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furniture

Eco-Friendly FlexibleLove Furniture: The End of the Stackable Chair

February 8, 2010

Are you forever asking people to bring a casserole plus a chair or two? Or do you have the proverbial stack of metal or plastic chairs in your basement? Guilty on both accounts.
FlexibleLove furniture, a honeycomb, accordion structure-type furniture, is not only eco-friendly, it will save your aching back from lugging those chairs up from the [...]

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Urban Woods Reclaimed Wood Furniture: Beauty in Sustainability

August 24, 2009

Kirei Board inlaid in the Urban Woods’ Palisades dining table.
I have no idea how I found Urban Woods, a sustainable furniture maker, but was totally taken with their reclaimed wood furniture. I loved the Earthiness and simplicity of the pieces. But the Company does not stop there. They also uses nontoxic, water based stains to [...]

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Franmar Soy Gel Stripper Meets it Chandelier Match

April 16, 2009

My life is pretty simple and relatively boring. That was all about to change when I met a vintage chandelier that needed some TLC. It lead me down a road that most would not have taken. Ominous? Kind of. Friday the 13th? Not so scary. It involved stripping (and not the pole type), Franmar Chemical [...]

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Green Talk Reader’s Question: Eco Furniture Shops in Calgary?

October 17, 2008

Photo by permission of Tim O’Brien
I recently received an email from Shannon inquiring about other green furniture stores in Calgary.
“Hello, I am doing a 3rd year university business plan on opening an environmental furniture shop here in Calgary. I was wondering if you may have any useful information for me about who may be a [...]

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Home Depot Offers Free Recycling for Burnt-Out CFL

July 4, 2008

What are some of my pet peeves? They are as follows: People who urinate on the toilet seats and don’t clean up after themselves, CFLs recycling, people who do not call you back, and plastic pots recycling. Okay, 2 green pet peeves and 2 annoying pet peeves. Well, one pet peeve might be going by [...]

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Seltzer Goods: Sassy Green Greeting Cards, Notebooks, and Wrapping Paper

June 5, 2008

Featured above is some of Seltzer Goods’ designs
The first clue that I had that this eco-company who sells greeting cards, journal notebooks, wrapping papers and t-shirts doesn’t take themselves too seriously was the name of their company, Seltzer Goods. Who names their company “Seltzer Goods” when you sell paper products?
Well, co-founder, Brian Gold, likes seltzer [...]

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The Repurposed Home: Breathing New Life into Old Furniture & Accessories

May 15, 2008

Isn’t this chair great? Special Discount Offered to Green Talk Readers!
As the Editor of Green Talk, I receive endless emails from companies asking me to write about their products. Although you may think that this can be overwhelming, I am the fortunate one since I get to meet some amazingly passionate people along the way.
A [...]

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To Re-upholster or Not, This is the Question

March 18, 2008

How many chairs and sofas are put to the curb in the name of worn, outdated, or stained fabric? Well, I am faced with this dilemma. What to do with my family room couches who have been through the civil war. Every day is a new game and different sides. After five [...]

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Cisco Brothers Furniture Creates a Green Living Sanctuary

March 6, 2008

Photo by permission of Cisco Brothers of the Basal Living Collection’s Acacia sofa

Ever since I laid eyes on Cisco Brothers’ environmental Basal Living Collection in its catalog, it was love at first sight. How would I describe this furniture line? Style and sustainability wrapped up in a homey feel.
Cisco Brothers offers two different green [...]

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Oliveira Textiles, Draping Your Home in Sustainability

February 8, 2008

Photo by permission of Oliveira Textiles featuring the Anemone red fabric design
Art imitating life is how I would describe Oliveira Textiles’ newly designed sustainable fabric collection. Their new series, “Ocean,” is fluid, vibrant, and graceful reminding us of Dawn Oliveira’s inspiration, the ocean, in memory of her late fisherman father, who called the sea [...]