaimed materials A stitch in time
saves nine Wood, as precious as it is, if taken care of, can last for a
long time Remember the legendary wood furniture tales passed on
by grannies as it being preserved since long time I think there is
great substance in preserving wood Why shouldn't we make
good use of all the wood that's already out there? It's the
right way and many designers are doing a wonderful job out of
reclaimed wood

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Reclaimed wood is the wood that usually is retrieved from old
furniture, houses and other wooden articles, as also from left over
sraps in a factory Some stuff even comes from the bottom of the
riverbed, wooden logs that sink to the bottom while being transported
to the sawmill, and even from the bottom of the man-made reservoirs
Either way, furniture made from reclaimed wood is a great example
of resource efficiency, but usually comes in shorter supply The
Rainforest Alliance has a Rediscovered Wood Certification label to
look for Spacify line of AZCAST collection is committed to crafting
furniture out of reclaimed material, crafting attractive and useful
furniture and goods that are ultimately recyclable themselves;
indeed, when an unfinished product is rejected, it is simply recast
and used again Most of its designs are worth mentioning the 5-Star
Glass Dining Table, for instance Made from aluminum used in
aircraft parts (among other sources) is hand-poured into casts to
produce the desired moldings The clean minimal design hits a cord
with furniture buffs as each piece is hand-molded, hand-poured, and
hand-finished Bamboo—great grass for furniture! Bamboo is
a highly aesthetic grass used to decorate, build and landscape It
represents a family of grasses that range in size from a blade,

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growing up to many feet, and varying in color from jade green to
maroon stripes It grows incredibly fast and is highly versatile As a
matter of fact, it is the favorite with environmental designers and
builders The beauty of bamboo lies in its flexibility It can be
flattened into flooring, shaped into furniture, compressed into
veneers, sliced up to make window blinds To get to extremes, you
can even build a whole house out of it

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Using bamboo in buildings earns architects and builders LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Designs) points Most
organic bamboo is grown in China, sometimes grown with few or at
best, no pesticides Because it grows fast, it is much easier to
maintain a healthy bamboo forests This also means it uses a lot of
water, however, and harvesting too fast can deplete soil fertility But
for the most part, bamboo is one of the greenest materials around In
line with the concept, I recently came across Spacify's Legare
furniture and makes it here for all eco-friendly reasons Made with
Birch-plywood, it is worth noting that producing plywood yields 8-10
times more usable wood from a log as against solid lumber Plywood
furniture has greater potential to outlast solid wood furniture And the
energy utilized in converting wood from a raw material to a finished
product is minuscule as compared to any other industrial material
Some examples The Dante Straight Desk made from 13-ply Baltic
Birch Plywood is an FSC-certified 60" desk offering generous room
for storage & study A stupendous test carried out at Entela
Labs showed that the furniture managed to load an incredible 2000

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pounds (one ton) of shot bags and weights on Legare's Corner
Desk with no structural damage! Plywood furniture has been around
for a little over 100 years and its manufacturing techniques have
been explored by a handful of designers including Aalto, Eames,
Danko, and Pfeiffer The Enrico straight desk goes on to prove just
why The modular design allows you to lock multiple units together to
form a single, rigid workspace The assembly is easy—without
screws and bolts

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The Bice Peninsula adds that extra bit of deep handy desk space
and is great for two-way meetings The 31" Peninsula adds approx
31" of deep, end-cap width to an existing desk The asymmetric
panels are reversible, allowing left/right-hand unit to be attached to
either side any desk or to an extension The Zita Modern Media
Stand is a modular design flaunting four 8-high bays for audio/video
components The top can hold Plasmas/LCDs up to 50 cm in size
For surround sound systems, the center divider is recessed to allow
a small center-channel speaker to be ideally placed under the TV
and it has storage for more than 120 DVDs or 170 CDs on its four
outer shelves Recyclable and disassemblable The world would look
so much better, and us, we would feel a little more at ease with
green furniture speaking the universal language of eco-friendliness
The concept gains popularity for its equanimity and practicality, FSC
certified furniture rings for its obvious implications on mother earth
Means products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, an
international organization established to develop guidelines and
certification processes for ecologically sustainable forestry Some
examples of these products would be ones that can be easily
disassembled, arranged, and recycled once they have lived their
lives Concrete furniture is out of fashion, in this context, and it
means furniture that can't be separated, may not be very
inspiring If it can't be easily disassembled it's probably a
sign it can't be repaired easily For obvious reasons, we need
to take a close look at the recyclable furniture we wish to buy Is it
robust, easy to assemble & most important—is it
certified? Spacify's Legare collection looks smart and I would
like to highlight a few models The norms being set, I like the Lucia
Designer Extension Desk for its easy looks, easy assembly,
practicality and robustness Made with 3-Ply Baltic Birch Plywood,
the Panels are asymmetric and reversible and the Bridges are
designed to pull two desks together to make larger workspaces for
two or more users

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And yes, its really easy to get together Lia Office Corner Desk
deserves a mention too The corner desk is available in two
dimensions; and holds it there; Entela Labs showed that the furniture
managed to load an incredible 2000 pounds (one ton) of shot bags
and weights with no structural damage! Adjustable shelving holds up
to three 12" shelves and three 24" shelves Great design less fuss
its FSCfied as well Low-toxicity furniture   Have you ever
noticed new furniture or car with its peculiar odor—it's
what they call off gassing, emanation of volatile matter of any kind
from materials into habitable areas

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