The Furniture Workshop
Joel Bäckström
About the project
The Furniture Workshop Joel Bäckström in Åsbo outside Gävle is focusing on developing its small-scale and sustainable furniture production. Through the project, the workshop will be expanded from 160 to 330 square meters to enable increased production and a broader range of furniture and interiors.
The business is based on a circular thinking where local timber, primarily hardwood from parks and gardens that would otherwise risk becoming chips, is utilized and refined into high-quality furniture. With larger premises, the company can meet the growing demand while also contributing to a more sustainable use of local natural resources.
Sustainability and innovation
The Furniture Workshop operates based on a circular holistic thinking where the entire production chain, from log to finished furniture, takes place within its own operations. This provides good control over materials, quality, and resource use. Even by-products such as sawdust, shavings, and waste wood are utilized and used, among other things, for heating the premises. By creating greater value for Swedish hardwood, the company also aims to contribute to an increased demand for hardwood and, in the long run, promote biodiversity.
”We instead want to focus on managing the entire chain ourselves from raw material to finished product,
and the advantages of that are many.”
— Joel Bäckström
Project period
2025 – 2027
Project owner
Joel Bäckström
Project Manager
Joel Bäckström
info@backstromwoodwork.se
Web and social media
www.backstromwoodwork.se
Instagram: backstromwoodwork
Facebook: Bäckström Woodwork
Rural Development Fund