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Todd Fillingham MILWAUKEE fillingham.com Todd Fillingham has been making furniture for 30-plus years, specializing in custom pieces carefully crafted by hand. His customers’ testimonials speak to his approach to “furniture as art.” Fillingham expresses his passion beautifully, explaining that even one chair created by someone who cares reminds us that there is a lot more to life: “There’s caring, there’s art and there’s being human.” Milwaukee is home to Fillingham’s design studio, where he crafted this beautiful deck chair, inspired by Danish modern and midcentury design. Drawing on his boat-building interests, he constructed it from walnut and northern white cedar. He finished it with a mix of his own oil and spar varnish for a durable topcoat that protects and provides a handsome luster. Starting at $1,400
128 Artful Living | Magazine of the North