Apartment Therapy's Coverage of the Furniture Festival

HUGE thanks to Miss Amy at Apartment Therapy for covering all four weeks of the Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea!

She posted about Week 4 today.

If you missed the Furn Fest or the coverage, here's the complete list of the Apartment Therapy links:

Week 1 (Oct. 5)
Week 2 (Oct. 12)
Week 3 (Oct. 19)
Week 4 (Oct. 26)

The furniture makers, the Brooklyn Flea, and I all greatly appreciate your time and attention to come back each week and report on our show, Amy. You totally rock!

Posted by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.
Image by Amy A. at Apartment Therapy, sourced here.

Fall Furniture Festival - Pics from Last Day

What a perfectly gorgeous day we had on Sunday for the last day of our Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea!

With above-average attendance and nothing but blue skies, it was an enjoyable day for those who exhibited and those who came to check it out.

Click here for a slide show of 14 images from the day. Apartment Therapy was there again covering the scene, and I'll post a link to that, too, once it's up.

Exhibiting this week:

Anthony Sisto
Bergman Furniture (Scott Bergman)
Mine Metal/Art (Kristina Kozak)
SMC Furnishings (Amy & Brandon Phillips)
Standard 41 (Andrew Raible, who also showed on 10/5)
Wonk (who also showed on 10/19)

Ladies examining the beautiful white lacquered desk by Wonk.

Thank you to all the exhibitors and everyone who came out to see the Furn Fest, and to all the bloggers and press people who covered it before and during -- it was a huge success and we can't wait to do it again!

Sign up for our e-newsletter or stay tuned to Greenjeans Blog to find out when the next one is...

And remember, if you're in the market for new furniture, always check your LOCAL options first!

Scott Bergman of Bergman Furniture (r) -- who came down from Walcott, VT, to show in the Furn Fest -- and his brother (c) sit and talk with Steven, partner of by fave brocante dealer Un Jour, Georges.

Posted and photos by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.

LAST DAY of Furniture Fest this Sunday

We have a fabulous line-up of local furniture makers (and one from VT!) on tap for the LAST DAY of the Fall Furniture Festival this Sunday.

I've been a bit under the weather this week, so for a nice preview of who's exhibiting this Sunday, check out Senor Flea's post on the Brooklyn Flea blog here.

Click here for more on the Furn Fest -- and hope to see you Sunday!

Posted by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.

Report from Week 3 of Fall Furniture Festival

Week Three of the Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival, held at the Brooklyn Flea on Oct. 19, was fantastic!

See all the pictures here.

This week we featured work by seven designer/makers based in Brooklyn:

4Korners (Scott Raffaele, table pictured top right)
Aswoon (Susan Woods)
Benton Custom (Roger Benton)
Counter Evolution NYC (Jim Malone, who also showed on 10/12)
Nightwood (Nadia Yaron and Myriah Scruggs)
Uhuru (Bill Hilgendorf and Jason Hogarth, who also showed on 10/5)
Wonk

Over 4000 visitors passed through the Flea on Sunday, braving the suddenly seasonal weather to see great local furniture, taste delicious food, and enjoy the always evolving scene that is the inimitable Brooklyn Flea.

We also enjoyed a third welcome visit from Apartment Therapy, who beat me to the punch this week with their blog coverage of the Furniture Festival booth. So did Reclaimed Home. Thanks, guys!

This coming Sunday is the LAST DAY of our Fall Furniture Festival, and it's a biggie -- I have nine furniture makers on tap to show! So come on by and check it out!

(The list of this Sunday's exhibitors will be posted soon... stay tuned.)

Taking a card for future reference to Counter Evolution NYC.

A pooped kid experiments with lounging on this ribbon-y chair by Susan Woods of Aswoon.

Overall view of the booth, with Aswoon at front (ribbony low chair and steel screen).

Here, Flea organizers Eric Demby (left) and Jonathan Butler (right) help to wheel in the brick oven used to make the most tasty and toothsome mini-pizzas you could ever want. (In fact I had two on Sunday, and am craving one right now....)

Posted and photos by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.

Showing this Sunday @ the Furniture Festival

How much furniture-making talent can one borough hold?

Come find out this Sunday when we present work by seven more Brooklyn-based furniture designer/makers at the Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea!

Top right:
Curvaceous lounge chairs (like the one Jae's trying out here) and undulating screens by Aswoon.

Minimalist pieces with hints of color by Wonk.

Counter Evolution NYC returns with long lean pieces made from salvaged bowling alley wood.

Uhuru is also back this week with their bourbon barrel and truck spring Bilge Chair, and other pieces.

Flea regulars Nightwood will be exhibiting in the Furniture Fest booth this week, and I'm told the two lovely ladies have collaborated on new pieces just for the Fest!

Salvaged wood becomes fabulous furniture in the hands of 4 Korners.

Benton Custom will show this rad three-tiered table along with other pieces built in his workshop at Bushwick's 3rd Ward.

Posted by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.
Images by Greenjeans or courtesy of the furniture makers.

Report from Week 2 of Fall Furniture Festival

If you missed Week 2 of the Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea, it was a great day with perfect weather and an awesome group of furniture makers.

Here is a slideshow of pictures I took this past Sunday (Oct. 12).

Six Brooklyn-based furniture designer/makers exhibited this week along with Brian Braskie of Canterbury, NH:

Counter Evolution NYC (Jim Malone)
December Box (Mark Williams)
New York City Water Tower Furniture (David Gibbs)
Palo Samko
Scott Behr
Todd McCollister

There are two more Sundays in October, which means there are two more Furn Fest weeks to come -- on Oct. 19 and Oct. 26 -- and a LOT more to see...

Learn more about the Furn Fest here.

See pictures from Week 1.

Posted and images by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.

Showing this Sunday @ the Furniture Festival

We have a wonderfully eclectic roster of furniture makers showing this Sunday, the second week of the Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea.

From the undiscovered to the well established, all six designer/makers we're featuring this week are, once again, based in Brooklyn:


Todd McCollister, whose Catenary Chair is pictured top right, works out of 3rd Ward in Bushwick.

Jim Malone of Counter Evolution NYC uses wood salvaged from closed bowling alleys. He's a regular Flea vendor, but this week he's showing with us at the Furn Fest.

Mark Williams of December Box blends slabs of gorgeous hardwood with found metal elements to create very appealing tables and benches.

Palo Samko is well-known and admired for the gorgeous sculptural details of his work.

Roger Benton of Benton Custom also works out of 3rd Ward, building cool experimental pieces like this walnut three-tiered table. [UPDATE: Roger Benton is showing on Oct. 19.]

David Gibbs of New York Water Tower Furniture makes great benches and tables that show off the gorgeous aged patina of old cedar and redwood water towers.

Scott S. Behr does great tables, shelves, mirrors, and custom installation work in copper and steel.

Come see it all under the big white tent this Sunday at the Brooklyn Flea!

And if you missed the Furn Fest last week, you can see some pictures right here.

Posted by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.
Images courtesy of the furniture makers.

Vote Greenjeans & Brooklyn Flea for Best of New York!

Can you take a few minutes to vote for the Brooklyn Flea and Greenjeans/Fall Furniture Festival in the Village Voice's Best of New York survey?

These are the categories:

Best Flea Market
Best Vendor at the Brooklyn Flea

They're both on the 3rd page of the ballot which you can link to here.

Voting closes TOMORROW (Wednesday Oct. 8) at 5pm, so if you can vote before then I would be much obliged! (And if not, it's ok, I still love you.)

There are lots of other great categories for you to pull for your favorite clubs and eateries, so embrace the voting season and cast your ballot.

Thank you!

Posted by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.
Image sourced here.

Report from Day 1 of Fall Furniture Festival

Despite the unexpectedly rainy early start, Day 1 of the Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea was great!

Tons of people from the curious to the serious came through the Festival to check out work by Brave Space Design, City Joinery, Nine Stories Furniture, Standard 41, and Uhuru. Most of the furniture makers were on hand and both the press and the public enjoyed talking with them directly about their work.

Many told me they had no idea there was so much great furniture being made in Brooklyn, so the Fest seems to be doing its job of raising awareness of the amazing skill and talent to be found in our fair borough!

Major thanks to Sam, Nikki, Andrew, Jamie, Bill, Dave, and Rob for helping set up and take down those huge tents -- it was quite a task and your help made it not only possible but fun -- it practically felt like a barn raising! And thanks to everyone who came to see the work -- please come again!

Looking forward to the next three Sundays in October when we'll present work by more than a dozen additional local and regional furniture makers. Come check it out!

Link to Furniture Festival webpage, including list of exhibitors and dates.

Posted and photos by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.

Fall Furniture Festival - Exhibiting Oct. 5

The first day of the Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea is coming up this Sunday, Oct. 5!

All exhibitors this Sunday make their work in Brooklyn:

Brave Space Design
City Joinery
Nine Stories Furniture Co.
NYC Water Tower Furniture
Standard 41
Uhuru

Here's a sneak peek inside some of the Brooklyn workshops of this week's exhibitors...

Large table made from reclaimed elm, in progress in the workshop of City Joinery.

Sleek yet slightly quirky chairs and table by Standard 41.

Checking out the beautiful reclaimed water tower wood David Gibbs (NYC Water Tower Furniture) uses for his work.

And here are some pieces you might see:

Delta Table made from plyboo by Brave Space Designs.

Elsie Side Table "veneered" with metal from old car bodies by Nine Stories Furniture.

Stoolen Round made from scrap hardwood by Uhuru.

Come see all this and lots more on Sunday at the Brooklyn Flea!

Link to the Fall Furniture Festival webpage.

Posted and top three images by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.
Bottom three images courtesy of the furniture makers.

Fall Furniture Festival - Images in Flickr Set

I've set up a Flickr set to make images of work by exhibitors in the upcoming Fall Furniture Festival available to bloggers, press, and anyone else who's curious. (We have 17 exhibitors confirmed so far, and more to come!)

I'll be adding more pictures as they come in. If you need high-res of anything, please contact me.

Check out all the images here.

A sneak peek:

Top: Long Bench built from old bowling alley wood by Counter Evolution NYC (Brooklyn).

Elsie Low Table by Nine Stories Furniture Co. (Brooklyn). "Veneered" with enameled metal salvaged from junk yard car bodies.

Hollow Chair by Brave Space Design (Brooklyn). Made from bamboo and non-toxic finishes.

Three-tier table by Benton Custom (Brooklyn). Roger Benton lines up the sapwood in these planks of walnut to evoke racing stripes.

Bilge Chair made from bourbon barrels by Uhuru. The base is made from truck springs.

Link to the Furniture Festival webpage.

More to come!

Posted by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.
Images courtesy of the respective furniture makers.

Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea

Thanks to design*sponge for posting about our upcoming Fall Furniture Festival at the Brooklyn Flea!

The Furniture Festival, which takes place every Sunday in October at the Brooklyn Flea, will feature local and regional furniture makers, focusing on Brooklyn designer/makers including Standard 41, Brave Space Design, Counter Evolution NYC, City Joinery, and many more.

Click here for the list of participating furniture makers and the Sundays their work will be shown -- and check back to see who has been added!

Read all about the Fall Furniture Festival.

Posted by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.
Top image: screenshot of design*sponge.
Bottom image: Fall Furniture Festival e-flyer.

Brooklyn Flea Presents: The Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival!

From the barn workshops of Vermont to the lofts of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, our region is full of talented furniture makers who rarely get a chance to show their work in the Big City.

That is about to change because this fall the fine folks of the fabulous Brooklyn Flea will present the first Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival!

The Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival will take place over the four Sundays in October under a big tent at Fort Greene’s popular outdoor market, the Brooklyn Flea. (The Sundays are 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, and 10/26.)

Each Sunday, we will present work by a co-curated group of six to eight different furniture makers, focusing on the kind of furniture you need – chairs, counter-height stools, end tables, coffee tables, and more.

As always, we will offer as much ecologically responsible work as possible, including furniture made from reclaimed or sustainably-produced materials and treated with non-toxic finishes. All furniture presented will be the makers' own designs and beautifully crafted. And we’re focusing on local furniture makers (Brooklyn and surrounding 200 miles radius or so), but are open to more distant possibilities, too.

For a roster of furniture makers in the Festival, details about a great raffle, and more, stay tuned to the Furniture Festival page on our website.

The Furniture Festival will also kick off the new phase of Greenjeans, and (hopefully) will correspond with the opening of our new location. Stay tuned for more on that, too…

To learn more or if you're a furniture maker interested in possibly participating, contact us.

Come discover a bounty of fresh local furniture this October at the Greenjeans Fall Furniture Festival!

Posted by Amy Shaw for Greenjeans.
Image: Amy at the Brooklyn Flea, April 2008.