Night Elf Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 How do you keep these nice looking? We're throwing out our deck chairs because they are just nasty. They are weathered. Spiders think they are the luxury hotel in the area. The coating on the arms and legs is peeling off. What I'd really love to have is the super nice furniture I see in magazines with cushions as big as real sofas. We don't have anywhere to store those though, so we just get plain metal (aluminum probably) chairs with material seats. We scrub them twice a year, but maybe that's just not nearly enough. I'm also thinking of asking DH about having a gazebo built in our front yard which is really large. But I'm afraid it will turn into a bug haven and will become unpleasant to sit in which will defeat the purpose of having it. Do your outside things stay nice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelai3777 Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Anything we have that is metal(except for one pair of expensive chaises from Home Depot) eventually chips and/or looks faded. We have a gazebo my father-in-law built... and we store our furniture in it all winter. It has boards that we put up over the windows during winter, which minimizes dust, etc. I recently purchased a set of dark brown "wicker"(synthetic) furniture at Target, and one couch on clearance somewhere else of the same material.. and I'm really impressed with it... it looks the same as the day we bought it! As far as spiders... I vacuum the things in the gazebo maybe every few weeks.. it doesn't get bad at all. And storing the rest of the outdoor furniture adds to the longevity. The cushions I vacuum or beat and store in garbage bags for the winter. I do bring them in during rain. As far as your gazebo turning into a bug haven... ours has great screens, and usually only a random bug gets inside.. it gets escorted out, or hit with the swatter we keep under the couch.. I love the huge spreads in Pottery Barn with the outdoor furniture with huge cushions...kitchens and rugs... but to me it's super unrealistic.. because anything outdoors will get buggy,bird pooped and dusty.. at least in our area. I would only splurge on something like that if I lived somewhere a lot warmer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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