Garden Furniture - Your Choices For Outdoor Furniture Are As Big As Your Imagination

Garden furniture is not new. The oldest examples of garden furniture were found in the ruins of the gardens of Pompeii.

Garden furniture is also called outdoor furniture or patio furniture. It's a kind of furniture that is designed specifically to be used outside. Usually garden furniture is made of materials that are weather resistant.

Most of the time garden furniture is sold as a patio set. This set will usually be comprised of 4 or 6 chairs, a table, and a parasol to protect you from the sun and the rain. Common accessories are chaise lounges, which are sometimes called long chairs.

Parasols, sometimes called garden umbrellas, are secured into their own heavy base or into a mount that is built into the pavement. You can move some garden umbrellas around while others are centered in a hole in your patio table.

Most patio sets are made of plastic, polywood, teak or other types of wood, aluminum, wicker, or wrought iron.

Teak contains natural silica which helps it to resist fungal decay, swelling, rot, and warping. Other types of wood used for garden furniture can suffer from exposure to the elements unless they are treated.

Aluminum garden furniture is long lasting. But if its protective coating erodes then the furniture could corrode.

Garden furniture that's made out of plastic is naturally waterproof. Although you can leave it outdoors throughout the year, lighter plastic garden furniture can be blown away by a heavy wind.

On the other hand patio furniture that is made out of polywood is relatively heavy and actually looks like wood. Because it is made of recycled materials you will be helping the environment when you buy furniture that's made of poly wood. It also comes in a wide variety of colors that are impregnated into the material.

Wicker garden furniture was originally made from the stems of any of the more than 600 species of palm trees that can be found in tropical areas around the world. The stems were woven tightly into panels that interlocked and then they were formed into the intended design. Nowadays most wicker furniture is made from a synthetic resin.

In order to extend the use of your garden furniture into the colder months you may want to also get a patio heater. These patio heaters will let you enjoy your outdoor furniture at night and when the weather turns frosty.

While some patio heaters can be permanently mounted on patio roofs or eaves others are self supporting and portable. Patio heaters can operate on a variety of fuels including bottled butane, propane, natural gas, or electricity.

Another popular way to keep warm is by using a fire pit or a portable fire bowl.

But it all starts with the garden furniture.


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