About us
Found & Fixed Hudson Valley diverts furniture from the landfill by repairing, refinishing, and repainting damaged wood pieces.
We launched our worker cooperative in 2022 to combat the 12 million pounds of furniture that goes into landfills each year in the United States. Through our work, we give new life to old pieces while also providing sustainable, cost-competitive alternatives to big box stores.
Where possible, we use sustainable and eco-friendly products on our pieces such as non-toxic paint, strippers and sealing agents.
Justine
Justine has a background in non-profit and social-enterprise management. She holds an MBA in Sustainability from Bard College, is a SUNY Geneseo grad, and a member of the Pacific Crest Trail class of 2020. Justine has lived, worked, or traveled to 33 different countries over the last 15 years. In addition to furniture upcycling, she teaches a course on sustainable business and does strategic planning consulting. When not working, she rock climbs, hikes, and works on her off-grid cabin with her partner and dog.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a Newburgh resident and SUNY Purchase grad. Aside from being an avid ska music enthusiast and trumpet player, he has a multifaceted background ranging from over a decade graphic design and print production to event management and music engineering. Gabriel has 9 years of woodworking experience primarily focused on reusing and repurposing old materials.
Lauren “LO”
Lauren attended Drexel University’s College of Media Arts and Design and is an avid sewist, creating pieces from vintage, up-cycled, and commercial waste textiles under the name Lo & Slow Soft Goods. She completed her BA at Eugene Lang and has varied experience in theater, film, photography, administration, and hospitality. She lives in Kingston, where she loves thrifting, cooking for friends, and an occasional dirty martini.
Lauren “LV”
Though she's worked as a full-time marketing consultant for the last three years, Lauren is a culinary school grad and a trained sommelier. She's had stints doing improv comedy, novice competitve body building, podcasting, but her heart lies in DIYing. She's inspired by garbage heaps and fresh paint.
Lauren loves starts up and founded an events company in San Francisco called WineUp before moving back to the HV during the pandemic. She loves French wine, exploring new neighborhoods, her rescue cat (Clover), making playlists, organizing events, and helping businesses thrive in the Hudson Valley.
Tom
Thomas is a Chicago native who moved to the Hudson Valley in 2020. In Chicago, he was a founding member of a furniture warehousing and logistics company where he partnered with local makers and repair outfits to help expand their customer base and radius. In his free time you'll catch Thomas tending to his bees (4 hives as of 2023), assisting onsite at Laughing Fork Farm, and/or running the trails of Mohonk Preserve.