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Archive | Furniture

Sushi Hyacinth Daybed

Sushi Hyacinth Daybed

Upgrade: $3,600 Hyacinth is a renewable and fast growing material that can be woven together creating marvelous fabric like coverings. The Sushi Daybed uses woven hyacinth over a rattan frame to create a mellifluous structure. Like bamboo, the growth rate of hyacinth is astounding and is adapted to perfect functionality and beauty with the Sushi Daybed. [...]

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Heavenly Furniture with EcoLightInside Paint

Heavenly Furniture with EcoLightInside Paint

Upgrade The Fullmoon sideboard, designed by Sotirios Papadopoulos and produced by EnneZero, is a truly unique piece.  This seemingly simple sideboard has an image of the moon painted on with luminous paint that glows when you turn out the lights.  The luminosity comes from the EcoLightInside (ELI) paint, that Sotirios invented.  ELI is comprised of [...]

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Ryan Frank’s Salvaged Wood Strata Furniture

Ryan Frank’s Salvaged Wood Strata Furniture

Upgrade: $TBD You can feel good about these trash turned treasure beauties. Ryan Frank’s range of Strata furniture is made from wood salvaged from old office furniture. This range consists of a chair, stool, coffee table, & a dining table and has a unique shape and unfinished look.

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The Sofa Max Claw Foot Tub Couch

The Sofa Max Claw Foot Tub Couch

Upgrade: $2,900 Well god help anyone that has to pay shipping for this tank of a couch but man is it sweet! Constructed from an antique, solid iron, claw foot bathtub of yore is the Sofa Max. You get to personalize the fabric used to upholster this reused behemoth and have the peace of mind knowing [...]

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Cycling + Recycling = Amazing Eco-friendly Furniture

Cycling + Recycling = Amazing Eco-friendly Furniture

Upgrade: $275+ Designer Andy Gregg has combined two things we love, Cycling & Recycling, to make a third, well designed functional furniture!   A cyclist & a bike mechanic with a fine art degree, Gregg has been creating comfortable and durable furniture out of old bike parts since 1990.  He’s now incorporating parts and pieces [...]

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Bamboo Spring Chair by Modern Bamboo

Bamboo Spring Chair by Modern Bamboo

Upgrade: $690 This modern beauty designed by Anthony Marschak is called the Spring Chair, because of the gentle rocking motion it gets from the strong, flexible and rapidly renewable bamboo.   It is features a non-toxic finish, plus, the design minimizes weight and material waste.  Contoured and tapered to fit the body this breath taking [...]

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Thinking Green Outside the Blox… Fun & Versitile

Thinking Green Outside the Blox… Fun & Versitile

Upgrade: $60 Booya Bloxes!  At first glance you may think “how are these cardboard cut outs green?” Basically they are a versatile, reusable, & biodegradable replacement for almost anything…

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