He became inspired as a child, both by a photograph of some unusually twisted coconut palms in southern Thailand and by a living fallen tree he noticed, which had grown new branches along its trunk, forming a kind of canopied bridge.[1] His hobby began in 1980 because of his concern the Thailand forests are being ravaged by woodcarvers to the point that one day the industry would eventually carve itself out of existence.[54] He began his first piece, a guava chair, around 1983.[13] Originally intended as something for his children to climb and play on, the piece evolved into a living tree chair.[13]:91 In fifteen years he created six pieces of "living furniture",[54] including five chairs and a table. The Bangkok Post dubbed him the father of Living Furniture.[13][55] Shortly thereafter, he presented a chair as a gift to her Royal Highness, Princess Sirindhorn. Nirandr Boonnetr has written a detailed, step-by-step booklet of instructions hoping his hobby of living furniture will spread to other countries.[54] One of his chairs was exhibited in the Growing Village pavilion at the World's Fair Expo 2005 in Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.