Developed for Walmart Better Homes & Gardens through Grand Leisure, released Spring 2024.
A statement chair extending the Better Homes & Gardens Tarren Conversation Set already in-market with Walmart, designed into BHG's Spring 2024 patio assortment. The program direction called for a statement piece that lived inside Tarren's established visual identity of handwoven wicker rope on a steel frame, without becoming a scaled-up version of the existing conversation seating. The design problem was continuity, not introduction.
The chair pushes to chair-and-a-half proportions, with a tall back and curved-in sides that wrap toward the seat to create a sense of enclosure, emphasizing shelter and presence rather than the open, conversational posture of the original set. The KD construction runs on threaded round-tube legs, and the softer round-tube frame paired with the bucket geometry gives the chair a more universal appeal than the original. The shared handwoven wicker rope, weave pattern, and finishes carry the Tarren family read. Offered in two colorways, black matches the existing collection while beige extends it into a tone the conversation set didn't carry.
Released early SP24 in-store and online with Walmart Better Homes & Gardens.