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The Joinery
Furniture with an eye to the past
Since 1982, when Marc Gaudin started out in a garage in Portland, OR, The Joinery has been consumed with crafting fine furniture for the home and office. Almost 20 years later, the business is a tight-knit group of 30+ people. In building furniture, they combine old-world techniques with modern machinery. Solid hardwood construction, hand-rubbed oil finishes, and joinery techniques, such as the mortise and tenon, dovetail, and rabbet, are executed with perfection in mind.
"This multifaceted team designs, builds and delivers some of the most unbelievably awesome furniture I have seen." says Marc. Each heirloom is built to order and comes complete with the craftsperson's signature. When visiting the showroom, customers can also view the 10,000-square-foot shop and watch the craftspeople at work.
A business with an eye on the future
Marc's goals have been the same for many years: To build high quality, functional art at a reasonable price; to value and empower the employees; and to give something back to the community. In this light, The Joinery supports many local charitable organizations and uses FSC-certified CollinsWood for the majority of their work.
The Joinery decided to feature FSC-certified CollinsWood in their furniture because the values embodied in the wood-maintaining the forest's total ecological integrity, minimizing the impact of harvesting on biological diversity, respecting the rights of forest dependent communities, and conserving the forest's economic values-resonated with their own management philosophy. They think using FSC-certified CollinsWood is a way of ensuring that forests will be here for generations to come. In addition to their use of CollinsWood, they make every effort to minimize their impact on the environment: They have stopped using mahogany because of the dangers presented by improper harvesting, and recycling and reusing materials is vigorously encouraged in all aspects of day-to-day operations.
The Collins Company salutes The Joinery not only for building heirloom-quality furniture for future generations, but also for operating in a manner that places them in the vanguard of environmentally-friendly businesses.
Contact Information
The Joinery
4804 SE Woodstock Blvd
Portland, OR 97206
503.788.8547