Sustainable and Local

At JK Chicago, it is our goal to become between 60-75% sustainable by June of 2008. These following measures, along with our general recycling program, are a good start, but will still leave us short of our goal of being 60-75% sustainable.

Please feel free to email us with your ideas through the contact form on this website.

Sustainable Materials

We are currently working in cooperation with Horigan Urban Forest Products, Inc., to offer JK furniture designs in local, sustainable hardwoods. Owned and operated by Bruce and Ericka Horigan, Horigan Urban Forest Products produces high quality hardwood lumber, in a variety of species, with trees harvested from the Chicago area urban forest. These trees are removed due to storm damage, construction, and calamity with no trees removed for the sole purpose of producing lumber.

Low VOC Finishing Products

Following more than a decade of trial and error, we have finally found an environmentally sound line of finishing products that are superior to the high-solvent lacquers and conversion varnishes we've used in the past. Moving forward, all JK furniture will be finished with non-toxic and low VOC (volatile organic compound) finishing products.

Recycled Waste

Patty Kochaver of the Evanston Art Center is putting our ever-increasing volume of waste sawdust to a new and exciting use. Patty and her students are using it to pit fire raku pottery.

Learn more about our Eco-Friendly partners >

We welcome your ideas for reaching our goal of 60 - 75% sustainability by June of 2008!

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