Furniturea Information

Furniturea is designed and made right here in the beautiful State of Maine. Our skilled team of designers and woodworkers builds your furniture - start to finish - in our Westbrook, ME workshop. How is your furniture made? Every new design starts with an idea - a vision, a concept, a question - that we prototype on the workbench, the old fashioned way. Once a new design is established, we build each piece to order using a combination of old and new technologies. This hybridized approach to manufacturing allows us to maximize efficiency, reduce waste, and remain true to our carpentry roots. Who is the designer? Furniturea operates using a collaborative design approach. New ideas might start with Brian or Malia, but new pieces are prototyped and refined by the entire production team. Our design process is iterative by nature - everyone is involved and invested creating the best possible outcome. What is your furniture made from? Furniturea uses a combination of sustainably produced materials to build your furniture. All materials - from kiln dried hardwoods to recycled composites - are free of any added formaldehyde and meet California's 2009 clean air standards, the strictest production standards in the world. Our Local First approach to sourcing materials means that our wood products are traceable - entirely harvested in the US and Canada - and our durable, water-based finishes are made from scratch for us in Vermont. Is your furniture "green"? Yes! We take our environmental responsibilities seriously and believe they should encompass what is made, how it's made, what it's made from, and how employees and customers are treated along the way. All manufacturing occurs in our Westbrook workshop using skilled local labor. Our team is made of craftspeople who™ve been with the company an average of 15 years. We love what we do, and we've been doing it now for 40+ years. Our furniture is designed to maximize the utilization of raw materials and minimize the production of waste. Large panels are cut using computer ...