Tuesday’s Find…a rustic wood bench

Sometimes when I’m scouting things for garden clients and Leaf Magazine I find something that is beautiful more for how it was made than for the actual object itself. More than anything I’ve seen in a long time, this bench from Scotland displays as much joy in the process as in the final piece itself.

Note the wedged mortise and tendon joints holding the seat and back to the sides. The natural board edges have been left as have the marks left from planing the boards to their finished thickness. These maker’s marks add to the beauty of the bench and make it more special in this era of mass production and consumable goods.

The bench is available from Bellingham and Company in New York.