Sustainability
Built to last.
Made to matter.
Since 1979, we've made a conscious choice to build furniture that lasts. This mindset places sustainability at the heart of everything we do, from the honest materials we source and the traditional craft we honour, to the Irish community we support.
Our mission is simple: to do the right thing. That means building sofas so well-made they never need replacing, and offering real routes to repair and reuse when they do.
Our sustainability pillars
Repair, don't replace
Any Finline sofa can be returned for repair and re-upholstery. Our Recovery service brings it back to life, new foam, new cushions, any fabric from our range, for typically 30–40% less than buying new.
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FSC-certified beech frames with a lifetime guarantee. Recycled polyester cushions. Steel springs returned to suppliers and melted down. Fabrics sourced direct from mills in Belgium, Italy, Turkey and Ireland.
Read more'Buying local is the most sustainable thing you can do. And the next most sustainable thing is buying something that's going to last. We tick both boxes.'Kilian Finane, Co-owner, Finline Furniture
Hand back your old Finline sofa, receive a €100 voucher, and watch it get rebuilt and sold at around 20% less than new. No sofa goes to landfill.
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New foam, new cushions, any fabric from our range. Typically 30–40% less than buying new. Available all over Ireland, North and South.
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Lifetime frame guarantee
Every Finline sofa is built on a solid kiln-dried beech frame, FSC-certified and guaranteed for life. What goes inside is chosen with the same care — recycled fibres, responsible sourcing, nothing wasted.
FSC-certified solid beech, grown in Germany. Lifetime guarantee on every sofa.
Recycled polyester fibre, equivalent to 80 plastic bottles per three-seater sofa.
Steel springs returned to suppliers and melted down. Foam offcuts reconstituted, nothing wasted.
150+ fabrics sourced direct from mills in Belgium, Italy, Turkey and Ireland for full traceability.
FAQs
Every element is chosen with longevity and minimal waste in mind. The frame is FSC-certified solid beech with a lifetime guarantee. Back cushions use recycled polyester fibre, equivalent to 80 plastic bottles per three-seater. Steel springs are returned to suppliers and melted down. Foam offcuts are reconstituted. Our fabrics come direct from European mills for full traceability. But most sustainably of all, a Finline sofa is built to last decades, and if it ever needs attention, we'll repair it.
Everything is made in our workshop in Emo, County Laois, the same workshop Kieran and Bridget Finane established in 1979. It takes a team of fifteen around sixty-four hours to build and upholster a single sofa. Buying local is the single most impactful sustainable choice a consumer can make, and every Finline purchase supports Irish employment and craft.
Revive is our sofa take-back programme. If your old Finline sofa qualifies, we collect it and give you a €100 voucher towards a new one. The sofa goes to Loved Back to Life by Aiséirí in Waterford, a social enterprise supporting recovery from addiction, where it's stripped back to the frame. Our team in Emo then rebuilds it and puts it on sale in a Finline showroom at around 20% less than new. Find out if your sofa qualifies →
Yes, if the frame is in good condition (and a solid beech frame usually is), Recovery can bring it back to life. We strip it, replace the foam and cushions, carry out any structural repairs, and re-dress it in any fabric from the current Finline range. Recovery typically costs 30–40% less than buying new and is available all over Ireland, North and South. Learn more about Recovery →
Solar panels cover 45% of our factory's total electricity needs and 65% of energy across our showrooms. LED lighting is used throughout all Finline sites. We continue to invest in renewable energy and are working to increase both figures further.
Finline has segregated waste plastic, cardboard and foam since the very beginning, returning it all to suppliers for reuse or recycling. All waste is traceable through our partners, Envirogreen. Foam offcuts are returned to the factory and reconstituted. Nothing leaves our hands without a plan.
In 2022/23, Finline participated in the Circular Upholstery Textile (CUT) project, an EPA-funded initiative led by IWIN. The project brought together furniture manufacturers to develop practical frameworks for new circular products and business models, reducing waste and improving material reuse across the industry.
