FEATURES – DESIGN
An outdoor bench and coffee table. Image: Steyn City
Timber, pergolas and outdoor
furniture – doing it right
There are so many creative ways to use timber outdoors. However,
whether you use it for pergolas or for different types of outdoor
furniture, maintaining the pieces are key to ensuring that they last.
By Dineo Phoshoko
P
ergolas and garden furniture are some of the many
ways you can decorate your home to enhance and
bring out the best in an outdoor space. Timber is one
of the various materials used for pergolas and garden
furniture. It compliments any garden and can be used to
design different pergola structures and garden
furniture pieces.
Pergolas are outdoor structures with columns to support
the roof where climbing plants can be grown. Some
pergolas are attached to part of the house, while others are
standalone structures completely detached from the house.
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Pergola structures can be built in different shapes and
forms to compliment any type of outdoor space.
Outdoor furniture usually consists of tables, chairs and
benches. There are no limits to the designs of outdoor
furniture made from timber. As such, there many
unconventional and creative outdoor furniture pieces
made from timber.
“We live in the age of information. Never have we been
exposed to so many ideas and possibilities, firing our
potential to create a new age of design and functionality,”
says co-owner of One Good Turn, Jacques van Niekerk.