Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0yy3gp71o

The idea grew when Gavin was in and out of hospital with Klippel-Feil syndrome - a rare congenital condition characterised by the abnormal fusion of two or more neck vertebrae.

Those are actually beautiful. Would sell like hotcakes during the Art Nouveau period I bet.

Our budget is $2.9M. Next on HGTV!

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This is actually a thing. The chairs don’t grow fast enough to supply demand.

I love the concept but I’m wary of the actual results. And if LV is using it for store displays, probably beyond my means.

I’d go for a dining set if I could.

A bronze cast of one of their chairs will appear at this month's RHS Chelsea Flower Show

There’s irony in that.

“Bret is a part time carpenter and Donna sells dog collar charms on Etsy.”

Maybe they can mass-produce with bamboo.

The rapid growth might actually make bamboo harder to train than trees are.

What do you mean "wary of the results"? Why?

Our budget is $2.9M and 20 years. We hope to send Kaiylleigh and Brngn to college with their own custom grown chairs.

Where does Brngn end and the chair begin?

Gavn

Maybe wary isn’t the word. The concept is nice but the execution looks like it needs work.

Or you could make stools from stumps of a cut up log. This seems more efficient and you get multiples per tree.

Good point!