The Importance of Long Lasting Furniture

I've been thinking about the issue of carbon capture in connection with furniture recently, and it seems to be something that even some environmentally conscious people seem to forget about.

Good quality furniture, built specifically to last is so much more environmentally friendly than anything else, and here are the reasons why.

Materials like chipboard are environmentally friendly in one respect, in that they recycle waste materials into something practical, and used in the right context can be great for the environment. On the other hand, some of the furniture built using these materials isn't built to quality or to last. The same goes for some solid wood furniture which is made from clear cut forests which are then sometimes badly seasoned or machined. These woods, cut from suspect sources ruin the local environment and the atmosphere. Customers then encounter problems and the replacement of these items is inevitable.

And that is where I have an issue with these materials and lower quality furniture, for while chipboard is made from "waste material" and therefore "reclaimed" to some extent, it's also hugely disposable because furniture made from it is often of such low quality, it's thrown away after a few years. The same goes for the solid wood furniture with a high failure rate, and in this case, it's even worse, since the wood gathered for it is straight from the rainforest, and effectively goes straight from a tree onto the junk pile.

Upon disposal of any piece of furniture, the carbon is released from the wood into the atmosphere.

Good quality furniture, built to last, captures carbon for the longest time possible. The wood is seasoned correctly, made into furniture which should last for at least a lifetime, and provided it's cherished and not thrown away, the carbon from that tree remains captured for as long as the wood doesn't rot or get burnt.

So, surely one helping hand in the quest for mankind to capture more carbon is to build high quality furniture from sustainable sources, since rotting or burning trees release more carbon, and not investing in quality, or investing in something which will be thrown away in two years means we all end up with a ruined environment.

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Fitted Furnishings from Sustainable Sources

We are proud to announce the latest exciting development in our shop.

Having been furniture makers and designers for the last 35 years, we have been party to designing and building some amazing fitted interiors, soon to be displayed at our shop in Warlingham.

In a few weeks' time we should have our office fitted, showing all our customer how we can build the most beautiful fitted libraries and studies. Previously having fitted a study in the British Embassy in Podgorica, we're happy that we can build an office fit for, well, ambassadors.

A few weeks' after that, we will have a fitted bedroom suite put in the bedroom area of our shop. This will be carefully designed and created by ourselves and our expert team.

Shortly after that, at the front of our shop we will be displaying a modern media wall.

These are all currently on the design board and in the making.

Probably the thing which makes me most proud is the fact that all of these goods are produced locally from sustainable materials, and therefore are all exceptionally environmentally friendly.

Of course, this goes for all of our excellent shop displaying beautiful European built responsibly farmed modern oak furniture, English built sustainable, traditional cherry wood furniture, environmentally friendly accessories and fair trade goods.

If you would like to talk to us about your ideas for bespoke interiors, take a look at warlinghamfurniture.co.uk please contact us on 01883 626 629, or e-mail us at sales@warlinghamfurniture.co.uk, and we would be delighted to help.