4 Eco-Friendly Furniture Pieces You Can Find in Seattle
Embrace your Pacific Northwest nature by incorporating sustainable, environmentally friendly pieces into your space
By Chelsea Lin & Nia Martin April 8, 2018
This article originally appeared in the April 2018 issue of Seattle magazine.
This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue, as part of the “Favorite Home Shops” feature story. Click here to subscribe.
Tirto’s Capitol Hill store (Capitol Hill, 1908 E Mercer St.; 206.322.0597) carries rustically elegant furniture—like this solid wood teak root coffee table (above; pricing varies by size, $1,100 for 39 inches square by 16 inches high)—handmade in the Tirtoprodjo family’s Indonesian workshop.
Photographs by Ecobalanza (chair, robinson); Plank&Grain (shelves)
EcoBalanza (SoDo, 624 S Lander St.; 888.220.6020) specializes in luxury upholstered furniture made with organic, natural (and most importantly, nontoxic) materials. The regal, tufted Cleo chair (above, left; $5,100 for the first-tier fabrics; $7,575 for vegetable-tanned leather) is the brand’s most elaborately crafted piece, taking some 40 hours of hand labor.
These are no factory-made distressed wood shelves—Plank&Grain (Chinatown–International District, 666 S King St.; 206.659.9884) uses only reclaimed local lumber, mostly old-growth Douglas fir, to make its custom industrial chic pieces. These boxy shelves (above, right) can be made in any size, from wall-mounted units for the whole wall to freestanding bookshelves ($1,000–$1,500).
Photograph by Couch
Eco-friendly sofa supplier Couch makes custom pieces, many of which you can peruse in the showroom (Ballard, 5304 Ballard Ave. NW; 206.633.6108). And by custom, we mean more than just upholstery—you can choose every detail from size to firmness. The Oliver couch ($2,400–$4,500), introduced last August, is available in hundreds of fabric choices and leather (for about twice the cost).
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