Thanks to the brave souls who scout around old farmsteads and industrial sites, we can enjoy the unique beauty of “farmpunk” furniture. Crafted by the trio of friends who make up unite two design (utd for short), these furnishings blend old and new by combining reclaimed parts with edgy style.

Farmpunk Furniture. Designed by unite two designs.

Tables Made From Reclaimed Beams

Many of their pieces use recovered wood and farm machinery. These materials get a new life via utd’s interesting engineering. Their designs rely on unexpected juxtaposition. The company’s tables prove particularly prepossessing.

Topot. Designed by unite two designs.

Topot. Designed by unite two designs.

Take topot, for example. This table combines an 1800’s farmhouse beam with a pipe from a defunct farm corral, a retired stop sign, and a watering trough for cattle, among other parts. The result is an industrial-rural amalgamation with wonderful geometry.

O’rio. Designed by unite two designs.

Or O’rio. Another table that incorporates a nineteenth-century farmhouse beam, this piece takes its cue from the famous cookie. A table that’s split in two, it leaves a space in the middle where you can sandwich books or other slim items. O’rio also uses black and white milk paint—you can guess why.

Aperitif. Designed by unite two designs.

Aperitif. Designed by unite two designs.

Chestnut. Designed by unite two designs.

Chestnut. Designed by unite two designs.

Other tables include aperitif, which highlights an old beam’s cut-outs, and chestnut level, which recycles a slab of extinct American chestnut from an 1800’s schoolhouse (actually the step to the teacher’s platform).

If you find their tables intriguing, you might also enjoy utd’s benches, notably vice versa. Farmhouse beam, bulldozer sprocket, wagon wheel, stop sign, gang mower axles, and bands from a demolished silo—how’s that for a list of ingredients? With a sinuous metal curve and a pair of bold circles, vice versa resembles the gears in a farm-futurist’s clock.

About the Manufacturer: unite two design (utd) makes furniture from reclaimed materials, embracing “the philosophy of use what you have or find and create with it.” The company recovers material from local farms, industrial sites, and residential projects. Using “inspiration from the past, present, and future,” utd refers to their style as farmpunk.