Don't Buy Your Furniture, Grow It

If you want to express yourself through interesting decor, you could always spend thousands of dollars on custom furniture, or you could grow it.

Pooktre tree shaping is a unique art form created by Peter Cook and Becky Northey in South East Queensland, Australia.

From their site,

In 1987 Peter had the idea of growing a chair. In 1995 Peter and Becky became life partners. One year later Pooktre was born. Together they have mastered the art of Tree shaping. Pooktre has perfected a Gradual shaping method, which is the shaping of trees as they grow along predetermined designs. Designing and setting up the supporting framework are fundamental to the success of a tree. Some are intended for harvest to be high quality indoor furniture and others will remain living art.

Becky and Pete told The Fun Times Guide to Home Building,

We evolved our techniques of shaping trees in complete isolation from the rest of the world. With our techniques we know what will work or not and we can reproduce any of our pieces. Which we have done with our favorites. Pooktre only relates to our techniques, in short we have mastered the art of Pooktre.

Want to have Pooktre grow you a piece of furniture? Head over to their collaboration page to see what services they offer. If you live in Australia, they can grow your furniture and transplant it to your property. But customers elsewhere can have their grown furniture dried and finished.