Love these accent tables. I like accent tables in different textures, materials and shapes.

Some really cool ones on www.cococozy.com...some metal accent tables, a pierced brown one from Z Gallerie, a wire accent table from Room & Board and lots of others.

Are the rope ones above water proof and wear resistant (no fraying)?

Such an interesting concept!

my kitten would love those far toooooo much.

18" of Sono-Tube, a circle of plywood and plenty of rope and glue...
...total DIY.

Those look like giant cat toys. Cool to start with, a frayed lump of destruction in six months or less.

uh...no, not a fan of these...again..not caring for the nautical look.

bepsf--

Where, exactly, do you get a tapered Sono tube?

That's the beauty of these, the shape.

And c'mon, imaginative Aters... these need not be relegated to a nautical themed room at all. Could see these in between two white leather Brno chairs or two Louis Ghost chairs, to great effect.

And AT editors, maybe you should just start putting up "cat owner" disclaimer on any new items, so we could be spared the usual "my kitty would ruin it" posts.

I agree with Patrick, these stools could work in a variety of ways - nautical, hawaiian, outdoors, even a little retro.

These could possibly work on my balcony -- I wonder how they'd hold up to weather?

I used similar rope to redo a cat scratcher, and that stuff is NASTY to the hands (or exposed skin) or to thin material. It's like slivers all over. Therefore, I would NOT recommend them as any sort of seating, unless you hate the people you are having over and making sit on those. Ha!

Close up of the kind of rope I am talking about is here:
http://www.stairropes.com/mats.html

I would definitely check them out in person for texture to see if they do indeed have that same itchy, scratchy, slivery feel as the rope I used did. If not, if they are silky, then they might be OK.

The rope MAY have a scent to it. Many of the ropes DO have a scent. You can check that out at your home improvement store.

They may not be all that level on the top. So they would not be good for anything that needs a level surface. Like lamps and glasses and vases.

It's plywood, EPS board and rope. It WOULD be cool to feature a hunk of coral on it though, like they show in the image. Using it like a display pillar.

TRUE BLUE--

How are you certain these are the same rope you used?

I think they look really dated.

-Eleazar
http://www.blogazar.com

closertotheocean- exactly! I think they'd make nice kitty-furniture. Not people-furniture, though.

to contribute more than "my kitten would ruin it," i just generally don't like the aesthetic... and i second the earlier comment that it looks like very scratchy material.

i could see them being repurposed as stumps to sit on out on the porch in the summer, if the tops are large enough... and if they'd hold up to the weather without rotting.

meh

Ugh, talk about 1974....

And count on your cat to destroy them. That's what my dad uses for cat's clawing material. He made a wood plank surrounded by rope and stapled in the back. My 2 cats loooove it and use it every hour.

Anyways I thins it looks ridiculous.

oh my GOD not everyone owns a CAT.

my first thought was that it could be a great option to hideous cat scratching posts.

but if i didn't have a cat i wouldn't consider.