Re: What does "green" furniture mean?

When Chippendale made furniture he didn't have much competition and could charge pretty well whatever he wanted.  With a shortage of expensive furniture nothing was ever thrown away.  Even to-day these things don't get dumped because they are worth too much.

Green furniture lasts forever, and dosen't pollute when you burn it.  Firemen have a very high rate of brain cancer because of the smoke they inhale.

If you only make "Green" furniture, you will not sell enough to feed your kids.

How about charging a refundable deposit (maybe just the cost of shipping) on all items you sell, and design stuff (from anything) that you can reconfigure or safely dispose of.    I really like that idea - too bad I've already given it away.

I get my exotic hardwoods from the pallets used to import bulk shipments from overseas.  Sometimes, I have to fight off the scroungers looking for firewood.

AND I did the paint mixing thing when I painted my kids car.  I used regular eurothane which only came in pure hard colours. (I know it's plastic - but what's the option? )  I used the regular paint rather than expensive auto products with the real nasty solvents - so that it would stay tacky enough to dust the whole thing with glass micro-spheres using a cattle duster.

It was dark green and at night you could see it for miles.