Originally I was attracted to SMC Furnishings by the reuse of discarded saddles in their may lounge chair that I saw at ICFF earlier this year. But since I love more streamlined minimal design I really like their pw stool/tables that play with contrasting lighter and darker wood. They almost look like metal combined with wood at a first glance, but the beauty is that they’re made out of antique long leaf hard pine and African wenge wood or hickory.
SMC Furnishings is a small New York based company that produces handcrafted and eco-friendly furniture.
In fact 90% of their wood comes from waste and recycled sources like reclaimed building timbers or locally sourced trees downed by storms, disease or nuisance issues. The company’s commitment to a sustainable work environment shows in their philosophy of no waste. In 2004 they converted three early 19th century barns in the Finger Lakes region of New York into a workspace with low impact on the environment. Every piece of leftover wood is re-milled until it can’t be re-cut anymore and even then it’s used as fuel to heat the facility. I love companies that live what they preach and I applaud SMC Furnishings for implementing sustainable practices into their furniture as well as workspace. Luckily a lot of their eco-friendly benches or stools look great at any lobby or retail store that will hopefully inspire more sustainable business practices in other companies as well.
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