After taking style cues from your environment, you can find creative ways to blend furniture with its surroundings. Choose elegant teak for a formal veranda or sturdy, durable pool furniture to match surrounding perennials. Or choose not to blend, but to clash. Create a discordant but attractive space by making unexpected choices such as a brilliant red aluminum settee for a woodsy space or an ornate wrought iron table and deeply pillowed chairs for the cement patio. No matter what you choose according to function or style, climate may overrule your decisions.
Weather affects outdoor furniture's looks and durability.
Read care instructions and search for materials you're prepared to maintain. Wood is crafted into both casual and formal styles. Cedar, pine, and other less expensive woods are used for rustic d cor such as picnic tables and Adirondack chairs. Often, these styles gain character with a little weathering. The more expensive woods come in highly crafted, elegant styles that are excellent for breakfast tables and chairs.