Long Lasting, Maintenance Free, and Comfortable Outdoor Furniture

This time of year a lot of folks, after having pulled out the outdoor furniture from last year or years before and finding it rusty or moldy, split- cracked- or splintered or in need a a fresh coat of paint or stain or any of a whole range of shortcomings that befall typical outdoor furniture, are thinking about just buying something new. It is after all the American way. Amazingly a lot has changed just from last year when you or someone you know folded up the last deck chair and packed it into the garage or storage shed or pulled the almost leak proof vinyl cover over it and pronounced the end of summer.

Purse strings have tightened in general but also folks are a lot more particular about what they spend their hard earned money on. Of course overall awareness of our environment is steadily increasing and the practice of recycling things is gaining a bigger foothold all the time. the old notion of  our throwaway society is being replaced by the idea of sustainability and reuse, of  reclaiming and recycling instead of just blithely tossing things in the garbage to be taken off somewhere.

Along with that growing mindset is the idea of knowing where something comes from, how is it made, and where will it end up when your done with it. Recycling programs all over are gaining in use and popularity which is great.

But folks also want value, they want things that are going to last and hold up. A large portion of our population are known as baby boomers, though they haven’t been babies for about 50 years or more, they none the less continue to have a very very large impact on trends and practices and one of those emerging trends is they do not want to spend time sanding or painting or repairing their outdoor furniture anymore. They want to simply be able to go outside, sit in their favorite chair and enjoy, whether that means reading or listening to 8 tracks (just kidding) or whatever. They do not want to be bothered with upkeep and maintenance.

Oh and one other thing, very important though. They want to be comfortable.

Very important factor this, after all what good is a eco-friendly, recycled, colorful and pretty, virtually indestructible, carefree and maintenance free outdoor chair if it isn’t comfortable to sit in.  Not much I would say.

So back to our folks who might be out looking this year for outdoor furniture. Things are a bit tight economically, you want to get  the most bang for your buck but you definitely do not want to be doing this same shopping trip  again in a few years, you want something that will last, furniture that you can sit in and not work on. Your mindful of the benefits of being eco-friendly after all the earth has a finite supply of resources (see oil )  so while being recycled isn’t likely your number one priority it is on the list.

Bottom line is simple, you or your friends want a good deal, a care free, no maintenance, long lasting, and comfortable outdoor chair. And I know just where you can get that.

Welcome to Green Frog Outdoor Furniture.

Jerry Wilkinson, owner of Green Frog Outdoor Furniture, LLC and Hercules

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