We begin with only the highest grade of black cherrywood for each piece of Green Design Furniture. Our wood arrives in a rough-milled state. The first stages preparation, jointing and planing, reveal a board’s character and determine its’ end use. Boards are hand picked for grain and color. Sapwood (the outer layers of the log) is trimmed away for primary surfaces. The matching of boards when gluing up a panel for a table-top or door requires an artistic eye and great deal of experience to consistently produce a harmonic composition. In most production shops, boards are not matched, and the furniture is usually stained to produce an even color. Unfortunately, stain robs the finished product of depth and the character that makes each board unique. The basic components for each production run are assembled and glued together using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, the strongest and most durable way to permanently attach two pieces of wood. Up to this point, the process resembles traditional woodworking.

We have spent the last ten years fine-tuning our methods and technologies. Our unique manufacturing process has improved by inventing and fabricating our own machines and production patterns. We perform operations on wood that had never been considered possible by furniture manufacturers. Each component is precisely machined in a carefully choreographed series of steps. Adjustments are made in increments of 5/1000 of an inch to achieve the perfect fit for the sliding dovetails. After the completed pieces are sanded and finished, they are test assembled before final inspection and signed by the craftsman and designer. The parts are wrapped in foam and nestled carefully in custom-made cardboard cartons. All of our shipping cartons have been tested and approved by FedEx to insure safe delivery to you.

About

Creating Furniture
Designing Series 2
Cherry Wood
Manufacturing
Finishing
Packing
Patented Joinery
Assembly Video
Douglas Green
F.A.Q.'s
Customer Reviews
Green is More Than Just a Name

What's New

NEW ITEMS
Doza Collection
Neehi™ Collection for Flat Screen TVs
S2 Bookcases
S2 Dining Hutch

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Visit Us In Portland, Maine

February 2004
Read an interview with Doug Green in Connected Home