Custom Designs

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  • Ski bench made from colorful powder skis with mountain and sunset graphics, red stained frame

    Alpine Low back Powder Ski Bench

    $1,491.00

    Powder skis are wide, which makes for an unusually generous seat. Same low back shape at 34 inches tall by 36 deep and 60 wide, built from repurposed skis and finished to live outdoors. Tell us the colors you want and the ones you do not, and we build to that.

  • Low back bench built from a row of vintage skis on a red stained wood frame

    Alpine Low back Retro Ski Bench

    $1,881.00

    Built from retro skis, the ones with graphics nobody prints anymore, on a low back frame that sits 34 inches tall by 36 deep and 60 wide. Lower than our standard bench on purpose, so it works under a window or along a wall without blocking anything. Handcrafted in Colorado and weatherproof.

  • Ski chair with a fiery sunset over purple peaks, golden aspens and a Colorado flag C

    Aspen Maroon Bells Sunset Mural Ski Chair

    $1,441.00

    The Maroon Bells at sunset, hand painted in exterior oil paint across the back of the chair. It is a full size Adirondack chair built from retired skis on a Douglas fir base, 50 inches tall by 36 deep and 32 wide, with a ski binding cup holder. No two come out identical, because no two sets of retired skis do.

  • Bear family silhouettes crossing a red and blue sunset, painted on a snowboard bench backrest

    Bear Family Sunset Sunset Stroll – SB Bench

    $681.00

    This Bear Family Sunset Sunset Stroll – SB Bench is made from repurposed snowboards, ideal for any lover of the slopes.

    Transform your space into a sporty, yet stylish display. Reminisce good memories with family and friends on this unique piece of Colorado gear! Built with quality in mind, this bench offers both comfort and durability.

    • Hand painted 
    • Comfortable design
    • Water/Weather proof
    • Customizable (see options below)
    • 44″ tall by 36″ deep and 60″ wide.
  • Silver grey ski chair with a bearded sugar skull mural, built on a stained wood frame

    Bearded Silver Sugar Skull Adirondack Ski Chair

    $1,495.00

    A bearded sugar skull in silver and black, hand painted across the back of an Adirondack ski chair. It reads as a bold graphic from across the yard and turns into detail work the closer you get. Built in Colorado from retired skis on a Douglas Fir base.

  • Green and blue ski chairs with pine trees inside a painted circle, flanking a steel fire pit

    Blue Mountain and Green Forest Ski Chairs – Set of 2

    $1,311.00

    Blue ridgeline up top, green timber below, hand painted across two matching seat backs the way the drive to the trailhead actually looks. Both are full size Adirondack ski chairs built in Colorado from retired skis, eight to ten pairs for the pair of them. Weatherproof oils, a real ski binding cup holder and a 400 lb capacity on each.

  • Pair of ski chairs with layered mountain murals, one autumn foliage and one white wildflowersTwo Adirondack ski chairs side by side in the shop yard, one aspen mural and one daisy mural

    Blue Mystic Mountains Spring and Fall Chairs – Set of 2

    $1,641.00

    One chair painted in cool spring blues, the other in warm autumn golds, both carrying the same layered Mystic Mountains ridgelines. A set of two Adirondack chairs built in Colorado from eight to ten pairs of retired skis on a Douglas Fir base. Two seasons, one deck, no arguing about which is better.

  • Ski chairs on a porch, one painted with a moon and clouds, one Colorado flag CTeal ski chair with a yellow sun, drifting clouds and a lone rider silhouette below

    Blue Sky Skier and Teal | Turquoise Daydream Adirondack Snowboard & Ski Chair – Set of 2

    $1,641.00

    Set of 2 – (1)Blue Sky Skier Daydream and (1)Teal/Turquoise Snowboarder Daydream chair is a true beauty, perfect for hardcore ski lovers. With its stylish appearance, Impress friends and family with these beautiful pieces! With extensive customizability, you will have a truly original piece. Built with quality in mind, these chairs offer both comfort and durability. 

    • Hand painted 
    • Comfortable design
    • Water/Weather proof
    • Customizable (see options below)
    • 55″ tall by 36″ deep and 32″
    • Added cup holders!
  • Rainbow striped ski chair with a dripping painted portrait of a dreadlocked reggae singer

    Bob Marley Rasta Art Adirondack Ski Chair

    $795.00

    Red, gold and green running up the seat back with Bob right in the middle of it. One Adirondack ski chair, built in Colorado from real retired skis on a Douglas Fir base and hand painted in exterior oils. The loudest chair on the deck, and it knows it.

  • Six snowboard decks mounted as an office lobby wall display carrying a white outdoor brand logo

    Branded Ski & Snowboard Office Murals w/your logo

    $695.00

    Hand painted ski and snowboard office murals built from real retired gear in Colorado. The scene is painted by hand, the logo goes on as a decal or an applique, and branded work is quoted on a call.

  • Ski cornhole board sets carrying resort and restaurant logos plus a painted mountain sunset pair

    Branded Ski Cornhole Board Sets

    $1,195.00

    The perfect fun & interactive way to showcase your brand!

    Our Ski Cornhole Board Sets are VERY popular and really fun!

    Upgrade any outdoor event with our unique hand-painted Cornhole Board Sets.

    • Made from Repurposed skis
    • Built to last for years, worth the investment
    • Two boards included
    • Showcase your favorite logos!
    • Weather/Water Resistant
    • Made to match your brand guidelines
    • Free shipping
    • Customizable
  • Painted white columbine flowers and snowy blue peaks below a Colorado flag snowboard backColorado flag snowboard bench painted with snowy peaks and columbine flowers

    Colorado Columbines and Mountains Snowboard Bench

    $1,441.00

    Colorado columbines and a mountain range, hand painted across the back of this Adirondack snowboard bench. Built from retired snowboards, 36 inches tall by 36 deep and 60 wide, painted in exterior oil so it holds its color through the seasons. The state flower on the state pastime. Seems right.

  • Colorado flag Adirondack ski bench with names woodburned into the front board, parked on a driveway

    Colorado Flag Adirondack Ski Bench with Custom Front Board

    $1,591.00

    This Colorado flag bench comes with a custom front board, which gives the flag design a whole extra panel instead of squeezing it onto the seat backs. Built from repurposed downhill skis on a Douglas Fir base and hand painted in Manitou Springs. Roughly 64 inches wide, so it seats two adults and a cooler.

  • Colorado Flag Ski Porch Swings

    Colorado Flag Ski Porch Swings

    $2,791.00

    Colorado Flag Ski Porch Swings

    Hanging Adirondack style porch swings with chains.  Beautiful, comfortable and eye catching.
    ***Available for pick up or delivery only. Delivery will be billed separately when item is ready. If you purchase this item with a shippable item, you must select local pickup or delivery as your shipping option.***   We’re also not licensed to install the swing, but we can cut the chains to you desired length and make it ready to hang, you just have to handle the actual install or hire someone local to help you out with that part.    You can also opt for a rocking bench that will also move and give you that relaxing feeling and you won’t need to hang it.

    One of our top sellers for the past several years, you can’t go wrong with this beauty. Our Colorado Flag Ski Porch Swings will display your love of the slopes all year long. Colorado Flag Ski Porch Swings available in many styles and colors, custom hand painted to your design specifications.

    You can’t beat the comfort, style, durability and beauty of this swinging bench.  It’s a great investment.  It will be the talk of any party you host and will make you smile every time you look at it!

    Roughly 56″ wide 28″ tall and 36″ deep, all of them are unique, made to order!

Custom Ski Furniture Built From The Idea In Your Head

Most orders in this category start with the same phone call. I saw a chair on your site, but what I really want is, and then comes something we have never built before. A mural of the run where two people got engaged. A hockey stick bench for a basement bar. Four chairs stained to match a deck in Breckenridge. That call is the front door to this whole category, and nearly everything in the grid above began exactly that way.

Custom Designs is the made to order side of Colorado Ski Chairs. Every piece is built in Manitou Springs, Colorado from real retired skis, snowboards and other gear that already had a first life on the hill. Nothing here gets stamped out of a mold, so treat this page as a set of starting points rather than a catalog.

Find the closest thing to what you want in the grid, then tell us how yours should be different. Colors, scene, size, wood stain, one chair or a matched set of four. If the idea does not appear anywhere on this site, that is a normal Tuesday around here.

Woman seated in an Adirondack chair made from red, white and blue skis on a patio

Built from your own gear

Send us the skis that have been living behind the lawn mower since 2009. They come back as something you sit in with a beer.

Jagged snowy peaks, a winding river and violet clouds painted across a tall ski chair back

Hand painted murals

Peaks, sunsets, national parks, dogs, camper vans. Painted by hand in exterior oils, never a decal.

Woman relaxing in a white ski chair carrying a resort logo across the backrest

Branded and logo work

Your brand color painted on, your logo floated on top as a decal so the mark stays exact. Quoted on a call.

How a custom order actually works

One. Tell us the idea in whatever shape it is in

Photos, a screenshot, a rough sketch on the back of a trail map, or just a description over the phone. People send a picture of the view from a cabin deck and ask for that. Others send a logo file and a brand color. Both are plenty to start with. You get a person who builds these things, not a form that emails you back on Thursday.

Two. We price it before anything gets cut

Size, how much painting the scene needs, how the mark goes on and how many pieces you want all move the number, which is why custom and branded work is quoted on a call instead of listed. You know the price and the timeline before we touch a saw.

Three. We build it, and you see it happen

Skis get cut, shaped and mounted on a Douglas Fir base, the painting happens in exterior oils, and the piece cures before it goes anywhere. Most customers get progress photos along the way, partly because we like showing them off and partly because it is the easiest way to catch a change while a change is still cheap.

What we build from, and how much of it a piece takes

The most common surprise on a first custom call is the quantity. A finished chair looks like it should be one pair of skis. It is not.

  • One Adirondack ski chair takes four to five pairs of skis. A matched set of two takes eight to ten pairs.
  • A snowboard chair needs at least three boards. A single snowboard, on the other hand, does make a coffee table or a bench, which is a different piece and a very good one.
  • A hockey stick chair takes twelve to fifteen sticks.
  • A golf club chair takes one full set, so eleven or twelve clubs.
  • Oak wine barrel staves come into the mix for rockers, side tables and bar pieces.

If you are sending your own gear and you do not have enough of it, that is fine, and it is the usual case. Send the pairs that actually mean something, we fill in the rest from our stock of vintage and retro skis, and yours go in the spots you will look at. If the skis are long gone entirely, tell us the brand and the era and we will get close.

Murals are painted. Logos are not.

Worth knowing before you call, because it comes up on every branded job. A hand painted mural is painted by hand in exterior oils, never a decal. Peaks, sunsets, aspens, a national park skyline, a dog, a van on a dirt road, all of that goes on with brushes.

A logo is a different animal. A logo is never painted. It goes on as a logo decal floated onto the painted background so the mark holds its exact shape and its exact color, which is what a marketing director actually wants to see in a lobby photo. Aluminum appliques and plastic appliques are alternatives, each priced differently, and the logo can sit on the front or the back. Branded pricing is quoted on a call.

The parts that do not change

However far a design wanders, the bones stay the same.

  • Adirondack chairs run 45 inches tall by 36 deep by 32 wide, with some builds at 55 tall. Comfortable for people from 3 feet to 6 feet 10.
  • Douglas Fir base, so the piece sits flat on a stone patio instead of teetering.
  • A cup holder made from a repurposed ski binding, gripping a drink the way it once gripped a boot.
  • High quality exterior oil paint, colorful and weatherproof, so the piece can live outside all year.
  • 400 lb weight capacity. Feel free to snuggle with your sweetie!
  • 3 year hassle free warranty. Yup.
  • Rocker conversion runs $75 more on repurposed oak wine barrel slats.

Timing, delivery and shipping

Made to order work runs two to four weeks, depending on how much painting is involved and how busy the shop is. Heavily detailed murals and large sets sit at the long end of that. If your date is tight, say so on the first call, and take a look at our ready to ship pieces, which are finished and waiting.

We deliver locally across Colorado, including Colorado Springs, Denver, Breckenridge, Vail and Aspen, and we ship nationwide to the lower 48. Most chairs ship free to the lower 48. Oversized and multi piece orders get quoted separately, because a set of four does not travel the way one chair does.

Frequently asked questions

I have an idea but no drawing. Can you still build it?

Yes. Most custom orders arrive as one photo and a paragraph. Describe the scene, the colors and where the piece is going to live, and our painters take it from there. Nobody has ever been turned away for a bad sketch.

Do I see the design before you build it?

Yes, on anything with artwork involved. We confirm the layout, the colors and the placement up front, and you get photos as the piece comes together. Changes are easy early and painful late, so we front load that conversation on purpose.

Can you paint a specific mountain, resort or trail?

Yes, and it is one of the most requested jobs in this category. Send a photo taken from the angle you remember rather than a postcard shot, because the version in your head is usually one particular view from one particular chairlift.

Can you build something that is not a chair?

Yes. Benches, tables, wall murals and panels, porch swings, cornhole sets, birdhouses, guitar stands, office wall art and handcrafted ski lift bench replicas have all come out of this shop. Tell us what the room needs and we will tell you honestly whether we can build it well.

Can I send my own skis for a custom build?

Yes, and it is a big part of what happens here. Call before you ship anything so we can talk through quantities and confirm that what you have will work. Mismatched pairs are welcome and usually look more interesting anyway.

Do you do custom work for businesses?

Yes. Breweries, ski shops, resorts, real estate offices and corporate lobbies order branded chairs, benches and wall panels, sometimes one for an entryway and sometimes a dozen for an office. Logo work goes on as a decal or an applique, and pricing is quoted on a call rather than listed.

Ready to describe the thing that does not exist yet? Call 303.775.7273 and we will work it out over the phone. While you think it over, browse Chairs, Benches, Tables, Wall Art, Sentimental, Branded Items and Ready To Ship.