Patio Dining Sets Built From Retired Skis and Snowboards
The folding table has been out there four summers now. It wobbles, one leg finds the gap between two pavers every single time, and every June somebody says we should really get a real table. This is the year. A set from this page arrives as one thing: table, benches, chairs, painted together, built to stay outside when you go in.
Our patio dining sets are made in Manitou Springs, Colorado from genuine retired skis and snowboards on solid wood frames. The table is the piece most people underestimate. A dining top with a runner of real snowboards laid down the center, old graphics still readable under the finish, is the difference between people eating in twenty minutes and people staying for three hours.
Buying the whole deck at once is the point of this category. You can order a table now and chairs in the spring, and plenty of people do. But when the table, the benches and the chairs are painted in one run, the stain matches, the mural carries across pieces, and nobody has to explain why the bench is a slightly different grey.
Start with the table
A 40 by 60 inch outdoor dining top with a runner of retired snowboards down the middle. Seats six, lives outside, does not wobble.
Farmhouse table and benches
The 40 by 80 farmhouse build with matching benches, shown in weathered grey. Furniture first, conversation piece second.
The whole deck
Table, bar stools and snowboard benches ordered as one set and painted in one run. This is what buying it all at once looks like.
What goes into a patio dining set
The table
The standard outdoor dining top is 40 by 60 inches, which seats six without anybody eating with an elbow in a rib. The farmhouse version runs 40 by 80 with matching benches at 70 inches wide, 12 deep and 19 tall. Pub height tables come in at 42 inches for people who want to stand and lean. Any of those dimensions get modified to fit your space at no extra charge, because decks are not standard and neither are the people who own them.
The seating
Benches, reclined Adirondack chairs, upright dining chairs and bar stools, in whatever combination the space wants. Bar stools measure 18 inches wide by 20 deep by 49 tall with a 29 inch seat height, and we change that height for free if your bar is a custom pour of concrete. A single snowboard genuinely does make a bench or a coffee table, so the small pieces in these sets are real furniture and not filler.
The extras
Side tables, coffee tables, ottomans, and a standing directional sign pointing at every mountain you have skied. Sets on this page run from three pieces up to eight, and we build past eight when somebody has a big deck and a bigger plan.
Farmhouse tables and the whole deck approach
The farmhouse table and bench set is for people who want the outdoor dining set without the ski lodge volume turned all the way up. Dark walnut and weathered grey are the two stains we photograph the most, and a retro ski runner down the center is optional rather than mandatory. It reads as furniture that happens to have a story, which is exactly what some houses need.
The most common whole deck order goes like this: table in the middle, benches on the long sides, then two Adirondack ski chairs pulled off toward the fire. Two zones, one palette, one delivery, one afternoon of setup.
Built for weather, not for the garage
- Real retired skis and snowboards on solid wood frames, made in Colorado
- High quality exterior oil paint and finish, water and weather proof
- Adirondack ski chairs 45 inches tall by 36 deep by 32 wide, binding cup holder, 400 lb capacity
- 3 year hassle free warranty across the whole set
- Table, bench and stool heights modified to fit your space at no extra charge
- Made to order in two to four weeks, with some pieces ready to ship
- Free shipping on most chairs to the lower 48, freight quoted on the larger sets
Weatherproof is not a hedge. Snow on the table is a photo, not an emergency.
Restaurants, breweries and rental properties
A good share of these sets go to patios that are open to the public. Ski town restaurants, breweries, tasting rooms, wedding venues and short term rental owners order tables plus benches plus chairs in one shot, then call back the following spring for round two. Mountain murals on those pieces are painted by hand in exterior oils, never a decal.
A logo works differently, and this trips people up. A logo is never painted. It goes on as a logo decal floated onto a painted background so the mark holds its exact shape and its exact color, and aluminum or plastic appliques are alternatives at different price points. The logo can sit on the front or the back. Branded pricing gets quoted on a call rather than listed on a page.
Getting a full set to your deck
We deliver across Colorado including Colorado Springs, Denver, Breckenridge, Vail and Aspen, and we ship nationwide to the lower 48. A complete dining set moves as freight, not as a box on the porch, so call and tell us about the driveway, the stairs and the gate width before you order rather than after.
Frequently asked questions
How many people does the table seat?
The standard 40 by 60 inch top seats six comfortably. The farmhouse version at 40 by 80 with two 70 inch benches handles eight, and more than that when the kids are small and willing to squeeze. If you need a bigger footprint we build it, we just need to talk about freight before we start.
Can you change the table height or the dimensions?
Yes, and it is one of the most common requests we get. Table height, bench height and bar stool height all get modified at no extra charge. Standard dining height and 42 inch pub height are the two starting points, with 49 inch stools at a 29 inch seat height for the pub build. Send us the actual measurement of your space, not an estimate from memory.
Are the ski lift benches real chairlifts?
Most of our ski lift benches and swings are handcrafted replicas, built to look right rather than pulled off a mountain. When a piece is a genuine retired lift, the product name says so plainly. We do not invent provenance to make a better story, and you should be suspicious of anyone who does.
Can I mix benches and chairs in the same set?
That is how most of these get ordered. Benches on the long sides and chairs on the ends is the arrangement we build most often, and a lot of sets pair two benches at the table with two Adirondacks pulled toward the fire pit. Paint it all in one run and the mismatch problem never comes up.
Does any of it need to come inside for winter?
No. Exterior oil paint and a weatherproof finish, built to live outside through Colorado winters. Leaving it out is the plan, not the mistake. If you want to throw a cover on the table during a hail summer, nobody here will argue with you.
Can you build a set from our own skis and snowboards?
Yes, and those are the builds we like most. One Adirondack ski chair takes four to five pairs of skis and a snowboard chair needs at least three boards, so a full dining set uses a serious pile of gear. Tell us what you have in the garage and we will tell you honestly what it covers and what we fill in from our stock.
