7 April, 2009

Embellish your summer with fresh new outdoor furniture

Finally it's spring! The lovely Swedish summer is also coming and therefore it may be worthwhile to brush up on the balcony or patio with a couple of new furniture. We thought, therefore, look at some of the Nordic companies with summer furniture specialty. Scanian Harborough is one of Scandinavia's largest manufacturer of garden furniture and has some interesting creations, including furniture Miami group that is made of Teakwood. Just teak is an ideal material for furniture to be outdoors, because the wood is saturated to its own oil when it reaches a great age. This process implies that sustainability is increasing sharply and the furniture can be left outdoors for a long time but that the material will be particularly affected.

Miami of Harborough

KWA from Knäred is one of the veterans of garden furniture. For more than 60 years, they have made garden furniture and they can really say this with quality and care for their furniture. Why not turn to their garden chair Belmondo, combining materials teak, aluminum and textiline? They also have a trendy and comfortable sofa in eukalyptusträ which they have named Jessica. Perfect for a great midsummer festival on the terrace of good friends.

The Danish company Solid Design sells cheeky Italian furniture and we looked a little closer at their Forest series. Forest is a series of outdoor furniture where you break down the boundary between art and design, but for the sake of sacrificing quality and convenience. The series consists of a armstol, a lounge chair without armrests and a dinner table in a variety of designs. Chief ideologist behind Forest named Robby and Francesca Cantarutti and they have really succeeded in creating artistic and aesthetic furniture. The chair, for example, for almost reminiscent of an eerie fairytale forest with its hollow design (it's no coincidence that the series is called at the Forest).

If you would rather prefer rattan furniture might be something the group Alabama, with its black weather-resistant plastic materials, which are also UV resistant. This can be useful if there are many hours of sunshine in the summer (which we of course hope that we can use our summer furniture as much as possible!) While we are on the wicker furniture should Laholm-based Mellby Garden mention, their creations in wicker man is truly a feast for the eyes. It may incidentally be good to know the difference between art and ordinary rattan cane. Art Rattan withstand namely the weather very well, while traditional rattan preferably should not be exposed to rain, but thrives best in the atriums, which has some sort of roof or glazing.

Alabama of Harborough

If you are looking for more exclusive and luxurious outdoor furniture, you can instead check out Mellby Gardens Limited Collection. This is a series of outdoor furniture that was manufactured in limited editions, and we here at Nordic furniture can only conclude that the Limited Collection offers some real treats. We thought finally mention Hultarp Outdoor furniture manufacturing furniture in a variety of materials. In particular, their position as chair Andy is made of aluminum is very cool, but they also have other strings to his bow, so it might be worth taking a look at their website.