GALWAY-BASED Urban Haven (091-796255/ 087-2215972) has the agency for Pacific Green International, a range of furniture and architectural products that are gaining fans in high places.
The furniture collection is made from palm wood – a relatively new timber sourced from senile coconut plantations and which has been endorsed by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation and by Rainforest Relief. Architects Foster + Partners is using some of its floorboards, building columns and screens in its Abu Dhabi Central Market development.
Meanwhile, the Galway firm has started to supply House of Fraser, Glasgow with its furniture collection and the range is expected in upmarket Edinburgh department store, Jenners before Christmas.
Urban Haven has several items reduced to clear. These include the Moorea three-seater sofa (above), with its wing arms and tan leather upholstery. It was €3,725 and is now reduced by 49 per cent to €1,900. A Lima circular dining table was €2,175 and is now half-price at €1,099; a three-door buffet was €1,925 and is now €999; and a selection of bed frames are down from €2,100 to €900. Viewing is by appointment only.
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