Clayoquot Crafts uses salvaged red cedar eco lumber in all our outdoor cedar furniture.
So you can relax in style knowing that you've made the right choice for the environment.

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At Clayoquot Crafts respect for the environment is a top priority. In the making of our quality red cedar outdoor furniture we feel it is important not to cut down more forest. Our solution is to only use salvaged wood from our local Tofino partner 'Salvage Towing'.

Salvage Towing finds logs that have fallen naturally due to storms into the waters of Clayoquot Sound. These trees, which would otherwise just rot in the ocean, are floated to an island in the Sound where the company has a small sawmill. The trees are then milled and graded.

Once the wood is milled it is put on a small barge and travels by boat to Tofino. The finest wood is selected for use by Clayoquot Crafts and delivered to our shop. At the shop we sort the wood and then carefully place it into our kiln to dry slowly. A slow drying of the milled wood is important to provide the highest quality of lumber required for our cedar furniture.

After the wood has dried the hand-crafting of our furniture starts. Daniel, the owner of Clayoquot Crafts, is personally involved in the entire process from beginning to shipping. Quality is always upper most in the production of our cedar chairs, tables and benches.

Tofino's Salvage Towing salvaging a fallen tree in Clayoquot Sound, Tofino, BC, Canada.

Tofino's Salvage Towing marking a fallen tree before towing it to their mill in Clayoquot Sound.