Design Plus Gallery is proud to be chosen as the exclusive Northern California retail partner for Portland-based Tropical Salvage. This unique, up and coming furniture manufacturing company uses sustainable, renewable means to create beautiful and functional works of art for your home. Our mutual values and emphasis on eco-friendly furniture and green business make us natural partners. Here’s a little more about Tropical Salvage:
The Tropical Salvage collection has evolved collaboratively over nearly fifteen years. It integrates design vision of the company’s founders, Tim O’Brien and Agus Rofiqkoh, with customer requests, historically well-known design styles such as “Mission” and “Mid-Century Modern”, and contracted work of trained designers. Our Collection is a companionable eclecticism that combines a new globally-interconnected vantage with old-world artisan skills. It is uniquely strengthened by the inimitable art of old woods seasoned by time and the elements.
Tropical Salvage applies skillful construction techniques to build sturdy, functional designs. Every piece is handmade and expresses the company’s ethos. We practice thorough use of the resource, repurposing any serviceable wood we can cost-effectively salvage, regardless of the species. We embrace idiosyncrasies that history has fixed into our salvaged woods: marks from nails, old bore holes from insects, spalting from mold, intense grain colors caused by long immersion in mineral-murky rivers, and beautifully variant grain figure caused by the competition among trees in wild forests to reach sunlight. These characteristics are all part of the wood’s rich history and provoke our wonder and respect. Sales of Tropical Salvage furniture fuel our company’s guiding mission – market-oriented conservation, tropical forest restoration, and community empowerment.
We’re thrilled to share Tropical Salvage’s mission and offer their one-of-a-kind furniture. We know you’ll be thrilled too. Come on down and take a look. We have a feeling these pieces will go quick!