Grow Your Own Furniture

Backyard furniture offers you a place to sit and enjoy your garden. According to luxuryhousingtrend.com, a company is taking this one step further, creating furniture that is your garden. The Gardening Bench, found on madeindesign.co.uk, is literally a garden bench. The bench has built in planters, which allow you to grow a wide array of your favorite plants and flowers. These benches are easy to maintain, and blend right into your garden.

Arborsculpture is and art in which you can actually grow your own furniture. According to wikipedia.com, arborsculpture “is the art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks. By grafting, bending and pruning the woody trunks and or branches are grown into shapes either ornamental or useful.” The pioneer of the craft, Richard Reames, released a book in 1995 entitled, How to Grow a Chair- The Art of Tree Trunk Topiary. Reames was actually able to grow several tree trunks into a functional and living bench! This guide on grown-furniture.co.uk shows you how to grow a sturdy chair. The chair can be grown from three young saplings, but the process takes about 5 years. While arborsculpture is certainly not for everyone, it is definitely and interesting and environmentally friendly way to furnish your home.

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