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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, MARCH 17, 2019
BY COLIN MIXSON
Talk about high design!
Horticulturists with a hankering
for harvesting weed can do so
from the comfort of their own living
rooms — and not their dank
garages — thanks to a local craftsman,
who churns out growing
cabinets at a Boerum Hill workshop
that he said are tailor made
for swanky stoners.
“I’m trying to cater to a niche
market of cannabis consumers and
growers,” said woodworker Robert
Pettit. “I wanted to make something
that was beautiful, really expensive,
and highly functional.”
Pettit sells his luxe weed cabinets
— which he hand crafts out
of walnut and cherry wood, and
equips with so-called smart lights
that can be controlled from a cellphone
— for a whopping $13,500,
claiming there’s no other gardening
furniture on the market that
looks as good as it grows.
“There are a lot of different
growing kits, tents, cabinets, and
mass produced units, but they’re
not something I would ever display
in my home,” he said.
The craftsman, who lives in
Ditmas Park, began building his
fancy-pants pot cabinets two years
ago, looking to cash in as pols in
states across the country — including
Alaska, California, Colorado,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and
Washington — voted to give constituents
the right to toke.
And after Gov. Cuomo recently
announced a package of
bills that would legalize smoking
the sticky icky in New York State ,
Pettit — who makes his living
crafting more traditional, custom
made furniture for his bougie
clientèle — hopes it won’t be
long until there’s a local market
for his cannabis cabinet, too.
“Being in an urban area,
you don’t have a lot of extra bedrooms,
garages, or stuff like
that,” he said. “If you’re going to
grow here, it’s going to be grown
in your living room, so it’s gotta
be subtle, it’s gotta look nice, but it
doesn’t have to scream, ‘This is a
grow tent.’ ”
Cuomo’s proposed recreational
weed plan, however, would
not allow New Yorkers to grow
at home as it’s currently written,
according to a rep for drug-lawreform
group the Drug Policy Alliance,
Jag Davies, who said the
organization is pushing Albany
lawmakers to permit home cultivation
as part of the scheme.
But Pettit isn’t just looking to individual
clients to grow his growing
cabinet sales. The maker wants
to cut a deal with a larger operation
to mass produce his lush decor,
which he will show off to professional
interior designers and architects,
along with deep-pocketed potential
customers, at a design show
in Manhattan later this month
sponsored by home magazine Architectural
Digest.
Take a gander at Robert Pettit’s
fancy growing cabinets at the
Architectural Digest Design Show
at Piers 92 and 94 (771 12th Ave.
near W. 52nd Street in Manhattan,
www.addesignshow.com). March
22–23, from 10 am to 6 pm. March
24, from 10 am to 5 pm. $32.
WEED WOOD: Woodworker Robert Pettit
at his Boerum Hill shop, where he
fashions growing cabinets for swanky
stoners. Photo by Colin Mixson
LIVING-ROOM LAB: When opened, the piece reveals a sophisticated weed-cultivation
system. Leaf and Wood
The best in grow!
Craftsman’s fancy furniture cultivates cannabis
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