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I was recently asked by a customer how she could find out if the materials in her sofa were safe for her children. As I looked into this in more depth it quickly became clear that not only is this a really complicated issue, but answers were hard to find. It feels like it felt back in 2006 when we tried to find information about the raw materials that made up most of our timber furniture. That exploration led to our campaign for more sustainable and transparent buying information and ultimately our Environmental Rating system for which we won some awards. Ten years later we still use our rating system for our timber furniture and since we now sell as many sofas as we do timber products it makes sense to provide this same information for our upholstery. So in the first layer of this new exploration we look at the fabric & the role that flame retardants play. Read more.
Designers and home builders are familiar with flame retardants used in our interior upholstery fabrics. However, for some people, fire retardants in fabric is a more complicated issue as there are no straight answers available. In this article, we shall look at fabrics and flame retardants roles in our furniture.
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