Carving Out a Comfortable Spot in the Garden

January 20, 2011 by Robin Plaskoff Horton

Call it furniture, or perhaps a piece of sustainable garden sculpture. Jake Phipps carves solid cedar tree trunks into sensual curved twin loveseats that are at home indoors or out.

Sort of like the old-fashioned courting or kissing bench, the ergonomic design is intended to offer comfort while encouraging a tête-à-tête between two people as they face each other.

Through Riva 1920.

Category: Finding, Furniture, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: garden bench, garden loveseat, outdoor bench, outdoor chaise, outsoor loveseat, reclaimed wood
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http://lzgardener.org/ Catherine W

I wonder if he used trees that were already dead or were they cut for the furniture? His site doesn’t say it was harvested from a sustainable forest. It’s better to have a living cedar tree in the forest than a dead cedar love seat in your house.
https://www.gardenyourcity.com Barbara

Catherine wrote what I was to say…

Design wise – it is fabulous! Like better outside than in…

Face it west/east for sunset/sunrise!

I have picked out boulders for clients that have “natural” places perfect for human rear ends. Maybe he should consider taking up rock sculpture – - can you imagine this in granite?