Found & Fixed 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 tons of furniture that goes into landfills each year in the United States. Through our work, we give new life or purpose to old pieces while also providing a durable, unique, and beautiful alternative to flatpack wood-like furniture from big box stores.
Our team
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.
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.
Lauren "Lo"
Lo 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.
Reed
Reed has a history in multimedia sculpture, music and teaching, and are a recent grad from the BFA Metal program at SUNY New Paltz. As a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley, they are passionate about uplifting and contributing to the creative communities of this area. In their free time, they enjoy thrifting, reading and creating metal sculptures in their home studio. In addition to doing time in the shop, Reed is a key part of F&F’s marketing and sales circles.
Asia
Asia moved to the Lower Hudson Valley in 2016 from Massachusetts after graduating from UMASS Amherst with a BA in Arts Management. They have a background in operations and sales management in the immersive entertainment industry. They discovered their love of working with their hands at 5 Wits in maintaining the interactive elements of the adventures (think 300lb animatronic dragon head)! In their free time they enjoy crafting crepe paper flowers and partner acrobatics.
Stephanie
Stephanie has over 10 years of experience helping organizations build impactful business models, both as a consultant and as an entrepreneur. She co-founded a kid's clothing repair business and a software startup for game masters (think Dungeons and Dragons), and her experience running a business focused on reuse and repair even led her to testify before the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on America's broken recycling system. Stephanie also teaches at Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Bard MBA in Sustainability. Outside of work, she's a lover of all things magical and fantastical. You can often find her car camping and trekking in the woods with her dog, tending to her garden, or enjoying a good book with a cup of tea.
Tim
Tim moved to the Hudson Valley 10 years ago from Brooklyn. He has over twenty years of experience as a woodworker and furniture designer. During this time he designed and fabricated a varied array of custom furniture projects for his clientele ranging from simple, stand-alone pieces to full bedroom suites to built-ins. In 2019 Tim and his wife built a tiny house on wheels and moved to Esopus. There he focused on addressing concerns over sustainability in woodworking practices and materials. His ultimate conclusion: whether building pieces from reclaimed materials, customizing and restoring vintage pieces, using electric machinery to do so or using nothing but hand tools, fight against the disposable furniture market by making high quality, beautiful pieces!
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