Frontier Bench - Full Size Chair Build

Product Description

Most outdoor furniture blends into the background. This one pulls people together.

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 Frontier Bench is the full experience, with room for two.

The 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. Just more room to settle in.

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 that 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. When you order, there's a notes box where you can share anything else like ski or snowboard brand preferences, specific colors you're after, or any creative direction you have in mind. Before we get started, the team will reach out to confirm all the details and make sure you're happy with the direction. If for whatever reason we can't bring your vision to life, you get a full refund, no questions asked. Looking for something painted? We also offer a hand painted version of this bench. Check it out here.

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?

It's not the finish. It's the skis and boards. Every one has a history and you can feel it. Different colors, different brands, different stories fanned out across the back with the full tips on display. 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 bench built for a cabin, a fire pit, or a shared outdoor space is the kind of thing that gets used every single season and never stops being the piece everyone gravitates toward. 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 easy gift for anyone who loves skiing, snowboarding, or just a good place to sit with people they like.

Handcrafted in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Built to handle whatever you put it through.

Dimensions

• Width: 64"
• Depth: 36"
• Height: 45"
• Seat height: ??"
• Back height: ??"
• Weight: approx. ?? lbs

Ships fully assembled. No tools required.

Materials

Built for durability and long-term use.

• Frame: sustainably harvested wood
• Seat & back: repurposed alpine skis
• 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