Custom Designs

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  • Ski and snowboard porch swing with a Colorado flag floating above clouds and snowy peaks

    Colorado Flag Sunset Cloud Mural Ski and Snowboard Porch Swing

    $2,471.00

    A Colorado flag under a sunset cloud mural, hand painted across skis and snowboards on a hanging Adirondack style porch swing. Roughly 56 inches wide, 28 tall and 36 deep, made to order so no two come out alike. Most people skip the binding cup holders on a swing, for reasons that turn obvious around drink number two.

  • Ski porch swing with a Colorado flag mountain mural, hanging on a porch with four friends seated

    Colorado Mountain Mural Flag Ski Porch Swing

    $2,771.00

    The Colorado flag and a mountain range hand painted across a hanging Adirondack style porch swing, built from real retired skis. Roughly 56 inches wide, 28 tall and 36 deep, made to order in our Manitou Springs shop. Every one comes out a little different, since the skis get a vote.

  • Ski rocker painted with a Colorado flag sunset, layered mountains, pines and a grazing elk

    Colorado Rocky Mountain Moose Mural Adirondack Ski Chair

    $1,441.00

    A bull moose standing in front of Rocky Mountain peaks, hand painted in exterior oil across the ski backs of this Adirondack chair. Big frame at 36 inches wide by 36 deep and 58 inches tall, built from retired skis for full time outdoor duty. It is the chair guests walk over to look at.

  • Welcome to Colorful Colorado barnwood wall art with raised white letters on dark stained boards

    Colorful Colorado Barnwood Wall Art, White Letters, 18 inch

    $249.00

    The old highway greeting, hand painted in white letters across repurposed barnwood, in the 18 inch size. Every board has a history before it got here, so the grain and color are different on every one we make. Built in our Manitou Springs shop.

  • Small snowboard chairs with silver and purple striped board backs and colorful ski seats, set of twoSnowboard chair with striped deck backrest and ski tip armrests on wood chips

    Colorful Kids Snowboard Chairs – Set of 2

    $995.00

    These slightly smaller versions of our popular Adirondack chairs are perfect for the little ones in the family. Built just like our other chairs these are made from repurposed snowboards and designed with quality and comfort in mind. Better yet, you can customize them to match any other Adirondack chairs you already have!

    • Set of (2)
    • Hand painted 
    • Comfortable design
    • Water/Weather proof
    • Customizable (see options below)
    • 33″ tall by 18″ deep and 20″ wide.
  • Sale! Barnwood Welcome to Colorful Colorado sign with vintage wooden snowshoes crossed above it

    Combo: 36″ Welcome to CO” Barnwood Sign + Stand + Snowshoes

    Original price was: $695.00.Current price is: $549.00.

    These custom, handcrafted and hand painted Repurposed Barnwood Wall Arts will add beauty to any size room!   Add a nice stand and the vintage snowshoes and you’ve got a real show stopper!

    Perfect display for any occasion!

    Buy local, shop small and take advantage of these beautiful creations that impress your friends, family, clients, or loved one with an impressive, memorable Colorado-made creation!

    For more ideas, check out our gallery as well, www.coloradoskichairs.com/instagram
    We also post daily to Instagram and Facebook and have many more designs and pictures on there as well.

     

  • Bare stained wood chair frames stacked in the yard, ready for your own skis

    Complete Wooden Base for Chair – DIY – add your own Skis @ home

    $299.00

    Have your own skis and want to make your own chair?   Save time and money and skip all the woodworking and trips to the hardware store and just buy the bases from us!  You can get the Low or the Medium base for the same price.  We can even change the stain color if you’d like.

    Includes the seat frame, arm supports, back straps, cup holder, hardware and more!

    This chair base continues to to be wildly popular for it’s style, comfort and durability.

    With endless color, style, and brand options, you are guaranteed a custom look to fit your outdoor lifestyle.

    It’s the perfect blend of style, comfort, and affordability that will “wow” your guests. Need extra seating? Get a discount when you buy two!

    Made of Redwood and Douglas fir, these chairs are all hand painted with oil paints and will last for years!  Very sturdy and high quality.

    Sure to be your favorite piece of furniture, order without worries, we warranty all our items 100% for the first 3 years and have extremely high ratings and customer satisfaction.

  • Cross country skis standing shoulder to shoulder as a ski fence panel in the snow

    Cross Country Skis for Projects, Set of 10 Pairs

    $399.00

    Skinny, light and longer than anything else in the pile. Ten pairs of gently used cross country skis for your own builds, and we text you photos so you pick which ones ship. That is enough material to finish something substantial.

  • Grid of custom party skis and shot skis personalized with names, logos and drink bindings

    Custom Party Skis with drink bindings

    $375.00

    “Design your own” Custom Party Ski with drink bindings, apres ski, custom skis.

    We will include 3-4 hours of custom paint time with this shot ski and free shipping, extra artwork beyond that may incur a $75/hour fee.

    This is the coolest ski anywhere & demands to be the life of the party!

    Consider it like a team sport, but without the need of any actual athletic skills.

    Great conversations often start over this signature item, and even better memories.

    “Design your own” Custom Party Ski with drink bindings, apres ski, custom skis

    We can paint anything on them you want as well- additional fees may apply for custom artwork at $75/hour.

     

  • Kids ski chairs built from bright neon green, purple and pink vintage skisPair of kid sized Adirondack ski chairs built from neon 1990s skis on mulch

    Customizable Kids Ski Chairs – Set of 2

    $649.00

    These slightly smaller versions of our popular Adirondack chairs are perfect for the little ones in the family. Built just like our other chairs these are made from repurposed snowboards and designed with quality and comfort in mind. Better yet, you can customize them to match any other Adirondack chairs you already have!

    • Set of (2)
    • Hand painted 
    • Comfortable design
    • Water/Weather proof
    • Customizable (see options below)
    • 33″ tall by 18″ deep and 20″ wide.
  • Two kids snowboard chairs, one purple striped board and one pastel watercolor boardTwo snowboard chairs, one purple striped and one pastel tie dye, against a mountain mural

    Customizable Kids Snowboard Chair

    $349.00

    These slightly smaller versions of our popular Adirondack chairs are perfect for the little ones in the family. Built just like our other chairs these are made from repurposed snowboards and designed with quality and comfort in mind. Better yet, you can customize them to match any other Adirondack chairs you already have!

    • Hand painted 
    • Comfortable design
    • Water/Weather proof
    • Customizable (see options below)
    • 33″ tall by 18″ deep and 20″ wide.
  • Black and white mountain range mural panel above a credenza in a conference room

    Customizable Mountain Mural – Office Wall Art – 96″

    $4,795.00

    This decorative piece of wall art is the just piece you need to fill that empty space on your wall.  Customize to your liking!

    96″ Ski Mural Wall Art Hand-Painted on Real Recycled Skis- roughly 36” tall. 

    The array of mountains complete with a beautiful winter snowfall, offers a relaxing, yet stunning display. Perfect, not just for you, but also as a gift for any occasion!

    Upgrade your home with this stylish piece.

    • Hand painted 
    • Made on Skis or Snowboards
    • Customizable 
  • Curved half circle bench with a seat of multicolored skis on a redwood stained frame

    Customizable Redwood Stained Half Circle Ski Bench

    $1,495.00

    A half circle ski bench finished in a redwood stain, curved so everyone sitting on it is actually facing each other. Built on a Douglas fir base and hand painted with exterior oil paints, 72 inches wide by 36 inches deep and 19 inches tall. Ski binding cup holders are worked right into it.

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.