garden furniture that is left outside all year round will need to be hard wearing enough to withstand the extreme temperatures of the winter months.You may think that all Garden Furniture is built to last, but un-fortunately that is not the case.Ironically, the less you pay upfront for garden furniture, the more you are likely to have to pay in the long run as it is likely to need replacing very soon after you have bought it.
Having established that we are now not going to buy the cheapest that we can find, what should we do next?The first step is to decide what type of Garden Furniture that you like. This you can basically separate into two categories:
Metal Garden Furniture & Hardwood Garden Furniture
Metal Garden Furniture
Aluminium is the only metal used for manufacturing garden furniture that will last whatever is thrown at it.This is because Aluminium will not rust whatever the weather.Choosing Aluminium doesn’t mean that you have to go for tubular aluminium, you can still achieve that country garden look by purchasing cast aluminium, this looks just like wrought iron but has all the attributes of aluminium.
If you are sold on metal furniture, then Aluminium is definitely the way to go as it will last for many years.
Hardwood Garden Furniture
This is my favourite, because no two pieces are “exactly” the same.Like a finger print no two trees will have the same grain.There is loads of choice when it comes to wooden garden furniture, so I won’t go into detail of all the different types.
However after selling Garden Furniture for over ten years, my choice has narrowed right down to only one type, which is “Teak Garden Furniture”.Teak is the best material for the job because it can withstand exposure to the high moisture content that is often present in the air, not to mention the rain.
You will need pay out a little extra for a set of furniture made from teak but then it will last for many years.
Teak is a hard wood that grows very slowly. Try to buy teak furniture from a sustainable source so that you know that the forests where it was grown is not under threat of deforestation.
If you buy good quality teak furniture, it should last as long as 20 to 25 years so is probably worth the initial investment.
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