- Sunset Magazine
- October 2008
- The Bellingham Business Journal
- Trumpeting the Attractions of Bow-Edison
- Story by Heidi Schiller
- April 2005
- Whatcom Business Magazine
- Made in Whatcom: Local Businesses Showing Enduring Trends
- Story by Scott Ayers
- March 2, 2008
- American Style
- Style Spotlight: Washington's Giving Tree
- June 2002
- Cascadia Weekly
- Sharing Space, of Mines and Monikers
- Story by Amy Kepferle
- March 2, 2008
- Sawmill and Woodlot Management Magazine
- Cover Story: A Tree's Table
- Story by Peter Dorty
- October 2002
- Skagit Valley Herald
- The Art of Living
- Home Accents feature article, page 2-8
- Story by Rachel Robertson
- Photography by Scott Terrell
- Woodwork West
- The Tree Project
- October 2002
- Cascadia Weekly
- A Bend in the Road
- Story and photography by Amy Kepferle
- July 7, 2007
- American Craft
- Featured photograph of The Tree Project
- Photography by David Scherrer
- Cascadia Weekly
- Art Harvest
- Story by Amy Kepferle
- July 25, 2007
- The Every Other Weekly
- Promoting Sustainable Forestry
- Story by Dianne Lindsay
- April 8, 1999
- National Public Radio
- Marketplace - A Local Model for
- Global Sustainability
- Sam Eaton interviews Wesley Smith, co-owner of Smith & Vallee Woodworks, Inc.
- Thursday, November 15, 2007
- The Bellingham Herald
- Business Aims for Eco-Clients
- Story by Kie Relyea
- August 30, 1998
- The Bellingham Herald
- New Woodworking Shop Carves a Niche
- Story by Philip A. Dwyer
- May 11, 1998
- Whatcom Independent
- The Tree Project Grows into Sustainable Cabinetry
- Story by Thomas Eastwood
- November 4, 2005
- The Bellingham Business Journal
- Business Births
- June 1998
- The Bellingham Herald
- Feel-good Wood: Furniture made for sustainably grown or salvaged timber finds an eager market.
- Story by Michelle Theriault
- December 19, 2005
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Our long-term dedication to the use of sustainably harvested and recycled material has brought us a great deal of local, regional, and national media attention.
THE TREE PROJECT. In 2002, American Style magazine brought national attention to Smith & Vallee when they wrote a spotlight editorial for their Tree Project exhibition at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, WA.