Hand Painted Frontier Bench - Full Size Chair Build

Product Description

Most outdoor furniture blends into the background. This one pulls people together and stops them in their tracks.

Walk into any patio furniture store and the formula is the same. Stamped aluminum frames, injection-molded plastic, teak veneer over particle board. All of it engineered to look acceptable in a showroom and deteriorate quietly in your backyard over the next three summers.

We had a different starting point.

Adam started collecting old skis in 1995 because he couldn't stand the idea of them ending up in a landfill. He was a competitive ski racer in Colorado, competing against people who would go on to become Olympians. Skiing was everything to him. When that chapter ended and he found himself stuck in a corporate job, he went back to the garage in Manitou Springs with a set of DeWalt tools and started building.

That was 2007. Colorado Ski Furniture has kept over a million pounds of skis and snowboards out of landfills since.

The same bench. A completely different statement.

The Hand Painted Frontier Bench takes everything that makes the Frontier chair iconic and stretches it into a shared seat. Full length skis or snowboards fanned out across the seat and back, solid Douglas fir frame and arms, and the same team in Manitou Springs that has been handcrafting these for nearly two decades. The difference is what happens before the bench leaves the shop. Every surface gets hand painted to your spec, turning a piece that already pulls people in into something nobody else has.

You choose your base stain, back style, and whether you want rockers before we build it. No two benches come out the same.

Here's how the process works.

The base is Douglas fir, available in five stains: Walnut, Redwood, Gray, Ebony, or Blue-Grey. From there you pick your back style, all skis, all snowboards, or a hybrid of both. There's also an option to add rockers if that's your thing.

From there, the design is yours. You can reference one of the painted examples in the product photos, describe something you have in mind, or bring a completely original idea. A mountain scene, a color palette, something personal to you. If you can describe it, the team can paint it. When you order, use the notes box to tell us what direction you're thinking. Before anything gets built, the team will reach out to go over the details and share a design proof for you to approve. Nothing gets painted until you sign off on it. If for whatever reason we can't bring it to life, you get a full refund, no questions asked.

We have plenty of customers on their third and fourth order. Once you see how it comes together, it's hard to go back to something off a shelf.

What makes someone stop and ask about a bench?

With a standard bench it's the skis and boards. Every one has a history and you can feel it. With a hand painted bench, it's that and the artwork on top of it. Different colors, different brands, different stories fanned out across the back, and a design painted over all of it that ties everything together. Guests walk past every other piece of furniture in the yard and want to know where it came from. That's not something you get from Pottery Barn or Costco.

These also make the kind of gift people actually remember. A hand painted bench built around someone's favorite mountain, a place they've skied, or a design that means something to them is not something you find anywhere else. That kind of thing happens here more than you'd think.

A note on fit

The Frontier Bench is our full size shared seating option. It makes a bigger footprint than the Alpine Bench, which is the move when you have the space for it and want the full effect. If you're working with a tighter area, we also make the Alpine Bench with the tips cut down. If you're unsure which is right for your space, reach out and we'll help you figure it out before you order.

This is a family business. Most of the time Adam will pick up the phone himself. Everyone here is proud of what they build, and that comes through in the product and the experience of ordering one.

Makes an unforgettable gift for anyone who loves skiing, snowboarding, or just owning something nobody else has.

Handcrafted in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Hand painted to your spec. Built to handle whatever you put it through.

Dimensions

• Width: 64"
• Depth: 36"
• Height: 55"

Materials

Built for durability and long-term use.

• Frame: sustainably harvested Douglas fir
• Seat & back: repurposed skis or snowboards
• Hardware: stainless steel screws and brackets
• Finish: weather-proof exterior paint/stain

Finish

Each bench is hand-painted and finished by Colorado artisans.

• Water- and weather-resistant finish
• UV-resistant topcoat for indoor/outdoor use
• Custom color and ski preferences available