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In case you haven’t noticed, Pfeifer Studio’s Eco-friendly collection just got bigger, and just in time for Earth Week! With a heightened awareness of saving the earth’s resources and buying products that are more environmentally-friendly, you won’t want to miss out on these seriously fun and uniquely constructed Pfeifer Finds - the Contemporary Bamboo Stool and the Bamboo Cube Table.


Bamboo Cube Table - 16 x 16 x 16 inches - $249 + Free Delivery

There’s a lot of hype surrounding bamboo lately, and it’s no surprise. Showing up in many different forms, this abundant plant is gaining recognition for its organic nature. For those of you wondering whether the hype is a trend or new way of thinking, I took the “bamboo challenge” and here’s what I found out. According to two noteworthy online resources, Gaiam Life: Your Guide to Better Living and EcoVillageGreen, I found out bamboo really does have a lot to offer our planet—especially as a building material and hardwood alternative.

Unlike a typical diminishing hardwood forest that can take up to 40 years to grow and harvest, a bamboo grove can be harvested and replanted within a seven year time period. Sending 35% more oxygen into the air than a cluster of trees taking up the same land space, bamboo is hearty and can be used to make a variety of products from flooring to furniture and fabrics. The fastest growing plant we know of, it is degradable, regenerates on its own, and grows up to four feet a day without pesticides and fertilizers. Although the manufacturing process uses extensive energy resources to pressure steam the bamboo, I’m thoroughly convinced that it will soon be a new way of thinking once manufacturers find a way to make the process 100% green.

Detail of our new Bamboo Cube Table
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Now that we know the business of bamboo is not just a trend, there’s even more reason to consider the Contemporary Bamboo Stool and Bamboo Cube Table.
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A personal favorite, the 16” square Bamboo Cube Table stands alone as a conversation piece or makes for the ultimate magazine rest. An assortment of bamboo poles stacked together and joined with an interior frame, this table is contemporary, timeless, and oh so clever.

Contemporary Bamboo Stool - 17 diameter x 18 H inches - $125 + Free Delivery
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Beautiful spun bamboo with a clear lacquer finish, the durable Bamboo Stool is something you’ll be proud to seat your extra guests on. An adorable mushroom-like shape with a comfortable scooped seat, you could even bring it into the garden with you on a warm sunny day.
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Honor the earth and celebrate great design with these latest additions to the Pfeifer Studio collection. And, because it’s earth week, don’t forget to take 20% off of these styles and more from our ever-growing Eco-friendly category until April 28th. Enter code EARTH DAY at checkout.
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The Holiday Season is right around the corner and we are excited to announce a special partnership that starts today, which we will run until the end of the year. As part of our commitment to give back, for every order of $50+ placed online or in our retail studio, we will make a $1 donation to help plant native trees along the banks of the Rio Grande River here in New Mexico, in collaboration with Tree New Mexico.

Tree New Mexico (http://www.treenm.com/) is dedicated to ensuring sustainable forests in urban and rural communities and natural areas through restoration, public education and advocacy. Incorporated in May of 1990 and recognized nationally, Tree New Mexico is known to be one of the most successful urban and rural tree planting efforts in the nation.

The Tree NM Center in Albuquerque's North Valley

Its partners and volunteers have planted over 950,000 trees in New Mexico and on Navajoland in Arizona. Pfeifer Studio’s donations to Tree New Mexico will benefit a restoration project in the 17 mile stretch of open space that spans Albuquerque’s riparian woodlands, locally known as the bosque, which surround the Rio Grande River and passes less than a mile from our North Valley studio.
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The Nursery at Tree NM
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The supported project is focused on restoring the bosque through the removal of non-native invasive species; primarily Salt Cedar, Russian Olive, Mulberry, Tree of Heaven and Siberian Elm.

As importantly the project then replants native trees, such as Cottonwood, New Mexico Olive, Choke Cherry and Black Willow. The non-native species harm the eco-system by crowding out natives and consuming copious amounts of the region’s limited water resources.

The Unmistakable Yellow Leafs of a Cottonwood in Autumn

All non-natives are bad, but few are as destructive as Salt Cedar. The early 20th century decision to plant salt cedar to stabilize stream banks in New Mexico ultimately diminished the flow of the river and tributaries vital to the agricultural, environmental and economic stability of the region. Salt cedar is a major factor in the Rio Grande’s low water levels. One salt cedar is a giant straw, sucking as much as 200 gallons of water per day out of rivers, springs and wetlands.
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Salt Cedars Along the Rio Grande

Tree New Mexico has help preserve and restore the eco-system of the middle Rio Grande valley for 20 years and we are honored to partner with them. Shop with confidence and help us give back this holiday season.

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We would like to congratulate Lynn Grisham of Albuquerque, the winner of our Solid Pine Bench Table through New Mexico's local NPR station KUNM.

Lynn was one of many generous donors to KNUM's annual fund raising drive and had the good fortune to win the daily grand prize, our eco-friendly, locally made bench.

For those of you not lucky enough to take home a Solid Pine Bench Table for free, do not fret! You can have one of our own for only $535 delivered.

Solid Pine Bench Table 15 x 15 x 34 Inches

The bench (and coordinating Solid Pine Cube Tables) are Pfeifer Exclusives available directly through the design studio. Made in the USA from timber harvested in the mountains of Northern New Mexico, the textured finish on the surface is created by hand, using an adz tool to shape a pattern on the wood.

Detail of the Natural Pine Finish

Available in in Natural or a Brown Stain, the stained finish is created by soaking tobacco leaves in water. The table are finished with a clear non-toxic topcoat, before being rubbed with a layer of an all-natural beeswax and lemon oil wood wax created by an 18th Century/Early American cabinetmaker.

Our Solid Pine Cube Tables 15 x 15 x 20 H inches

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