Seven Planet

The Oregonian came down to the store last week to see what all the hype is about mindful commerce.  Here’s their article, complete with a photo of Aysia deftly working our reclaimed wood cash wrap.

Liz Hummer at Neighborhood Notes says she’s “sold on the modern general store” after visiting two of them in Portland, including seven planet.  This post she wrote not only covers our business model, but also dives deep into our product selection.

Our products and our way of doing business come out of the principles we live by every day. We believe in taking things back to basics, and simplifying as much as we can. That’s why Way Basics furniture building blocks – we call them zBoards — are made from post-consumer recycled paper, one of the simplest, most ancient materials ever. Unlike other assembly-required products, our zBoards can be recycled with no waste when their use is over, so they make little to no environmental impact.

Our name depicts how we as a company are doing things in a different way, and our products are built for our customers lifestyles… their way.  Best of all, we keep everything simple and way basic.

No tools, No rules, No kidding!  When you open your Way Basics package, you won’t find a mysterious bag full of screws and directions written in seven different languages.  There is literally one page of instructions written in plain English.  Assembled with industrial strength 3M tape, assembly is literally as easy as peel, stick, done!