Friday, April 12, 2013

Why choose rattan furniture?

In this place at Chez Green we really like to eat outside during the summer time. There’s practically nothing much better than eating outdoors; somehow the food tastes much better!

 
However I’m definitely not posting about burning up the patio heater, with disposable barbecues or sitting down on furniture crafted from horribly handled forests. There are many tips on how to eat comfortably free of a damaging effect on the environment. Then one of them would be to go for rattan garden furniture (exactly like these from Internet Gardener).




As I first left home and owned a little spending budget to beautify my house, rattan was my product to choose - it’s light and portable and long lasting, looks wonderful as well as cheap.

Right now I’m a lot more alert to the eco-friendly part of life, below are some factors why rattan is an environmental friendly choice:

Durable

Rattan furniture is tough wearing and also designed to stay longer. Several components damage with time, mainly from the rain and sun affect, however rattan looks great after you’ve taken it home and is tough wearing. In other words; rattan is light-weight, long lasting and flexible.

Care free

Rattan is practically care free. You don’t have to use varnishes or paints with rattan however you may easily polish it if you want. Just wipe up with a wet cloth and prevent from long term periods of direct sunshine.

Appearance

Rattan features that beautiful traditional and natural look which can be matching to the natural scenery of the garden. It is available in a number of types and looks to fit all taste as it could be woven into classy shapes to put personal design to pieces of furniture.

Pleasure

Put some thick, cozy padding to your rattan couches ( more recommendations from Internet Gardener ) and you’ll experience pleasure and style for a long time to come. Lookup charity places and antiques exhibitions or create pad covers from remains of material for an upcycling mission of yours.

Renewable

Rattan is a kind of palm native to tropic areas in Africa, Asia and Australasia. It will grow fast, like a vine, at about 6 metres each year. It renews by itself fast when it is farmed in an ecologically sound way and in contrast to hardwood trees, rattan grows older in only two months.

And what about you ? Have you bought rattan furniture ?