by Bettina Kessaris
on Oct 5th, 2006

Inspiration

Why not choose BAMBOO for your next wooden floor or coffee table?


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Bamboo furniture has come a long way and today you can get high quality and beautifully designed bamboo furniture for your home.

Bamboo plant
Bamboo Plant

It’s beautiful.

The delicate grain of bamboo, whether natural or amber-toned, make it a distinctive, elegant, and subtle material for fine furniture and flooring.

It’s strong.

Bamboo can withstand a great deal of use without damage. It’s stronger even than oak, considered the most durable hardwood. When laminated, bamboo is nearly as strong as soft steel. Bamboo doesn’t swell or shrink as hardwoods do, making it ideal for furniture and floors.

It grows fast.

Bamboo is not a tree—it’s a grass, and it grows like one. Many species of bamboo can grow two feet or more a day. When it’s harvested, it need not be replanted, because it will grow a new shoot from its extensive root system. So bamboo renews itself readily, unlike hardwood trees, which, once cut, are gone forever. Bamboo is an endlessly renewable resource.

It enhances the environment.

Farmed bamboo stabilizes the earth with its roots, preventing erosion. It takes in greenhouse gasses and produces oxygen (35% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees!). It can also provide habitat for birds and animals.

Find some great bamboo furniture on www.ecodesignz.com