Our mission is to provide eco-friendly products while demonstrating that business can be conducted in a socially responsible manner.

A Brief History

Although our company is young, the formation started years ago when Michael Baetge, the owner of SC41 Furniture, Inc., founded California Futons, Inc. For more than two decades California Futons has offered natural, organic and chemical-free futons.

Today, with an ever increasing awareness about our environment, choices are now not only more diverse - sustainable harvested wood, nontoxic finishes and furniture upholstered with sustainable and organically produced, low-impact dyed fabrics – but abundant, making eco-friendly material more affordable than ever.

Out of this social, environmental and health conscious movement, SC41 Furniture came to life.

SC41's Commitment to the Environment

Green retailing means to us offering products that endure, structurally and artistically, that last for generations, without harming either the environment or the people that make or use them.

We are committed to ecologically sound business practices. We are proud to be among the first U.S. retail furniture companies whose focus is furniture that is good for us and good for the planet. The functional designs crafted by quality conscious woodworkers are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council for their conscientious use of sustainable, responsibly harvested wood.

Our goal is to offer our customers high quality, simply styled furniture and bedding at the lowest prices possible while maintaining our commitment to the environment and using natural, eco-friendly and recycled materials whenever possible.

With the awareness of an ever expanding outsourcing globalizing economy, our commitment is to act as locally as possible, purchasing from local vendors and helping American workers through a period of historic transition. We choose to support local companies providing locally made products. Some of our local vendors’ resources or manufacturing may be global. We choose these local vendors based on their commitment to pay a fair price, ensuring their workers an ability to move from a position of vulnerability to one of economic self-sufficiency, as well as maintaining the highest social and environmental standards.

Michael Baetge, Founder and Owner of SC41 Furniture in Santa Cruz, California

Michael Baetge, Founder & Owner

"I want to contribute to making our world healthier without compromising style. I believe that making a paradigm shift from the model of competing with the earth and each other to a model of cooperation, is a healthier lifestyle. I want to offer quality and beautifully styled furniture and bedding at the lowest prices possible, while maintaining our commitment to the environment by using natural, eco-friendly and recycled materials. This kind of true value will last for generations to come.

When creating SC41 Furniture, I was reminded of the slogan, ‘think globally and act locally.’ We may be the first local business to be entirely green, from the inside out. Our building was renovated using low or no VOCs (volatile organic compounds) materials. Every time we make a decision to use eco-friendly products, not only is the planet benefiting, but we are making a healthy choice for ourselves."
Michael Baetge, founder and owner of SC41 Furniture in Santa Cruz California