Our daily life has started moving outdoors.
While it's been popular to cook on the grill in the warm weather months for generations, we now have full outdoor kitchens in temperate climates; they are used for most of the year.
Outdoor living rooms have started filling our covered spaces, outdoor dining rooms are used to entertain our friends, and even outdoor day beds, which were popular on Southern porches in centuries gone by, entice us to take a nap outside.
Homes that used to have a simple showerhead installed near the pool now have garden spas integrated into their yards.
When we spend more and more time outside, we might find that the aluminum folding chairs and wooden picnic tables from our childhood don't give us the comfort that we are looking for.
Fortunately, there's a world of outdoor furniture that can provide us with the indoor comfort we are used to with the outdoor living we want.
When we are looking for high-quality outdoor furnishings, we can look no further than teak outdoor furniture.
Teak is a tropical hardwood that holds up well to the elements.
New teak outdoor furniture is golden brown.
It ages to a silvery patina when it is left outdoors to weather.
When you choose teak, you can apply a protector to maintain the original golden color, or you can choose to let it age naturally.
Manufacturers of teak outdoor furniture can provide information about how to care for the finish to get and maintain the look you want.
Because it does so well outdoors, teak outdoor furniture can be found for every outdoor purpose.
The classic outdoor furniture set-the patio dining table and chairs-is available in teak in all sizes and shapes.
You can find small café tables and large extension tables, and bar-height tables and simple barstools.
You can get them with folding chairs and stationery chairs, with and without arms, with and without cushions.
Add a sideboard or a buffet, and you are ready to have even a traditional Thanksgiving dinner outdoors.
Outdoor living rooms have become so popular that you can find the teak outdoor furniture version of nearly every piece of furniture you have inside your house.
Are you looking for an outdoor sofa, loveseat, lounge chair, ottoman, or sectional? You can find them all in teak frames with weather-resilient fabric cushions.
Do you want to add a coffee table and end tables? Chances are, you do.
What about étagère? It can hold your outdoor stereo or even the remote for the TV you installed outside.
You can find a chaise lounge and rocking chairs; this way, everyone in the family can have seating they can call their own.
And a large teak storage box is the perfect place to stash away furniture cushions.
If you've lucky enough to have the space and the plumbing to create an outdoor spa, there's teak outdoor furniture to furnish it.
You can find teak shower mats in different shapes and sizes; it's a logical choice over the mats we use inside our homes.
Why not add a folding towel rack, a shower bench, or a hamper for pool towels? If you really want to indulge, you can install a teak outdoor shower, with both hot and cold water and a slatted platform that allows the water to drain away.
It's a huge improvement over the chilly outdoor showers you used to take to rinse away beach sand or chlorine.
When you make the investment in teak outdoor furniture, you are bringing the quality you enjoy indoors to outdoor living.