Indonesian Reclaimed Hardwood Bench

One block of timber, and someone had the good sense to leave it that way.

This reclaimed hardwood bench comes from Bali, Indonesia, and is contemporary. It is tamarind wood. Tamarind is a dense tropical hardwood, generally valued for its pale sapwood shot through with dark streaks of heartwood. The bench is simply a squared solid block, its top and sides left with shallow adze marks, checks and knots. A dark band of heartwood curls across one end and down the side like a brushstroke. The end grain shows the rings and a few open cracks. It is 47 inches long and 17.5 high.

Minimal assembly required. None, in fact.