Design

Sustainable, Stylish Furniture Made From Cut-Up Propane Tanks

Using a plasma cutter, Colin Selig makes couches that would make Hank Hill jump with joy.
Colin Selig

I think I've found the one sofa that could possibly replace the cat urine-stained couch that Hank Hill and the guys use to drink beer on in the alley: Colin Selig's curvaceous steel-plate bench, made from slices of propane tank:

This is only one item in an expansive line of upcycled petro-furniture made by Selig, a San Francisco Bay Area native who in a past life studied philosophy at Tufts University. The idea for this artistic pursuit came to him, as it sometimes does to husbands, with a gentle suggestion from the wife that he do some cleaning up around the house. He strolled out onto their property and found himself looking at a large liquified-gas caisson that'd been sitting there for decades.