A bespoke two-seater oak bench commissioned by Laura as a first anniversary gift — featuring the lighthouse on the Welsh coast where she and Matt got married, with their names, wedding date and chosen inscription carved directly into the oak.
This is what bespoke means at Free Range: a conversation that starts with “where were you?” and ends with something that couldn’t have been made for anyone else. Laura wanted hearts, because she’d loved them on another of our pieces; she wanted the lighthouse, because it was the place; she wanted the date, 30.7.21, because it was the day. The brief was that simple, and it became a bench that two people will sit on in their garden for the rest of their lives.
Your version might be built around a different place, a different date, a different carving — an anniversary, a retirement, a homecoming, a wedding gift. The process is the same: we take what matters and we put it in oak. Prices include VAT.
Key Features
- Solid oak throughout
- Bespoke design worked out from your brief — place, date, inscription, motif
- Hand-carved lighthouse and heart motifs (example commission shown)
- Custom inscription and engraving included
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Choose your finish — supplied unvarnished as standard, or add three coats of Epifanes yacht varnish for lasting colour and sheen (+£50)
- Two-seater, 140cm wide
- Handmade in Mid Wales
Dimensions
- W140 × D60 × H120cm
- Seat height approx 45cm
- Bespoke dimensions available on request
Your Version
Tell us the occasion, the place, the words. We’ll draw up a design and refine it with you before we begin. Typical lead time is 4–5 weeks. Get in touch to start the conversation.
Finish
This piece is supplied unvarnished as standard. Left natural, solid oak slowly weathers to a soft, silvery-grey — completely normal for outdoor timber, a graceful way for a piece to age, and with no maintenance needed. If you’d prefer to bring out the grain and warm, honeyed tones, choose the varnished option (+£50) and we’ll hand-apply three coats of Epifanes, a premium marine yacht varnish.
More about the two finishes
Outdoor furniture takes a real beating from sun and weather. Left natural, an unvarnished piece simply silvers over time and asks nothing of you. A varnished piece keeps its rich sheen for a couple of years; after that the varnish may begin to flake or patch, at which point you can simply re-coat it, or let it weather back to that natural silvery-grey. Either way, your oak is fine.
