Gardens are quite attractive places for leisure and relaxation.
Imagine a warm summer afternoon or cool Sunday evening when you have ample time on your hands to indulge yourself in spending time in your garden watching the kids play in the lawn and gazing at the beautiful flowers that adorn each corner of the garden.
Now imagine a situation where your garden is bereft of all garden furniture.
The picture would sour, wouldn't it? You would be left groping for a place to rest your feet and just have an option of walking about the garden.
This just goes to underscore the importance to having appropriate and good quality furniture in your garden.
The latest trends in home furnishing and design indicate that people are increasingly viewing gardens and patios as viable living spaces to be furnished and used actively.
Entertaining guests over a barbecue in the garden would need good furniture, wouldn't it? Well, buying furniture for your garden is a matter that needs careful consideration and proper cost benefit analysis.
In case you are planning for permanent furniture, it makes sense to purchase furniture made of strong and enduring material like aluminum, wrought iron or even specially treated and durable wood.
Wooden furniture is one of the best options for garden furniture.
The benefits of using wood are manifold.
For one, if proper wooden material is chosen, wood is both durable as well as light.
Wood is also quite aesthetically pleasing as it blends in quite well with the overall look and feel of the garden.
Some of the most appropriate woods are hardwood like teak and courbaril.
These are also quite immune to the natural elements and make for very comfortable furniture.
Teak furniture needs to be adequately treated and kiln dried so that any cracks or roughness may be effectively eliminated.
Epoxy resin is also used to connect the wooden parts of the furniture as the epoxy is all-weather proof.
Use of teak oil to the teak wood will give teak furniture a glossy and attractive finish and also add to its longevity.
Teak furniture can be easily washed with some non corrosive detergent and water, after which it can be wiped with a cloth on drying.
Such easy washing does not harm the teak word furniture in any significant way.
The onslaught of rain and moisture in the air could cause formation of moulds which can be tackled by washing with bleach water.
Teak wood is not high maintenance at all.
Rather, it is quite high convenience.
However if you are interested in greatly enhancing the life of the wooden furniture you could invest in water-proof covers to cover the garden furniture from dew at night or during rains.
Another option is to make furniture of wrought iron.
Wrought iron is amenable to various shapes that can add to the aesthetic look of the garden.
However, wrought iron is quite unwieldy and may be less comfortable too.
Iron is prone to rusting and even though special anti-rust coating may be applied, it is rather susceptible to the vagaries of the elements.