Crate Chair

PROJECT #2005

Skill Level: Beginner

Time: 4 hours

Cost: $50

Gerrit Rietveld was a Dutch furniture designer and architect that worked in the first half of the 20th century. Part of the De Stijl art movement, Rietveld’s furniture was often reduced to just the essentials to make a piece work. His 1917 Red and Blue Chair is an icon of modern design. After breaking away from De Stijl, he also designed the Zig-Zag Chair and the Crate Chair.

I was drawn to the form of the crate chair immediately after seeing a pair in an online auction. It looked pretty straightforward to build but still had a modern