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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.

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[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Our budget is $2.9M. Next on HGTV!

[–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Where does Brngn end and the chair begin?

[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 6 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

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

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe they can mass-produce with bamboo.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

Good point!

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 1 day ago

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

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] snowydroopz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)