Meridane Trading LLC is an independent online shop for solid-wood and bamboo goods for the home. We sell the useful, unglamorous things that a house actually runs on: kitchen boards and utensils, storage crates and boxes, home decor, bath accessories, planters and garden pieces, and gift sets built from all of the above. We are based in Portland, Oregon, and we ship to customers across the United States.

Why Wood

Cedar shipping crates are what first got us interested in wooden goods: light for their strength, resistant to moisture, and better looking after ten years of use than on day one. That is the standard we hold every product to. Real wood is repairable, it does not shed microplastics, and a little sanding and a wipe of food-safe oil brings a well-used board back to life instead of sending it to landfill.

Today the range is built around acacia, bamboo, mango wood, oak, walnut, teak, and fir, chosen where each does the job best: a dense acacia or walnut board that takes a knife edge kindly, teak for a soap dish that lives in the shower, fir for planters that spend the season outdoors, and laminated bamboo for bath caddies and organizers, always described as bamboo on the product page. What we do not sell is particleboard with a printed wood-grain film, hollow-core panels, or anything glued together to be thrown away in two years.

How We Choose What to Sell

Every item in the shop has to clear four tests before we list it.

  • Solid material. Solid wood throughout, not a veneer over composite. Bamboo items and any piece that uses a laminated panel for stability are described as such on the product page.
  • Honest construction. Joints that are cut and glued properly, hardware that can be replaced, finishes that are food-safe where food will touch them.
  • It earns its shelf space. We would rather stock one excellent bread box than six mediocre ones. Our range is deliberately narrow.
  • Repairable. A product should be fixable with sandpaper, oil, and a screwdriver. Anything that has to be binned when one part fails does not make the cut.

Wood Is Not Uniform, and That Is the Point

Because our goods are cut from real boards, no two are identical. Grain runs differently. Knots land in different places. Color tone varies between a piece cut from heartwood and one cut nearer the sapwood, and the same board will darken or mellow over its first year in your kitchen. Photographs on our product pages show a representative item, not the exact one you will receive.

We think this is a feature, and we would rather explain it clearly up front than have you open the box expecting a perfect factory match. Genuine defects, such as a split, a crack, or a broken joint, are a different matter entirely and are covered by our returns policy and our one-year limited warranty.

Caring for Your Pieces

Almost everything we sell lasts far longer with three simple habits: wash by hand rather than in a dishwasher, dry standing on edge so air reaches both faces, and re-oil with a food-safe mineral or cutting-board oil when the surface starts to look dry and pale. Keep untreated wood out of prolonged standing water and away from direct heat. Bamboo pieces need only an occasional wipe of oil to keep them from drying out.

Care notes ship with the products that need them, and we are always happy to answer a care question by email even years after a purchase.

How We Work With Customers

We are a small team, and we answer our own support email rather than outsourcing it. That shapes how we do business:

  • Clear pricing. Free standard shipping on orders of $49 or more, a flat $6.95 below that, and no surprise fees added after checkout.
  • 30 days to change your mind, with a plain-English returns policy that states exactly who pays return postage in each situation.
  • Fast, written answers. Support inquiries are answered within one business day, Monday to Friday.

Sustainability

Wood is one of the few materials that is genuinely renewable, but only if it is sourced responsibly, so we prioritize suppliers who can document the origin of their timber. We ship in recyclable cardboard with paper void-fill rather than plastic pillows, and we do not shrink-wrap products that do not need protecting. Where offcuts are unavoidable in production, we look for partners who use them for smaller items rather than sending them to waste.

Get in Touch

Questions about a product, an order, or a return are all welcome at [email protected], Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time. Our company, Meridane Trading LLC, has its office and warehouse at 2035 NW Wilson Street, Suite 4, Portland, OR 97210, United States. The shop itself is online only at meridanetradingllc.com.