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Outdoor Furniture
Scandinavian outdoor furniture by Skargaarden - teak and powder-coated aluminum sofas, chairs and tables designed and made to weather the Nordic outdoors.
Choosing Outdoor Furniture
Outdoor furniture is bought on looks and kept or discarded on materials. The pieces here are chosen for the second.
Material decides the lifespan
Teak carries enough natural oil to resist rot and insects without any treatment, which is why it can be left out permanently. It weathers from honey to silver-grey within a year or two, expected, and not damage. Powder-coated aluminium cannot rust and stays light enough to rearrange. Marine-grade rope and outdoor textiles are UV-stabilised so they do not chalk and fray after one season.
Joinery and hardware, not just material
A teak frame assembled with mild-steel screws fails at the fixings long before the timber gives up. Look for stainless hardware and proper joinery. This is most of the difference between furniture that lasts five years and furniture that lasts twenty-five.
Measure the circulation, not just the footprint
Allow roughly 18 inches between seating and a coffee table, and about 36 inches of clear route behind chairs people need to walk past. A set that fits the paved area exactly is a set nobody can move around.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do you choose outdoor patio furniture?
- Work backwards from three things: the climate it will live in, whether it will be stored in winter, and how the space is actually used. Furniture left out year-round in a wet or coastal climate needs materials that tolerate it: teak, powder-coated aluminium, marine-grade rope, rather than anything that relies on a cover. Then measure the space and allow circulation room; the most common mistake is buying a set scaled to a showroom rather than to the terrace it has to fit.
- How do you clean outdoor furniture?
- Mild soap, warm water and a soft brush handles almost everything, followed by a fresh-water rinse. Skip pressure washers: they drive water into joints and strip finishes. For teak, scrub along the grain. For powder-coated aluminium, avoid abrasives, which scratch the coating and create the exact spots where corrosion starts. Cushions usually have removable covers; check the label before washing.
- What is the most durable patio furniture material?
- Teak and powder-coated aluminium, for different reasons. Teak has a high natural oil content that resists rot and insects without treatment, and it can be left outdoors permanently. Powder-coated aluminium does not rust at all and stays light enough to move. Both outlast steel, which rusts once the coating is breached, and softwoods, which do not survive repeated wet-dry cycling.
- What outdoor patio furniture lasts the longest?
- Well-made teak, routinely: pieces measured in decades rather than seasons, because the timber does not depend on a coating that can fail. The trade-off is appearance: untreated teak turns silver-grey. Powder-coated aluminium is the close second and keeps its colour. In both cases joinery and hardware decide the outcome as much as the material: stainless fixings and mortise-and-tenon joints last, staples and mild steel do not.
- Is acacia wood good for outdoor furniture?
- Acacia is dense and attractive and costs considerably less than teak, but it holds far less natural oil, so it needs regular oiling and does better if it is stored or covered over winter. Left untreated outdoors year-round it will crack and grey much faster than teak. It is a good value choice for a covered terrace, a weaker one for full exposure.
