About Recover
"Up-Cycling Furniture and Lives". RECOVER is a vibrant, exciting and inspirational furniture up-cycling Social Enterprise with a fabulous artisan workshop / showroom in WGC, Hertfordshire.
At its heart is our commitment to sustainability by up-cycling unwanted furniture or working with donated and reclaimed materials.
We 'up-cycle lives' by offering our volunteers the opportunity to learn new skills, develop self-esteem, confidence and pathways to employment.
Creativity, fun and professionalism are encouraged and are evident in our splendid 'one of a kind' items.
Our furniture is up-cycled using traditional artisan skills along with innovative creativity. The aim to produce original and functional pieces at reasonable prices.
We begin the process by hand sanding, then priming and often custom mix our own colour palates for the paints. All paints, waxes, varnishes are premium and selected for their suitability for the piece being worked on.
Another aspect of what we do is using donated fabrics - often from well known brands and designers to produce lush and tactile upholstered goods.
One of our signature specialities is collecting empty coffee bean sacks from the importers of the green beans and turning them in to very trendy cushions and bags.
We only collect from importers who support the Rain Forest Alliance.