Photo by permission of Viesso of a Gente sofa
For years, Furnature was the only company making eco-friendly furniture. Over night it seemed more and more furniture companies started making their furniture with an eye towards sustainability.
As I continue to look through their website, I found out Viesso is the real green deal. The Company sells chair, sofas, sectionals, benches, tables, rugs and accessories. Since I was focusing on a sleeper couch for my friend, I found that a customer can purchase an upholstered furniture piece which contains sustainable harvested wood , eco-friendly fabrics, natural latex cushions, low voc stains and sealers, and recycled stainless steel legs. That’s pretty green in my book.
What I love about this site is Viesso gives its customers the option to be as green as they want since you can customize your furniture piece online, choosing different options. How does this all work? First, you select the style that you like, and then select your type of seat cushion. There is a choice of natural latex, polyurethane foam, or a combination of down and natural latex for the cushions. You continue through the process by selecting the type of fabric and leg style you like. 
All of the couches appear to be very contemporary. I asked Travis Nagel, co-founder of the Company, how you can make the Viesso products more traditional. He suggested with a more traditional fabric, smaller cushions, and different legs you can obtain a more traditional look.
“All the products we make are custom so there is little to no waste. We don’t have large inventories of products like most companies, because we don’t build it until a customer orders it. This makes our manufacturing process very efficient and reduces our impact on the environment in terms of materials used,” according to the Company.
Not only is the Company forward thinking in how they make their furniture, but are realistic that people’s tastes do change. The Company is in the process of establishing a recycling program with its furniture at no cost to the customer.
“for the Gente model in 84″, it starts at $1408 and can go up from there to $2250 with feathers and the better spring system. That same size can go up to $4000 if you choose some of the really expensive fabrics. A large range, all depending on the custom options you choose. The 84″ or 96″ is a pretty common size for a sofa. Our sectionals are very popular as well.”
Viesso also sells eco-friendly natural latex beds in addition to other products. According to Travis, beds seem to be bought via the internet more readily since you do not need to sit on it.
“As we grow and people become more familiar with our brand, I expect even more people to purchase without coming to one of our showrooms. We haven’t had one person yet that ordered a sofa or bed online that has not been happy with the result.”
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I have a friend who also ordered from Viesso and she was really happy with her purchase and thinks very highly about the company
Houston Realtor, do you know if she purchased an all eco piece? Could you ask her to post on the site what kind of piece she ordered? I would be curious if she went to LA to order the piece or ordered it online. Anna