How Sustainable Are Our Practices?

A rooftop view of the backside of our plant where corn is grown on the property.

At Manchester Wood we live sustainability. From corn growing in our backyard behind our mill, to our leftover sawdust used for many local farmers animal bedding. We care about our environment, and we feel what pertains most to our customers is our lumber practices, a key element, as that’s our introduction to your home.

Every few years the standards lower for lumber grading, which is at a near constant drop in quality due to carbon dioxide emissions climbing in our atmosphere. The evolution of trees has been curved greatly by man, the practices as a World society we have.

With this honest review of a key natural resource, Manchester Wood is here to prove that we’re one of the leaders in an eco-conscious society with the product we provide. Not to mention the far exceeding quality compared to similar products made in China and Vietnam, where practices with natural resources are startling, and are leading to a quickly diminishing environment, which in turn, hurts our trees here in America, and the World.

In a recent press release, “Manchester Wood Commits to Producing Environmentally Sustainable Furniture,” our President Ed Eriksen addresses the need for small businesses to take on an eco-conscious approach:

“We understand that the move toward environmentally sustainable manufacturing needs to be initiated and promoted by small businesses. Our goal is to create top quality furniture from beautiful American hardwoods for homes and offices with minimal impact on the environment. In fact, we believe that by sourcing our wood from sustainable forests, we are greatly enhancing the crafts that we offer to our customers.”

Our raw North American lumber from New England before it's milled and crafted into our furniture.

If you purchase wood furniture from our major overseas competitors, you’re buying into their practices, and much of it goes unchecked. Manchester Wood partners with the most responsible and caring lumber companies in the World, with a careful eye on eco-systems, proper tree growth, and most importantly, providing a healthy piece of material for crafting.

We hope this information solidifies your decision in supporting businesses with healthy practices, and a quality in product to back it up. For more information on our commitment to environmentally sustainable furniture, click here.

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Space Effective Furniture

Manchester Wood prides itself on producing small, compact furniture with storage solutions in several styles of locations for the home. We’ve released several top sellers this past year that our ideal in Apartments, Condominiums, Senior Homes, and those tight spaces needing to be utilized.

Check out our Cabinet Furniture

Our Chairside Storage Table is an item we discuss often, as it has been praised the most by customers for it’s convenient uses. Also our Compact Desk is great for paying bills, or for a tight computer space, and handling other basic dealings for the home.

Jelly Cabinets have also been taking off, a classic design with tons of storage space. Our Tall Double Jelly Cabinet was actually recently selected by ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer’s Made in America series.

For mobility, our Multipurpose Cart and TV Tray Tables have always been a great choice. Both items have been classic products over the past 25 years for us. We’ve experienced nothing but positive feedback since their introduction.

From the aesthetic prospective, our Underwindow Bookcase and Periodical End Table are the best fit. The Underwindow Bookcase is beautifully designed to store your possessions while giving you a clear view to see the beauty that surrounds you outside – which at times can be a critical way to gain inspiration.

Whatever you’re looking for when it comes to furniture, especially space effective pieces, please consider Manchester Wood – crafted in America from Solid Hardwood.

Check out our online catalog here: http://www.manchesterwood.com

Where do you put your stuff?

“That’s all your house is, it’s a pile of stuff with a cover on it…”

George Carlin jokingly (perhaps not) once conveyed about our lives.

We all, generally speaking, do love stuff, and we do need places for that stuff.

Our Storage Solutions line is our answer to that call.

We’ve focused on space efficiency and functionality along with style in storing items. From the early stages of our company we produced the popular Multipurpose Cart, a Periodical End Table with Magazine Rack, and more recently our deceiving stuff holding piece, the Chairside Storage Table. Perfect for hiding away most possessions in a classy end table fashion.

“The Mill,” which is what most of our employees call our factory, is located near one of the richest slate deposits in the World. Glacial masses imprinted our land with beautifully colored slate thousands of years ago, leaving us to work with it.

We’ve used local slate on many pieces of furniture, and one of those pieces includes the Slate Top Console Table. It’s a magnificent piece of furniture with great storage capacity.

So that’s our take on stuff, although it doesn’t define us, we do like holding onto things we cherish, which reaches far beyond furniture… and stuff.

Check out our Storage Solutions section here.