URBAN LUMBER CO. specializes in creating large natural edge slabs and fine handcrafted furnishings from sustainably salvaged city trees. Our furniture showcases monumental scale, live edges, and unique detailed grains. With each piece we build, we emphasize and take pride in sharing the inherent natural beauty of our Pacific Northwest lumber.
- OUR SUSTAINABLE PROCESS -
Working in cooperation with city municipalities, neighborhoods, and homeowners of the Eugene metropolitan area, we strive to meet our goal of keeping valuable natural resources out of landfills.
All the trees are taken to our shop in the historical Booth Kelly Mill in Springfield, Oregon where we specialize in creating one of a kind large natural edge slabs. With one of the largest custom-built saws in the nation, we have the ability to cut slabs up to 8 feet wide, giving us the capacity to make the best cuts, while enhancing the personal character of each individual log.
After our logs are milled, we take them to our in-house kiln where each slab is dried according to its size and species. The benefit of kiln drying is the controlled environment and ability to closely manage what each species’ needs, resulting in a higher quality end product. The process also ensures bugs and insects are exterminated making the natural lumber less likely to have distortion, staining, or stresses like warping and bowing.
Our final step is our personal dedication to an unparalleled standard of craftsmanship. The Urban Lumber team are highly experienced artists and in-house fabricators. Our design team works closely with our craftsmen on each project ensuring the product is truly the best fit for each individual client’s needs and style.
We are built upon the mission of promoting environmental responsibility and greater awareness of our urban forests through our hardwood furnishings. We take pride in environmental sustainability and do our part on all levels of production, from salvaging city street trees, to selecting only the greenest materials for our products.
SETH SAN FILIPPO
- FOUNDER -
Seth came from humble roots in the custom longboard skateboard world, but a passion for wood grew into something much greater.
In 2006 Seth opened Urban Lumber Company, with his personal mission of stewardship of urban forests. This passion has earned him renown locally and nationally, and his craftsmanship and unique take on the ‘modern rustic’ style has brought him patronage up and down the West Coast as well as internationally. Behind his tireless drive to uphold his mission, and promote environmental responsibility, Urban Lumber has continued to evolve and thrive. At the core of it all is the fundamental love of beautiful woods, and the appreciation of the trees they come from and the story they tell.
Meet the makers
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- IN THE PRESS -
Our show room
Booth Kelly Mill
303 South 5th st. Suite #127
Springfield, OR 97477
541.762.2256
Mon-Fri | 10:00AM-5:00PM
Private appointments are also available, please call or email us and we’d be happy to schedule it.