Do kampung people need patio furniture covers?
covers, furniture, patio May 26th, 2009OK, this is something unusual to ask… do you have tables or chairs outside your house and they are exposed to the sun and rain everyday?… Well, usually ‘kampung house’ do have some wooden chairs and table outside their house… like under the tree or somewhere in the middle of their small beautiful green garden. This furniture usually used for resting while chit chatting or barbequing with the neighbors after their hard work at their ‘kebun’ or ‘sawah padi’ during the day.
But this wooden furniture doesn’t get rotten easily… it can last many years although exposed under the sun and rain everyday… probably because the ‘kampung people’ really know how to choose a good timber or wood to make their tables and chairs.
But if you compare that with today’s garden furniture, don’t expect it to last for few years if it exposed under the sun and rain everyday. Worse will be the cheap metal or plastic furniture. They get rusty or rotten easily and turn to be very dangerous because it can break anytime to unsuspecting user. Because of the poor furniture, someone come out with an idea to design a patio furniture covers.
Well if you look at it, today’s garden usually have some furniture. But they are not used that often… coz most of the time people are busy with their life and more enjoying chit chatting at the club or stalls or ‘kedai kopi’… not like the ‘kampung people’ which have no other place to go after working hard in their field during the day. So, if you have some furniture outside your house which is rarely used, do protect them with patio furniture covers so that it can last longer.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Yes, patio furniture must be durable! The most durable ones are the teak furniture however they are very pricey. I love cedar and metal too. However if you have a place where you can put your outdoor furniture when it’s raining or for the winter then it doesnt matter!
May 30th, 2009 at 2:10 am
yes… but not everyone has storage place…