There are many ways to create pine patio furniture. Most of the pieces made oversees (china ) tend to be lower quality with lower construction stantards. Many smaller and midsize companies in the US us high quality construction standards like the ones listed below. When looking for pine patio furniture, try to find products that have simliar standards to these.
Good pine patio furniture is fastened using screws, carriage bolts, tonque and grove or mortise and tenon joints for strength and durability. Our furniture will outlast all commercial, mass produced patio furniture that is simply stapled and glued. The joints are not nearly as strong and will break over time.
We also use zinc plated, stainless steel or treated hardware that will not rust and last the life of the furniture.
All of our furniture has a light oil based finish that shows the beauty of our wood. Please see our care of prodcuts page for more details on finishing and maintaining your furniture.
Good patio furniture uses wood that is either air dried or kiln dried to prevent warpage and other deformations of the wood due to moisture.
We only use pine that is grown on plantations and tree farms. We do not use any old growth pine in order to preserve our environment. This strategy will ensure that there is enough pine for future generations. It is important that we preserve our forrest from over harvesting by only using renewable plantation grown trees.