Reader Poll: Rustic or Rubbish?

by Tina McCarthy on July 16, 2008 in Shelter

To escape summer’s heat, you’ve been spending more weekend afternoons lounging out on your veranda with a glass of iced tea and a good book. So we have to ask: would you make the most of these relaxing moments with this ultra-rustic Aspen chair?

Natural charm. Perfect outdoor piece. Seamless in the garden. Or…not so much?

What do you think of the Aspen chair?
( polls)

The look may not be sustainable, but at least the materials are. (Available at The Nest Store for $720.) – with reporting by Sara Ost

DISCUSSION

Mike S.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:46 PM

Nice find, Tina. I love it – but don’t think that it belongs in the open like that. It’s screams for a hedge or a wall behind it – so you can have a climbing plant wending its way through the branches. A growing chair (kinda) that looks different every year. That how I’d make the most.
Sarah I
July 16th, 2008 at 4:11 PM

Oooh yes, a growing chair! That’s a trend I most definitely like.
Morgan D
July 16th, 2008 at 8:04 PM

I think that chair is of the “nice to look at, but not sit it” nature. Has anyone put their heinie in it? Is it comfy?
Jennae @ Green Your Decor
July 18th, 2008 at 12:49 PM

I have to say, I’m not digging this one at all. I applaud the designer’s ingenuity, but it’s just not my style.
kim
July 18th, 2008 at 1:52 PM

I don’t know whether it’s just not my style, but it doesn’t work for me.