Comments on: Eco Friendly Furniture for Earth Day – Made in Los Angeles

By: Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:56:42 +0000

Buying reclaimed wood furniture helps the environment in many ways. The main benefit of using reclaimed wood is that no trees need to be cut, milled, transported to market. Urban Woods uses locally sourced reclaimed wood that comes from old buildings that are close by. In many cases the reclaimed wood from these old buildings was originally cut about 100 years ago from old growth trees. During a trees life it absorbs carbon dioxide. The carbon that the tree absorbs is trapped in the wood and not released unless it is burned or left to rot in a landfill. By continuing to use the wood we are keeping the carbon locked in the wood and by not using new wood we are allowing a living tree to continue living and absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.

By: Marta

Marta — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:17:43 +0000

This was a very interesting article. But how exactly is buying reclaimed(green) furniture helping our environment?

By: gina bosworth

gina bosworth — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:22:09 +0000

Looking for info about uses for discarded urban trees. POssibilities so far are furniture, flooring, cabinets, counter tops. Delaware Center for Horticulture and City of Wilmington DE are researching this project. What cities and non-profits are doing similar projects?

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:05:17 +0000

Your pieces are so beautiful! I appreciate that there are companies like yours making old into new again, it just makes sense!