What are the Different Types of Outdoor Furniture?

In this day and age, outdoor furniture is available in many different materials – wicker, plastic, and stainless steel, to name a few.  It might be helpful to understand the differences between these materials and to have some idea of what it takes to maintain these different materials so that your outdoor furniture lasts for many years to come.  After all, your outdoor furniture is an investment and should be cared for properly.

I love wicker personally but, at the same time, wicker really is rather fragile.  It can dry out very easily and become brittle thus causing your wonderful wicker outdoor furniture to become trash in a big hurry.  Nobody wants that!  Here are some suggestions for preventing this happening.  You can buy special spray for your wicker outdoor furniture Sydney that will help keep it conditioned and pliable.  You can also purchase covers or store your wicker furniture inside during the off season.  You can also use wood oil every so often to help keep your wicker in good condition.

Outdoor furniture in Brisbane is available in a variety of wood frame styles as well.  While wood is considerably more sturdy than wicker, it is still wood and still requires some amount of maintenance to remain in good condition for years to come.  Again, you can always buy covers for your wooden outdoor furniture or store it indoors when it is not in use.  However, you can also make sure that it is treated with water protectant before you ever set it up for use outside.  You can also use wood oil on it from time to time to keep it from drying out and cracking.

Outdoor furniture in Melbourne that is made from stainless steel frames is probably the sturdiest of all types of outdoor furniture construction but, it too can sustain damage without proper maintenance, especially from water.  Exposure to too much water can easily rust your stainless steel outdoor furniture, especially around the joints where different parts meet.  As I have mentioned, covers for your furniture will help with this as will storing it indoors when not in use.  You can also make sure your stainless steel frames stay painted.  The paint serves to protect the metal from rust so, at the first sign of wear, grab some spray paint and cover it up.

The accessories you use with your outdoor furniture require maintenance also but, it is far easier to maintain your umbrellas, seat cushions, and canopies than it is to maintain the actual outdoor furniture.  There are a few reasons for this.  Your accessories are smaller, in general, than your furniture so they can be stored much more easily.  Things like umbrellas and canopies are built to easily collapse so they can be put away when they are not needed.  Also, umbrellas, canopies, and seat cushions are usually constructed in such a way that you can spray them down with water to wash away debris and they quickly dry.

There you have it – some basic information for keeping your outdoor furniture in really good condition for several years!