Here at NaturalUpholstery.com, healthy upholstery is a big part of Health & Sustainable Living – for you and for the planet. We all want to feel assured that our home environment is safe from harmful chemicals, and that includes our furniture. The posts in this category contain links to front-line science to help you make your own informed decisions about your upholstery choices. Green organizations are working to improve reporting by furniture manufacturers to help you learn how to identify upholstered furniture that contains toxins, and providing recommendations for how to avoid them. In our rapidly changing economy, we are exploring the edges of what is possible for the re-upholstery industry, including restoration, remanufacture, emerging technologies and new materials & methods.

Do we have a Furniture Waste problem? or do we have a Design Problem?

By |2022-03-29T17:57:20+00:00March 25th, 2022|Upholstery Health & Sustainable Living|

  Our Systems Reflect Our Values Furniture waste is one of those Elephant in the room issues: Elephant in the room (definition): A major problem [...]

‘Green’ Choices in Upholstery Fabric (is there such a thing?)

By |2022-01-09T20:25:37+00:00June 27th, 2020|Upholstery Health & Sustainable Living|

CAN you Green your Textile Choices? Choosing a natural, HEALTHY fabric for your upholstery project can be a challenging process. Fortunately, we have the work [...]

Upholstery in the ‘New’ Economy

By |2022-05-30T23:59:26+00:00April 14th, 2020|Design & Inspiration, Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Health & Sustainable Living|

What lies beyond COVID-19? I want to share a vision for Upholstery's future, but first I want to acknowledge that things are far from normal [...]

Fabric Smorgasbord at the Boston Design Center

By |2020-06-14T20:38:51+00:00October 31st, 2018|Design & Inspiration, Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Health & Sustainable Living|

'Purely natural' fibers remain an anomaly in the world of upholstery fabrics, so it took some digging to find the showrooms that had them on [...]

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