OLD WOOD. NEW USE. POSITIVE CHANGE.

Tropical Salvage furniture is made from tropical hardwoods we salvage on several different islands in Indonesia. None of the wood comes from standing trees. We select quality hardwoods that are both durable and exceptionally beautiful. The wood is old: some a few decades old, some a thousand years old. It beautifully expresses its history. Tropical Salvage woods express wild-growth grain figure, colorful mineral accumulation, and the effects of nails, seasoning cracks & bore holes. These idiosyncrasies are a wonderful testament to the woods’ rich natural history and new life. They are nature’s art and heirlooms adding distinction and intrigue to our modern experience.

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In North Central Java - a place known around the world for its furniture-building and woodworking - we artfully combine our woods and apply traditional joinery to build solid, aesthetically distinctive furniture. We use a wide variety of tropical hardwoods, sourced from many different salvage sites that yield wood from different eras, so that each piece exhibits its own unique combination of species, figure and color. Each piece is built to integrate functionality, aesthetic inspiration and material durability so that Tropical Salvage furniture will delight and endure successive generations. We design nature’s heirloom materials to become our heirloom objects.

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We believe that the business community must lead in addressing today's unprecedented challenges to our world's social and environmental integrity. Tropical Salvage combines business with social and environmental activism. Our mission is to create good, steady, eco-positive jobs in places experiencing economic hardship; to assist in implementing conservation, forest restoration and environmental education projects to protect the world's remaining primary tropical forests; and to advocate for best responsible social and environmental practices throughout the business world.

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