The Good Home

If you are not familiar with the term upcycling, let me introduce you. The now popular term was created by the American architect William McDonough and the German chemist Michael Braungart in the book Cradle to Cradle. To upcycle means to take a used possession and make it into another purposeful object.
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My whole life my mother has reiterated time and time again how you should only buy wood furniture that has dovetail joints. Naturally, this trivia seeped into my mind, and stuck with me. Recently, I heard myself sharing the little gem of knowledge with a friend who has to furnish her new home form top [...]

Value, quality, durability, comfort, appearance. A complete definition of good home furniture would have to incorporate all of those terms. Of course not every piece in your home has to be designer, nor expensive. There are plenty of items that you can purchase and “make do” with, but we won’t be discussing those here. Our [...]