The folks at New Mexico-based Pfeifer Studio are doing their part to create fine home furnishings while simultaneously aiding efforts to sustain their local environment.  Two new tables from the Studio provide a couple of fine examples of sustainable design and manufacturing practices.

Locally harvested, eco-friendly and full of visual pizazz, the Rio Grande Side Table (above), sculpted from Cottonwood, is created from wood taken from from standing, dead or dying trees cleared from burn areas along the Rio Grande River.  Part of an effort to rehabilitate the area, the trees were harvested and turned into cleverly shaped side tables and finished with a non-toxic topcoat finish.  Each table will feature its own unique cracks and crevices that will naturally occur as the wood shrinks and ages.  The cracks don’t affect the structural integrity of the piece, but do enhance its natural character.

The Russian Olive Stump Table (above) is made from the wood of the Russian Olive tree, an invasive, non-native species introduced as an ornamental to New Mexico in the early 20th Century.  The trees are being removed from the Bosque (the flood plain along the river) in an effort to help restore the eco-system where the Russian Olive has been crowding out native trees along with other non-native species like Salt Cedars and Siberian Elms.  Pfeifer Studio has been snatching them up to make cool, organic side tables.

As an added environmental plus, Pfeifer Studio will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of these two new exclusive table designs to Tree New Mexico — New Mexico non-profit dedicated to ensuring sustainable forests in urban and rural communities.