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FSC–certified furniture
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CollinsWood Award

Portland, Oregon–The Collins Companies, the first privately-owned forest products business in the U.S. to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), recently announced the winners of the International CollinsWood® Millennium awards. The awards focus attention not only on fine design but also on the need, and the demand, by consumers and environmentalists to protect forest ecosystems while still harvesting trees in a sustainable manner.

In the Kitchen & Bath category, Charles Shackleton Furniture of Bridgewater, Vermont won with their “Kitchen Dresser,” and heirloom piece using 100% CollinsWood rough sawn cherry and poplar. Their design featured sliding dovetail case joinery, dado dovetail drawer joinery, solid cherry adjustable shelves, door fronts with floating raised panels, and tongue & groove backing. As William Sampson comments, "the more you look at this piece, the more you are fascinated by the intriguing molding details and fine workmanship."

With increased interest and awareness of the environmental impact of forest practices, designers, builders, architects, and manufacturers are turning to FSC-certified wood as a responsible way to protect forest ecosystems for their intrinsic value to all life. The FSC is the only forest certifying organization in the world endorsed by the major environmental groups including the World Wildlife Fund, the Wilderness Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Rainforest Alliance, and the World Resources Institute.