Rico is proud to add LEE Industries to our lineup of smart upholstery. Now on view at our showroom.

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It has been the LEE mission to create innovatively styled, high quality home furnishings while adhering to a set of values that focus on the customer, the community, and the environment. In doing this, they have committed to manufacture earth-friendly products, using sustainable processes by people who care about the environment. In 1984, LEE made a conscience effort to be as earth-friendly as possible, long before any other furniture manufacturer.

Lee makes every piece of our furniture in the USA. And they go far beyond just building a piece of furniture. They craft it, obsess over it and test it over and over again until it's perfect.

A few things - besides unmatched quality and style - makes Lee stand out. They only use steel coil springs in their eight-way hand-tied seat decks. This keeps the springs from shifting and creating uncomfortable lumps and bumps. Each spring is supported by polypropylene and steel strapping to provide you with the most long lasting and comfortable seating known to man. Also, all our frames are certified, select kiln-dried hardwoods. The joints are double-doweled and every corner is blocked, screwed and glued. That means that your furniture will not creak, sag, split or warp, no matter what. And if you know LEE, you know their fabric selections are a cut above with more than 1000 fabrics and 80 leathers to choose from.

LEE has a long track record of eco-friendly manufacturing. They use naturalLEE soy-based cushions, certified frames, recycled filling for pillows, water based stains, and offer many organic and natural fabrics. In the manufacturing process, they reuse or recycle approximately 95% of all the materials that enter the production stream. Just by using the naturalLEE cushions, in 2007 alone, LEE Industries has saved over 10,000 gallons of crude oil and has eliminated 54,000 pounds of CO2 emissions.

LEE is demonstrating that making a change does not compromise the quality or integrity of the product. They are sourcing more domestic and organic fabrics to bring you additional alternatives in upholstery fabric. They are also offering an upgrade to their standard soy-based cushion called the Eco-Lux cushion. The luxuriously soft Eco-Lux cushion is made with a soy-based foam wrapped in a 50/50 goose down and Ingeo™ fiber blend. Ingeo™ is the world's first viable synthetic fiber that is derived entirely from annually renewable resources. You can also choose a frame that comes from certified sustainable forests. And we guarantee that the product you receive from LEE is made in the USA by craftsmen that are experts in their field and take pride in their workmanship.