At Eat Sleep Live we are doing our bit to conserve the environment as all the wood we use to craft our handmade furniture is reclaimed. This approach not only helps the environment but also enables us to produce beautiful pieces of furniture. Reclaimed wood is derived from trees that have grown and matured over hundreds of years, which, in turn, gives each piece individuality, character and beauty. As you will see, the strength and attractiveness of our furniture is borne out of the wood’s maturity which wouldn't even be achievable using virgin timbers.

Reclaimed pine is also a world away from the new pine we all know today, it should almost be called something else so as to not to be related. It is much harder and each piece of wood has its own unique character and history embedded within it.

Efficient use of timber and the minimization re-use and recycling of waste are key elements of sustainable wood use, but have received relatively little attention to date. The ongoing forest crisis, together with growing volumes of timber waste and increasing concerns over waste disposal, mean that wood waste is rapidly rising up the agenda.

The ongoing forestry crisis and increasing amount of timber waste, coupled with increasing concerns over waste disposal all add to the strong argument for using reclaimed wood in furniture production. www.globaltrees.org estimate that less than 10% of wood waste is recycled and at least 3,000 tonnes of reusable timber from the demolition of old buildings is land filled or burnt every working day in the UK. Much of this wood could be re-used in a variety of ways including furniture production and the restoration of property.

In a world which is very wasteful, it’s fantastic to be able to create beautiful pieces of furniture from what is all too often, a discarded material. So you might say we are a furniture specialist with an environmental policy.