Thank you for the post! And one of the wonderful things about old tires is that they are always FREE!!! (my favorite four letter word starting with F!!) Just ask any tire store for old ones.. and they will gladly give you some, as they have to pay to have them hauled away. Protip; try to get them all the same size for any individual project.. it will make them much easier to stack!

I had never seen the tire chairs before, nor considered them to be able to be used in an 'ornamental' way at all... but those are beautiful! What kind of paint do you use that will stick on them? And would that hold up outdoors?

We have used them as temporary barriers, retaining walls, and solid platforms by filling them with sandy soil and pounding the hell out of them with a sledgehammer, like how they do on the 'Earthship' construction. It's quite a full-body workout, too! We also use them to stack and pack with mulch around young trees that we don't want to freeze over the winter. We're in zone 8A... often heavy frost at night, but warms up during the day.

Our only concern, as others have stated, is with the unknown chemicals leaching out of them when right near a food grow area. I haven't been able to find out any real info on the possible dangers (or not) here. I'd love to find a source on that. Can't wait to see more!