Why Quality Furniture and Decor Should Matter to You

Evoke Interior Designs • August 28, 2025

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When helping homeowners select furniture and décor, we often get asked why we use trade-only vendors. We prefer them over retail options. While the reasons are many, we can boil it down to three reasons that, honestly, impact you more than us. 

If you care about renewable resources and protecting the earth, this matters to you. Ethical treatment and product longevity also affect your choices.

Also, we know that many of you – if not all – do care very much about these factors. We aren’t kidding when we say that we work with some of the best and most conscientious clients!

Sustainability

Whether your heart leans toward vegan materials or you simply want to reduce the depletion of our natural resources, you’ll appreciate the wide selection of sustainable home furnishings that we offer through our exclusive vendor relationships. Just like you, we reveal our true priorities in what, how, and where we spend our money.

As much as we can, we choose to work with sustainable brands that focus on eco-friendly, non-toxic products. It’s better for you, better for us, and better for our planet.

Fair Trade and Ethics

There are few things more devastating when furnishing your home than realizing the sofa you just purchased was crafted by underpaid artisans living impoverished lives oversees. As designers, we analyze the brands we work with to ensure that their manufacturers are reputable and that their artisans are compensated for their skills.

Quality and Durability

When investing in something that impacts your family and quality of life – your home definitely fits that category – you’ll want to make sure your money is being put to good use. While you might not aim to purchase the utmost quality in every area of your project, as your design team, we can map out where you should spend more on quality and where you can spend a little less.

Budget allocation is a big part of what we do. We don’t like surprises any more than you do. Okay, except for Reveal Day – we all know how incredible that is!

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