In trying to create the perfect ambience in and around your home, you worked hard to ensure that your garden was just as you wanted it to be, beautiful and eye catching.  Well, considering you did so much, it is only fair that you get to bask in its beauty by being able to spend soothing evenings watching the sunset and relaxing in your garden.

Wooden furniture is a great choice for the outdoors, however the options are many and varied, here’s an introduction to the different types of wood commonly used to help you make a good decision:

Teak Wood – This wood is very durable and strong and can be used to make very elegant looking furniture. It is commonly used to make furniture because of it has a nice weather resistant finish that making it perfect as a garden furniture.  The nature of teak wood is to turn grey with time.This is not as a result of the wood needed treatment or going bad, that’s just its nature, but not to worry the darker shade is still very beautiful and will enhance the natural decor of your outdoors.

Softwood – This type of wood is obtained from trees having seed bearing cones, a popular example is pine wood.  Softwood has a great natural appearance but needs to be stained for preservation and can be stained in any colour to complement your overall colour scheme.  Maintenance is very simple and only involves scrubbing the wood by sanding lightly a few times in the year along with adding wood preservative.

Hardwood – This is also popularly used for making wooden garden furniture, it has a strong brown colour and is obtained from flowering trees with broad leaves.