Is Log Furniture Green?

Today I’m going to talk about the conception that the makers of log furniture and rustic furniture are hurting the environment.  In all actuality this is the furthest from the truth.  Our factory and the other log furniture manufacturers that we work with are in my opinion some of the ‘greenest’ people in the rustic furniture business.   I would even go so far to say that we/they are the ‘greenest’ people in the whole furniture business – rustic and modern. How can I say such a thing?  Well let’s look and see where our logs come from.  At our Log Furniture Place Factory we use the leftover logs from the log cabin industry.  They use the larger lower parts of the trees and we use the tops that are too small for them to use.  The logs that would normally go to waste.  For our more rustic line of log furniture – our Cedar Lake collection – we use dead standing trees and aged logs.  Our friends and associates also practice the same techniques as us.  Those who create the beautiful reclaimed barn wood you see on our site gather their wood from old barns – usually 100+ years old – reusing what would have gone to waste.  I don’t believe modern furniture companies can claim the same. You can’t go through a day without hearing something about the environment.  If the earth friendly activists would stop for a moment and really look into what furniture is actually eco-friendly I believe that you would see a lot more log furniture out in the world.  I can only imagine how word would spread.  Log Benches in waiting rooms and in foyers of large companies.  Log dining tables in your workplace break room and in restaurants.  Rustic vanities in bathrooms.  Log beds and rustic dressers in hotels and motels.  The list would go on and on.  It would create a demand for rustic furniture that would send prices soaring!