We all want to do what we can to reduce our environmental impact, but green products can be hard on the budget, especially eco furniture. But you have options! Echo Wood Productions LLC provides modern, earth friendly furnishings made from recycled wood and uses all Greenguard certified finishes.

Affordable Furniture Made From Recycled Wood

Many furniture pieces use exotic or high end wood to boost value. This not only damages the delicate ecosystems where exotic wood is found, but it ends the life of exquisite organisms. We want the value of our furniture to come from the skill and effort we put into making it striking and not from the tree it was made- that’s cheating. Trees take a considerable amount of time to grow and need to be treated as the valuable resource they are, especially as the demand for wood grows.

So we upcycle shipping pallets pulled out of dumpsters to make our furniture in order to preserve living trees. A shocking amount of usable wood is tossed everyday while we continue to cut up trees. Upcycling wood, the process of reusing lesser value products to create a greater value product, is essential to saving space in our landfills and preserving live forests. The small amount of wood waste we generate is broken down further and then composted.

The standard finish for the furniture industry is an unsafe, lacquer based finish filled with high hazardous air pollutants and volatile organic compounds. Our finishing product of choice is a water-borne and Greenguard certified finish that is free of HAPs (hazardous air pollutants) and very low VOCs (volatile organic compounds). This means it is safer for you to have in your home, safer for me to work with, and safer for the environment.

Michelle Burton, dedicated to simple living, lives in Gainesville Florida with her carpenter husband, Caleb. Together, they handcraft each piece from start to finish. They enjoy gardening, their dogs, chickens, and watching PBS. Check out their website at www.echowoodproductions.com.

RESOURCES FOR HEALTHY FURNISHINGS:

Pottery Barn now offers products made from reclaimed materials

Find an Urban Wood Retailer near you for locally sourced urban lumber

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