Teak garden furniture – add a touch of style and sophistication to your outdoor entertaining
Next time guests are due round and the weather permits it, eating alfresco is the continental habit which is catching on; as more and more people travel abroad for their holidays, literally “eating out” is taking on a complete new meaning. Hard wearing teak garden furniture should be the one essential element of an outdoor meal which is always present.
Setting out a dining area by the poolside (if one has a pool) or on a patio area with a formal table and chairs set made from teak is one of the rituals which thousands of families follow during the summer months, and on those rare occasions in the winter when the sun shines, an impromptu barbecue is a welcome break from being cooped up in the house for the long winter months.
Teak is an extremely hard wearing wood, is dense and naturally oily and has natural antibacterial and preserving qualities which make it the ideal material for wooden garden furniture, and given the vagaries of the British weather, garden furniture certainly needs to be tough.
The natural oil content of teak means it is extremely resistant to warping, which happens frequently to furniture made from softer wood species, is resistant to insect attack and resists decay. Teak has an extremely close and dense grain, making it very smooth to the touch, and unlike softer species of tree wood, it does not splinter, hence the reason it has been one of the timbers’ of choice for ship builders for many centuries.
Teak’s natural oil content means it is highly resistant to rot, warping, insects and decay. Unfortunately, excess harvesting and the cutting down of vast tracts of the rain forest area where teak naturally grows, has led to environmentalists and campaigners to boycott and attempt to outlaw the use of teak, and of course the cutting down of a natural habitat.
Nowadays, furniture dealers and specialists go to great lengths to promote sustainable planting and harvesting of hardwood species such as teak and mahogany, and this has led to many fair trade deals, sustainable forest farming and of course fair wages and improved living conditions for local populations and indigenous people.
The entire collection of teak garden furniture available for sale on the website of Garden Furniture Direct is sourced from harvested trees, from sustainable plantations owned by the Indonesian government agency Perum Perhutani; preservation, conservation and sustainable forestry which benefits all concerned. Check out the website today for the most beautiful yet affordable garden furniture at http://www.garden-furniture-direct.com.
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