From Green Living Magazine

Copenhagen is a family-owned, contemporary furniture store with locations in Arizona and Texas passionate about the intersection of contemporary design and sustainability. Rooted in designs focused on simplicity, practicality and elegance, Copenhagen Living strives to provide customers with quality products that are built to last. Copenhagen Living sells products from several high-quality and eco-conscious brands, all of which apply sustainable practices to their business and production models.

Luonto is [a] leading sustainable furniture brand sold by Copenhagen Living. By sourcing the highest quality materials and using only the parts essential for design, Luonto is able to minimize the resources used in production. This drastically reduces not only its carbon footprint, but also the customers’, by providing quality pieces that last at least 10 years. 

In addition, Luonto factories process and manufacture raw materials in a way that avoids unnecessary waste. According to the company website, “Our sustainable manufacturing practices are just part of our heritage, it’s done simply because it’s who we are and where we come from.” As an example, the Monika Sleeper features a “nest” mechanism, where the mattress is compactly folded underneath the seat, and can be pulled out one side at a time. It also features high-quality construction and custom options that reflects Luonto’s commitment to long-lasting design and functional products.

One way Luonto puts their principles into practice is by reusing their byproducts. For instance, they repurpose the nearly six tons of sawdust produced weekly from the wood cutting process by compressing the dust into pellets that fuel their production furnaces – as well as local businesses – during the winter. Fabric is also reused to make a sound-dampening felt on some of Luonto’s functional furniture. Luonto believes functional furniture built today can last a generation, as such pieces “create the very environments in which we live, where moments are formed, and memories made.”