Function combined with comfort TEXT: ELLA PUT | PHOTOS: BASTALPE / WWW.TOMLINSTER.BE
The furniture by Bastalpe is one of the best-kept secrets for many stylish outdoor settings. With their humble designs, its modern garden tables and chairs are so discreet you nearly overlook them. Yet with their clean lines and excellent functionality, they can make a real difference to your garden. Sebastien Talpe is the owner and name behind Bastalpe, the brand that designs and manufactures hand-made garden furniture. With the motto “your time is precious, make it delicious”, the builder-turnedfurniture-designer creates comfortable, elegant and useful furniture for the precious and rare moments we spend making time for ourselves. A garden with good furniture can be the perfect getaway from busy schedules, work and stress that often dominate our lives. With over 15 years of experience in the building sector, Talpe decided to turn to garden furniture design in 2007. When asked about how he came up with the idea, he jokingly says: “I already had machines from my building company and the knowledge of materials and manufacturing, so it was just a matter having good taste when it came to designing the furniture.” 18 | Issue 24 | December 2015
His CUBRICK collection comprises of garden tables and benches in various dimensions, forms and colours. With it, Bastalpe has created a collection that is weather resistant and which perfectly fits the outdoors because it can be customised according to the needs of the customer, it can be adjusted by the millimetre. The same goes for the POT collection, comprising of eye-catching flowerpots from powder-coated aluminium.
uminium CUBRICK chair, with its elegant frame and curved seat; this piece of furniture allows you to sit comfortably for hours.
His designs have always been characterised by their functionality; less is more. Or, as Talpe says himself: “Nothing too little and nothing too much. I always try to stay true to the first design I sketch.” One of Bastalpe’s best-loved pieces is the al-
Bastalpe’s designs are available in selected shops in Belgium, as well as at The Modern Garden Company in the United Kingdom.
Talpe states that he is focussing on giving his customers quality instead of quantity: “I don’t want to manufacture large furniture collections. I still want to design and create everything by hand from scratch. That is also what Bastalpe is about and what makes the company unique.”
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