New Ottoman For the Barrel Chairs

Hi everyone,

It has been a while since my last blog but finally I found sometime today to inform you guys about my new Wine Barrel Chair Ottoman. It has been in the making for the last few days, and now its all done and ready for marketing. The demand for these ottoman has been pretty high, almost all my wine/whiskey barrel chair customers have been asking if I have made some before. The funny thing is I have been designing it in my head for a while, it was just hard for me to find the time to sit down and put it down on paper. Especially while so many orders were coming in and keeping busy. Luckily I caught up with all my work in ahead of schedule and made it happen.

The Design:  There were a couple things I had to keep in mind while creating this ottoman. First, they had to have matching appearances. I integrated the chair’s features by basically recreating the whole lower half but in the dimension that will be adequate as a footrest. Second; using scraps and extra pieces of staves. Since I really enjoy trying to use a barrel 100%,  I keep all my cut-off pieces just in case. Accumulating stacks of staves that were between15-18  inches long have seemed like the perfect opportunity to use them. Third and most importantly was comfort. Many factors went into this part. The height I made the same as the chairs seat in order for the person to have maximum contact between the two pieces because no one wants to turn their legs into a bridge while trying to relax. The back stave curves along with chairs front one, therefore the whole ottoman fits perfectly in front of the chair with no additional gaps. I have made the legs and frame open towards the front because people don’t just like to sit with their legs straight forward. We like to put them in all sorts of directions and you’ll find it hard to do that on a little skinny one. Last, you will notice that the surface is actually bowing upward unlike the chair. This is a great feature as well because your legs will be supported even more through out its surface.