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Home » Homes » Furniture » Stylish & sustainable teak furniture

Stylish & sustainable teak furniture

2nd January 2021 by Expat Living 6 Min Read

https://expatliving.sg/quality-sustainable-teak-wood-furniture-in-singapore/

Teak wood furniture ticks all the boxes when it comes to shopping for your Singapore home. It’s water resistant, durable and there are some strikingly stylish teak pieces on the market that are sustainable too.

The naturally oily nature of teak wood furniture means it repels water and helps prevent termites and decay, perfect for Singapore’s humid climate. You can also choose between (not so environmentally friendly) newly logged teak, teak produced from monitored sources, or reclaimed and recycled teak, ticking the sustainable credentials. Here’s our take on top teak furniture in the stores you may want to add to your home furniture wish list.

Originals

originals teak furniture console
originals teak furniture dining
originals teak wood furniture desk
originals teak furniture white dining
originals teak wood furniture bedroom
originals teak furniture storage
originals teak coffee table
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Originals teak wood table
originals table teak furniture

At Originals, you’ll find a more modern take on teak. Instead of the dark, varnished variety commonly found throughout Asia, teak furniture at Originals is light, usually whitewashed and designed to fit any contemporary home.

The teak comes from three main sustainable sources (including recycled), which means you might find yourself owning something that once stood in an abandoned house in Java or India. What about an old colonial cabinet, repurposed from India and given a new life with some colour and design tweaks?

The Originals team says that one of its core values is a responsibility to think about the environmental impact of the business. It does this through its choice of suppliers – in fact, the store only works with FSC-certified suppliers – and by selecting the right product ranges. The recycled collection, for example, is specifically designed to use old, character-filled pieces of teak.

1 Bukit Batok Street 22, #05-02/03
6471 9918 | originals.com.sg

Soul & Tables

soul & tables teak furniture

Soul & Tables carries an extensive range of teak furniture from Indonesia, including its latest addition, the Karpenter brand. Karpenter’s designs are manufactured using only sustainable and low impact materials, such as FSC certified reclaimed teak wood. The collection, designed by French designer Hugues Revuelta, has a classy, playful and yet innovative look and feel. Made with longevity in mind, the furniture aims to transcend changing trends.

The store carries teak pieces for every room in the home under its core Ethnicraft brand, which uses raw teak from sustainably-harvested sources with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certifications. To reduce waste, the leftovers and sawdust are repurposed as fuel in drying ovens, or incorporated into furniture. Ethnicraft also works closely with the Indonesian government to ensure strict tree-replanting policies.

Making furniture that is long-lasting is another key to sustainability. For the Ethnicraft team, stellar craftsmanship is an important factor in this. When a product is designed to last, says the store, it reduces the need to purchase new furniture, hence reducing waste.

#02-03 & #02-09 Tan Boon Liat Building
315 Outram Road
9272 1545 | soulandtables.com.sg

Gallery 278 by Esco Leasing

Gallery 278 teak furniture

Gallery 278 specialises in bespoke, custom-built furniture. If you’ve ever had a good look at teak up close, you’ll know why the store chooses to craft the majority of the range in reclaimed teak. It has a rich and beautiful patina, and it lasts. The complete home range by Gallery 278 is designed right here in Singapore. Artisan carpenters then handcraft each piece in Indonesia.

There are other solid woods available too. These have been sustainably harvested then properly kiln-dried and fumigated (which countries like Australia require for import). The forests and plantations are managed according to strict ecological guidelines. Gallery 278 by Esco Leasing is also part of the Tree4Tree programme. For each tree that is cut down for furniture, one more is planted in its place.

And another benefit of the store’s solid teak wood collection? It’ll last for generations to come. According to the Gallery 278 team, one client returned 15 years after making a purchase and said jokingly, “Your furniture will outlive me!”

278 River Valley Road
6737 2322 | gallery278.com

Grey & Sanders

Grey & Sanders teak wood

Grey and Sanders adopts a minimalist Scandi-inspired style, which includes a curated selection of live-edge teak tabletops, that are available in both their stores.

The teak wood is harvested from both Indonesia and Myanmar. The Indonesian teak products are obtained through Perum Perhutani, which is the state-owned forestry enterprise responsible for ensuring the sustainability of their forests. The Burmese teak is typically harvested from forests in Myanmar where the trees are matured and thus the lumber is more stable and durable.

The company ensures that the timber comes from sustainable sources, either through government-controlled or FCS-certified sources. Freshly harvested logs are left to air dry for over a year, which increases their resistance and durability. To ensure quality, they only use logs of diameter 60cm and above, which are at least 50 years old for Indonesian teak and 80 years old for the slower growing Burmese teak.

#06-02 Tan Boon Liat Building, 315 Outram Road
#02-42 Millenia Walk, 9 Raffles Boulevard
8371 8864 | greyandsanders.com

Scanteak

Scanteak sofa teak furniture

Scanteak sells much sought-after Scandinavian-styled teak furniture for the living room, bedroom, dining room and reading room – items that can make a perfect addition to an elegant home.

As teak is such a precious resource, the Indonesian government strictly monitors harvesting. This is to assure the sustainability of teak plantations by allowing only a small number of trees to be cut down each year. A verification system, known as SVLK (Sistem Verificasi Legalitas Kayu), ensures the logs are legally and ethically felled. Each felled tree is also tagged with an ID, so that SVLK officers know exactly how each part of the log is utilised. Scanteak only uses teak from these sustainable and responsible sources. It also ensures that even the smallest pieces don’t go to waste.

Couple this with its work with award-winning designers and you’ve got some seriously stylish and sustainable pieces. Some of these collections, now sold in Singapore, Taiwan and Japan, have won design awards, such as the Singapore President’s Design Award and the Good Design Award (Japan).

60 Sungei Kadut Drive
6368 2802 | scanteak.com.sg

Woody Antique House

woody antique teak wood bar

Originating from Indonesia, Thailand and Burma, Woody Antique House’s indoor teak range includes coffee tables, study desks, dining tables, chairs, bar counters, sideboards, bookshelves, TV consoles and also beds. When it comes to the outdoors, you’ll find teak products including tables, chairs and benches. Can’t find exactly what you’re looking for? Don’t worry, Woody’s can customise furniture to your needs, using recycled teak wood.

Woody Antique House helps to cap the number of new teak trees being cut down each year by using recycled teak that comes from old houses in Indonesia. In addition, the store ensures its supplier is certified annually for its sustainability practices. Meanwhile, the mature teak timber in its products comes from Thailand and Burma. It’s purchased through legal channels from the Thai government, depriving local illegal loggers of business.

13 Dempsey Road, #01-05
6471 1770 | woodyantique.com

WTP – The Furniture Company

WTP teak furniture

Behind the luxury car dealerships in Alexandra sits WTP’s elegant and bright three-storey showroom. The teak furniture available in the store ranges from dining tables and chairs to sideboards, coffee tables and more. Have an idea of something but you just can’t find it? You can also get WTP to prepare a custom-made piece.

The store sources most of its products from Indonesia, with some teak pieces from Sri Lanka and Myanmar, too. Materials used include a combination of new, legally logged teak from sustainable forests and recycled teak. So, you’ll find something at WTP that makes a statement, while also being gentle on the environment. Using recycled teak helps the teak forests to grow and replenish. It also gives old wood a new lease on life rather than having it end up in a dump and contributing to the waste problem.

The store believes that recycled teak is often a better quality than newly logged wood, too, as the new trees in forests today don’t grow for as long as they were able to previously

3 Kung Chong Road
6235 2760 | wtpstyle.com

 

We hope you found this interesting; click here if you’d like to read more.

Categories: Furniture Homes Tags: G278 Gallery 278 Grey and Sanders Originals reclaimed teak reclaimed wood furniture Scanteak Soul and Tables sustainability sustainable sustainable furniture teak teak chairs teak furniture teak tables Woody Antique House WTP The Furniture Company

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