As of late I have become obsessed with gabions? Just kicking around some ideas for uses on a future build.
One is a mass rocket heater sofa? I think it could be done fairly quickly and inexpensively? Something similar to this
http://store.redhen.pl/en/product/sofa-inside-corner-bench 
. Imagine a firebox/barrel on one end and exhaust stack on the other. It could be plastered in cob or left bare? Throw a pad on top and you are nice and comfy!
Another is a rubble trench foundation that instead of pouring a concrete beam footing or building a stone footing use gabions on top of the trench?
Also a kitchen island or bar with a gabion box as the base with a wooden or poured concrete top. I've actually seen several pictures of outdoor tables done this way.
Last would be a green house or hoop house. Gabion base with pipes installed to insert your hoops into. You could do a gabion mass heater inside as well for winter use?
So what do you all think? Are these ideas feasible ? I'm just day dreaming and brain storming?
