8 Women-Led Eco-Friendly Furniture Brands to Furnish Your Space
Whether you need sustainable furniture for your office space, dining room, living room, bedroom or even patio, these sustainable furniture brands have you covered to help consciously furnish your space. They are led by top female talents not afraid to challenge the industry norms.
What is Sustainable Furniture?
The best choices for sustainable furniture are those that are created from recycled/repurposed materials or materials that have certain eco-friendly characteristics. Furniture brands that prioritize sustainability promote a closed-loop, regenerative model of recycling that will encourage prolonging the lifetime of a furniture piece or material. More specifically, sustainable furniture has minimal environmental impact by using:
Materials that come from renewable sources/ Recycled materials
Minimal environmental pollutants
Local materials and/or manufacturing that reduce a piece’s carbon footprint
What are some sustainable material choices for furniture?
Some suitable choices for sustainable materials include those made from recycled items such as salvaged wood, recycled textiles, and reused materials. Natural materials like hemp, cotton, bamboo, ratan, and many more are excellent choices for furniture.
Our Picks for Sustainable Brands
Sabai is a new furniture brand founded by two women, Phantila Phataraprasit and Caitlin Ellen, who aspire to make home furnishings more eco-friendly and affordable. Their goal is to set a new standard for eco-friendly, affordable, and beautiful furniture. Sabai products are designed so that customers can repair the damaged parts or even sell back older sofas, thus extending the life of their furniture. Sabai provides responsible closed-loop solutions, sources materials locally, uses plastic free shipping, ensures their wood and foam is certified, and even uses recycled, natural fabrics.
Hightower has been offering unique,sustainable designs for workspaces since 2003. Hightower Co-Founder & CEO Natalie Hartkopf works closely with global designers to identify fresh and functional pieces. Hightower is committed toward closing the loop between manufacturers and the A&D community, fostering healthy, safe environments, and investing material health and transparency. They also achieved certification for our low-emitting products, meaning they contribute to healthier indoor air quality. People often associate sustainability with higher cost, but we are working to keep our sustainable products affordable.
CEO and Founder & CEO Karen John launched Heartwork in response to a growing need for great design for the workspace. Heartwork is committed to sustainability across their supply chain. In fact, all their products are GREENGUARD Gold and HPD certified and made well in the USA. Their build-to-order model minimizes the carbon footprint of their products. All products contain recycled material and can be recycled at the end of their lifecycle. They are committed to design and utility and collaborate with companies of all sizes.
Made Trade is a woman-owned, family-run company that provides beautiful, ethically made and sustainably sourced products for their home and wardrobes. In 2018, Cayley Pater and Andy Ives launched Made Trade and since then they’ve ensured the company promotes fair wages above profits, sustainability above mass production, quality craftsmanship above mindless consumption, and transparency above all else. Their products are hand-selected, beautifully-designed, and ethically-made. Made Trade is Climate Neutral Certified, supports regenerative fashion, and provides products from a variety of fair trade, vegan, sustainable,USA made, and heritage products that are handmade by makers and artisans around the world.
CEO and Founder Aimee Robinson created Ecobalanza to make green sofas made with meaning that are not commercially manufactured. EcoBalanza is a Seattle-based brand that provides custom organic sofas that are handcrafted by their team of talented artisans. They use natural and non-toxic materials that are locally sourced as much as possible. Ecobalanza opts for organic cotton due to its low environmental impact and generational durability. Additionally, all of their partners have 3rd party certifications like the Forest Stewardship Council, the Global Organic Textile Standard, Global Organic Latex Standard, and Greenguard.
Sage Interiors (formally loved as TREE Eco Home Furnishing) was founded by Nicole Wakely and is a luxury home furnishing company with mindful, award-winning design at its core. They are committed to offering natural or sustainable materials that are reclaimed, FSCTM-certified, or sustainably sourced. Sage Interiors has already planted over 80,000 trees globally. Additionally they give back to communities through non-profits like Trees4Trees (T4T), Forterra, Compass-360 Association, and NW Furniture Bank. In addition, to their gallery and online shop, Sage Interiors offers design and styling services to help style your home.
At Urban Wood Goods, founded by Erin True, they pride themselves for adopting and adapting old woods from historic buildings in the deconstruction phase to create sustainable furniture. Their mission is to preserve the inherent equity and appreciation of these valuable timbers by sourcing all wood within 100 miles of their workshop thus lowering their carbon footprint while eliminating any contribution to deforestation and landfills. Urban Wood Goods has decade-long relationships with contractors who specialize in deconstruction, thus giving them access to these historical woods. Sustainability guides all aspects of their business from lumber sourcing and design, to manufacturing efficiencies and innovation.
Founder and CEO of Pollima, Ardilla Deneys, created the company to design furniture pieces that shift away from antiquated, carbon dioxide-producing methods of manufacturing. Their mission is to create and design in a way that mimics the natural, regenerative processes of our planet earth. Pollima is America’s first carbon-negative furniture company and is 100% transparent. These products are made to last since they are made from recycled metal and a highly pressurized hemp byproduct which is stronger than wood. Production is expected to begin at the end of 2021 and it will be entirely waste-free and all materials are fully recycled or organic.