When it comes to Garden Furniture there are certain people that like to have original pieces of furniture made for their garden, this gives them chance to add some personality to the garden space.

Designing Bespoke Garden Furniture

There are many different things to think about when Designing Bespoke Garden Furniture such as what materials they will be made of and the budget for your bespoke garden furniture.

When choosing the materials to be used when designing bespoke garden furniture you would need to think carefully about how much you want to spend, how original you want the piece to be and how durable it needs to be.

After you have answered these questions you should be able to have a good idea of which kind of material would be best suited to the purpose you need it for.

Garden furniture is made of many different materials many ranging between types of metal and wood also plastics are widely used. Certain materials are more commonly used than others when designing bespoke garden furniture.

This is due to how Weather Resistant the material is and also how strong depending on what its purpose is. For example if you were designing a bespoke Garden Bench it would need to be stronger than the material used for a small table.

Finding the Right Material for Garden Furniture

Below are some examples of the different materials used to make various pieces of garden furniture and how they are treated to keep them at their best.

Metal Garden Furniture

There are two main types of metal used to make Metal Garden Furniture; aluminium and iron. These are mainly used because of their durability and strength, another attribute more so of the aluminium is the fact it is extremely easy to shape and cut.

Iron used is usually recycled metal that is used for metal garden furniture such as Cast Iron Benches and tables. With the aluminium it is normally used in thin poles for chairs and other light weight pieces of metal garden furniture, it is also commonly used to make decorative pieces as well as furniture.

Aluminium in tube form is fairly light weight and can't support great amounts of weight. Metal garden furniture made from cast aluminium is available that is much stronger and more durable.

Wooden Garden Furniture

Bespoke Wooden Garden Furniture is a very popular choice because of it being natural and fitting in well into any garden surroundings. When designing bespoke wooden garden furniture there is a much greater selection with the woods strength and colour varying greatly.

Some of the most popular types used to create bespoke wooden garden furniture are Pine, Teak and Willow each of these not only varies in quality but also in the price of them. Where as Pine is fairly inexpensive and it is durable to an extent the Teak is seen as a more premium finish to the wood and so is much more expensive than the Pine as a result.

Plastic Garden Furniture

The different types of plastic that are used to make Bespoke Plastic Garden Furniture provide a very cheap alternative to the above materials and it is the cheapest of all the materials available.

Bespoke plastic garden furniture tends not to be as durable as other materials but has the added bonus of being extremely cost effective to produce.