Miami Design at your fingertips: Ready-to-ship from Rotsen Furniture

We are at it again! Every day is a fresh start for Miami design and we love to seize the opportunity to create, design and produce unique and one-of-a-kind furniture pieces that are going to make a statement within the interior design of your home.

Take a look at today’s Friday Feature – a NEW buffet console that we have been working on lately here in the Rotsen Furniture studio. Check back soon to see how it turns out:

 

Some of our other favorite console pieces from the ready-to-ship department include the Claro Walnut Slab Table and the Wood, Metal and Acrylic Table. Each piece is unique and can be customized per client’s specifications. We design furniture pieces making sure to integrate the wood’s organic characteristics with a clean, graceful and modernist aesthetic. Our team of world class artisans and craftsmen works with rare solid woods, impressive single slab live edge lumber, and large book matched slabs, making unique and sophisticated furniture. Visit us online to see more!

 

Make sure to also follow us on Instagram for a closer look inside the studio! 

Miami Design – Incorporating Wood into your Modern Home

A common misconception about modern Miami interiors is that most, if not all, of the furntiure needs to be white, lacquer, shiny and chrome. As a Miami based carpentry firm, we work with a lot of very talented interior designers and decorators who are really digging deep and creating innovative concepts that challenge the normal elements of design. For example, wood is a great way to add an organic and natural touch to an otherwise cold or sterile interior. This philosophy is one of the reasons why we absolutely love designing mostly wood pieces here locally in modern Miami.

Take a look at one of our favorite pieces in the making and judge for yourself – can you envision this gorgeous table, crafted with so much care and detail, in your home? It will be ready-to-ship this week so for more information, make sure to visit us online.

 

Also, don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for more updates and insight into our day-to-day studio life! 

Friday Feature: New Ready-To-Ship Items from Brazil

Miami design delight! If you have been following along with the Rotsen Furniture blog and keeping up with us on Instagram and Facebook, then you know we recently received a HUGE container full of fresh goodies from Brazil! When we say goodies (because to us, they are like candy!) we mean a shipment of custom-made furniture pieces that are created from wood that we personally sourced during our last trip to Brazil.

At Rotsen Furniture, the design process is a very personal one. Each piece of furniture is created with thought and detail, including the type of wood that is used, why it is used, how it is used and was it sourced responsibly to the environment, locally and economically.

This attention to detail is what produces our ultimately unique pieces of furniture that not only add to the overall interior design of your home but also bring life, warmth and purpose to it. Take a look at some of the great items that are ready-t0-ship, meaning they can be yours in just a couple of weeks shipping time!

 

The Solid Brauna Wood Bench 

The perfectly narrow seating option for thin or small entry foyers and hallways and also the perfect touch of warmth to add to the end of your bed, in replace of dining room chairs or in the living room. The contemporary Solid Brauna Wood Bench is made from a single slab of Brauna Wood.

Dimensions: 86.5″ x 8.5″-12.5″ x 17.5″

Ferpas Round Dining Table with Aluminum Base
We added a touch of glam and style to this beautiful and unique Ferpas Dining Table through the single leg table base made of aluminum. The top is glass with an under mounted design of slated wood for an organic design effect.Dimensions: 54″ Diameter x 30″ H 

Salvaged Piqui Amarelo Wood Coffee Table 

Yep, you’re looking at a coffee table! This creative and fun design was created to challenge the traditional coffee table shapes, design and intention. The organic Piqui Amarelo Coffee Table is made with part of a naturally fallen Piqui Amarelo tree. The salvaged part of the trunk has a unique natural texture that has been used as the focal point for this table. It can be used with or without a glass top, and with or without casters.

Dimensions: 52″ L x 30″ D x 10″ H

Organic Vinhatico Slab Coffee Table

Another fabulous take on the traditional coffee table – the gorgeous Vinhatico Cocktail Table is made with a single slab of Brazilian Vinhatico wood, with organic edges and designed at a low height to compliment any modern or contemporary interior.

Dimensions: 87’’L x 25’’D x 10’’1/2

For more information or to contact us regarding a sale or product details, visit us online today. 

 

Miami Design Gains New Arrivals from Brazil

Today is the day! If you have been following along with our Miami design blog then you might remember our recent trip to Brazil. You can read about it here: “A Story of Creation from Brazil” This is a time that we take once at year to explore the fallen and rejected wood of the local Brazilian forests in effort to salvage them as the base for creating new custom furniture pieces at our warehouse and design studio located in Miami, Florida.

Today, we would like to share a sneak peek into some of the AMAZING new pieces that have just arrived here at the Port of Miami and are coming soon to our line of custom-made and ready-made unique, one-of-a-kind collections. We can’t wait to get our hands on these beautiful chunks of wood and we hope you can’t wait to see the results. Be sure to check back soon for updates into this latest Miami design project!

 

Have you seen Rotsen Furniture’s latest editorial feature in LUXE MAGAZINE! No?? Head over to our blog post to read all about it!  We are still beaming over it 🙂 

Miami Luxe Magazine Features Rotsen Furniture

Drumroll please…

Miami Luxe Magazine has written and published an editorial spread on Rotsen Furntiure in their October issue of the Miami edition – a truly humbling experience, we are so honored to be researched and acknowledged by such a highly coveted publication. And it all starts with a story given by Pilar Meza, lead at Rotsen Furntiure. Take a peek into the article which describes Rotsen’s mission statement, it’s dedication to environmental sustainability, our process and the transition into our line of ready-made and custom furniture pieces.

Here’s a little story to describe how it all starts:

As you walk through the rain forests of Brazil, camera and tape measure in hand, you listen to the wind whistling through the tree tops and the muffled movement of the leaves on the ground beneath your feet. You’re on the hunt for dead and fallen trees, the raw material for your work as a furniture maker, and you are waiting for the right piece of wood to call out to you. When it does, you photograph it, measure and tag it for removal from the forest floor.

It can take up to a year for that piece (sometimes as large as 50 inches in diameter and 20 feet long) to arrive at our studio in Miami.

“The tree has died but we give it life again as a piece of art or furniture.” That brings to mind the sentiments of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree—a humble tree stump happy to be called back into service.

“Each tree—some of them 500 years old or more—tells a story.” Our job is to decide how to translate that story.

The organic pieces you and your team of craftsmen create at Rotsen Furniture—planters, tables, benches, wall sculptures and stools—are increasingly sought after by both residential and commercial customers, including the Four Seasons and Mandarin Oriental hotels.

Check out the full editorial spread below:

Miami Design: Rotsen Named “Wood Product Brand To Know”

Miami Design is surely known for it’s concentration on modern and contemporary interiors. To the average interior design lover this typically means white walls, furniture with sleek lines and materials like metal, stainless steel and concrete. But as the Miami Design scene continues to grow and develop, we are seeing (and producing) pieces for a warmer and multi-use material demand! This is great for us at Rotsen Furniture because most of the custom furniture pieces that we design are created with the base of recycled wood and later accented with special finishes, such as glass, acrylic and metals.

This week, Dering hall has featured us again, as one of the “16 Wood Product Brands Every Designer Should Know” and we are so honored (again!) Seriously, we love you Dering Hall! At Rotsen Furniture, we work closely with local Miami design professionals such as interior designers, decorators and commercial property managers to incorporate special pieces into their designs. We love to focus on wood for many reasons: it’s warm, inviting and cozy, it’s a great way to incorporate a touch of nature into an inside design and it’s an eco-friendly solution that helps to preserve the environment while also benefiting a well-thought out design.

To read more and shop online, click through to Dering Hall’s full feature HERE, and of course, visit our website any time for more information.

 

DKOR INTERIORS SHOP LOCAL – FEATURES ROTSEN FURNITURE

One of our favorite parts of working as a small firm (our warehouse is located in Hialeah – just a quick drive West from Miami Beach) is the amazing relationships that we build with some of Miami’s top talents. One of which is Dkor Interiors, a power house interior design firm serving high-end residential homes throughout South Florida and the world. We have been working and partnering with the team behind Dkor for many years now because not only is the work that they turn over stunning, but it very much caters to the emotional and mental connection of their clients. Meaning each piece that they source with us (and all of their vendors for that matter) are thoughtfully designed and selected.

Creating a strong connection with their clients is an important part of production for Rotsen Furniture. We design, produce and manufacture every piece with our own hands and with a connection to nature that you can’t find with any mass-produced items  and most importantly, with love.

So, in summation, we love working with Dkor! And we are so happy to offer Dkor fans and followers a 15% discount site wide at rotsenfurniture.com. Just use “DKOR15” when you contact the Rotsen sales team today!

If you’ve ever spotted some of our work in their portfolio, now is your chance to GET THE LOOK. Take a look at the new opportunity presented by Dkor and help support your local vendors!

 

 

To Shop Rotsen’s Full Collection, Visit Us Online!

Rotsen Furniture At Home – Cozy Chic In Colorado

One of the best parts of our job as Miami carpenters is getting to see the transformation that the original wood material takes from it’s natural form, often salvaged from decaying bridges and abandoned forests (read how we source from Brazil by clicking here) to a beautiful piece of unique and custom furniture. We especially love to see our work in photographs from past clients! Today on the Blog, we are are featuring photos of three very special pieces in their new Colorado home. A “cozy chic” interior that is warm and inviting in concept, perfect for the intention of Rotsen Furniture’s rich and bold and organic pieces. This home decor project was completed in 2011 for our clients in Colorado – take a detailed look below …

 

Live Edge Walnut Coffee Table with Plexi Base:

 

Bolacha Side Table with Bronze Base:

 

The Salvaged Hardwood Bench with Metal Base:

 

The “Helena Dining Table”: 

We did not produce the dining table in this project however to get the look, consider the “Helena” – A large dining table made with a single live edge slab of reclaimed Peroba wood. The same dining table design is available with wood table tops made of slabs of walnut, acacia and other wood types. Custom made furniture items by Rotsen can be made with natural edges or in straight lines. Rotsen can customize this contemporary dining table do different dimensions, sitting from 6 to 14 people. The Helena Dining Table is fully customizable.

 

To see more from Rotsen Furniture, be sure to visit us online today! And don’t forget to follow us on Instagram as well! 

 

Discover Rotsen’s Dedication to the Environment

Today on the BLOG, we are continuing with our blog series on why Rotsen Furniture sources materials to use in our projects from Brazil. Gain a full understanding of our trip and why it was planned by reading A Story of Creation from Brazil, and the come back to today’s post where we want to continue with our story of “custody chain”.

 

What is the Chain of Custody Certification?

Here’s the breakdown and one that we feel is important to share because it represents Rotsen’s mission from the core:

“In order to provide assurances that wood and wood-based products originate from sustainably managed forests, PEFC promotes Chain of Custody certification. Chain of Custody certification outlines requirements for tracking certified material from the forest to the final product to ensure that the wood contained in the product or product line originates from certified forests. PEFC Chain of Custody certification is essential for

– companies to implement and demonstrate ethical business behavior, and

– consumers to make responsible purchasing decisions.

For a product to qualify for certification, all entities along the supply chain must possess a PEFC Chain of Custody certificate. Only then are companies eligible to use the PEFC label on their products and in product marketing to highlight the responsible sourcing of the raw material.”

As you know the design and shape of the tree defines the wood utilization. Many times these pieces are made from old fallen trees that, despite being aged, have not lost the qualities that set them apart as unique and special. It is actually just the opposite; although dry, the core, the most beautiful and resistant part of the wood, is preserved. These pieces of furniture are then exclusive, definitely One-of-a-Kind, and allow the client to own a unique and rare piece.

After arriving from the forest, these pieces go through a process of drying and cleaning, then through a careful treatment and various types of cuts and polishes that will give them their final mold. You can take a closer look at some of the photos below: the low plants are Cacao and the tall are the native wood trees.

Some notable types of wood (you may notice some of these names from previous blogs):

Vinhático

Jaqueira

equitibá

Ficus

Sapucaia

Louro

Brauna

Cedro Timbuíba

Cobí

Jatobá

Faveco

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Hello from Rotsen Furniture

We recently had the privilege to work with Miami based photographer, Claudio Beier of Claudia Beier Photography at a photoshoot for upcoming editorial coverage in one of the world’s best known Interior Design magazines. We aren’t able to give you any details yet so below take a sneak peek at the Rotsen Furniture team and be sure to stay tuned for the complete project coverage once the magazine is published. We can’t wait!

 

 

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