Jepara is small town in Central Java Indonesia. Jepara is more precisely located on the north Coast of Java Island that also near to the Java Sea. Many times ago, Jepara was known as the busiest port city, in which became a destination to many traders and merchants or even in transit to continue their business trip. One of famous commodities at that time was furniture and teak wood material, which has been exported to many countries. As we know that teak wood from Java is a quality wood material for any purposes, from construction to furnishing. Jepara teak furniture even still famous today.

In the past furniture from Jepara is made in classical style with traditional pattern, such as ukir Jepara. Ukir Jepara is traditional handmade woodworking that enables to be applied on the home furnishing. The pattern is complicated, in which requiring high craftsmanship during the process. The pattern has been influenced to many culture that brought by the merchants or traders from their countries. The combinations even create distinctive and invaluable art of woodworking.

Indonesian heroine that also a daughter of Regency Chief of Jepara at that time, Raden Ajeng Kartini had been played an important role as well to the development of wood furnishing in Jepara. Kartini helped the craftsmens to improve their designs and emphasized the function of the product. Therefore, their product was able to compete in the market. Otherwise, Kartini also helped them to promote the furniture and market it to Batavia, which is known as Jakarta today.

In the present days, teak woodworking from Jepara is about not only crafted furniture and invaluable woodworking, but also modern furniture, both for indoor and outdoor purposes. The products have been manufactured in wide ranges of style and designs in accordance to accomplish all market demands. Many furniture manufacturers in Jepara expand their business to global market. They export teak furniture to many countries around the world.

Teak furniture is the most sought furniture by people all around the world. The cause is that teak has the attractiveness, weather resistant, less maintenance and durability made.  Beside that, teakwood is a renewable resource due to man’s effort in reforestation of teak trees to support the needs of furniture business.

Back to its history, teak has been a long time material for building including ship, shelter, decks and railings. Why they chose teak? It is used for its durability, weather resistance, and water damage free. Then, modernity has changed the use of teak wood as main material into concrete, iron, and other strong material. Since then, teak wood is produced as furniture for indoor or outdoor space.

With a remarkable history and benefits such as stated above, no wonder that teak wood is classified as one of the best materials for indoor and mostly outdoor furniture making such as tables, chairs, deep seating, garden furniture, benches and so on.

Teak has beautiful rich brown colour that no other wood has. Therefore, it makes teak furniture is best stained with natural finished or unfinished colour to expose the beauty of the wood itself. In addition, one of this hardwood characteristics is that it has high content of natural oils which making teakwood furniture suit as 4-season countries outdoor furniture since it is resistant to winter, sun exposure for a whole year, and other damage caused by weather.

Teak wood, with its Latin name, Tectona Grandis, is native toSoutheast Asiaand carefully harvesting on plantation that run by PERHUTANI (only for Indonesian Teak wood plantation).  Though government has many plantations but teak furniture demand are so rapid these days. This make teak a bit more expensive compared to other furniture materials. However, you do not need to worry since teak has many benefits for a lifetime and of course quality that cannot be found in other furniture materials.

Teak outdoor furniture considers as one of finest furniture especially when it comes to durability and strength. Some people still love teak although it is more expensive than other furniture. It is because they look for quality and durability that cannot be provided by other furniture. Teak naturally contains oil, in which giving protection to the wood. It helps teak to avoid the wood from termites, fungus and other elements that may caused damage. Sizzling summer or harsh winter can be biggest enemy to any outdoor furniture, even for teak furniture. Outdoor weathers or other elements enable to damage the wood materials that cause rotting and decay. Regular treatment or protection help us to keep the furniture in good condition even lengthen the period of use.

Bench, small table or stacking chair has medium to small dimension that made them moveable. It is certainly easily to store in the house or storing room. These outdoor furniture will not take more space, but how if the furniture is bigger or made as fixed furniture like wooden swing or garden family as seen in the picture. It is certainly need particular protection. We can use furniture cover for these kinds of teak garden furniture. Furniture cover gives protection from rain, excessive heat and other element when it is unused.

Commonly, the cover is made from fabric, so the material is lightweight and easy to use and store. It only needs to be unfolded and stored when not used. Better to use furniture cover made from a durable waterproof material and make sure that the material is UV resistant also in order to give maximum protection to the furniture from extreme temperature like excessive heat or hard rain, and outdoor weather conditions, although it is not the only protection you can do for the furniture. Then your beautiful teak furniture will stand longer on your garden.

Furniture made from wood always brings such as distinctive and natural ambiance, whether it is inside or outside the house, and teak is one of popular wood material used for furnishing. Teak furniture has been known for its incomparable durability among other woods since long time ago. It has unique characteristic, which is highly resistant to rotting, termites and outdoor weathers. Most of teak furniture is expensive because it is valued for the sturdiness and durability. It can be said buying teak furniture is great investment for home furnishing.

New teak wood is popular material, both for indoor and outdoor furniture. Teak furniture provides utmost durability, especially when used for outdoors. As mentioned before, teak is resistant to outdoor weather even to the extreme weather.  Teak is getting rare now, which is caused by high demand of teak wood as material, both for construction and furniture.  Therefore, in Indonesia teak regulation is hold by Indonesia ministry of forestry. Government has teak plantation to keep the availability of teak wood material. It has particular regulations that regulate the tree planting and the time of harvesting. The regulation keeps the forest from massive logging and illegal logging by irresponsible people.

Today, in order to meet the market demand of teak furniture, many of furniture manufacturers use reclaimed teak as material. This wood comes from used wood material from old wooden house, railways or other construction. Even though the material used is remaining wood, the durability even more than new teak wood, as an old teak material usually use big and old wood, so the wood has finest quality. Otherwise, during it s lifetime usage the wood has proven its quality throughout outdoor weathers and other elements.

Using old wood material also helps natural conservation because we re-use old teak wood from wooden house or else that transforms into attractive and beautiful teak furniture. Otherwise using new wood is not a bad choice, but considers choosing teak furniture that using legal and certified wood. It is a responsible choice.

Wood is popular material especially for home furnishing, which brings natural and timeless look at home. Durability is one of determining factors when selecting the material for furniture, particularly for outdoor furniture. Outdoor furniture needs strong wood material than use for indoor. The furniture is purposed to be on the garden or other outdoor spaces, so it will be exposed to outdoor weather and elements that enable to cause damage or decay.

Variety of wood material for outdoor furniture is widely available in order to fulfill market demand. However, only several type of wood is suited for outdoor furniture material due to their characteristics. These following wood are mostly used for outdoor furniture. Each wood has advantages and disadvantages.

Cedar is an evergreen coniferous tree. This species of wood has common names like eastern white cedar, yellow cedar and so on. Cedar wood is commonly used for garden furniture. the characteristics of the woods are suitable for outdoor and garden furniture, which is exposed to the outdoor weathers and elements. The wood has specific scent that insect dislike it. Therefore, cedar wood is popular also for indoor furniture.

Pine is popular also as outdoor furniture, as it is affordable and the quality is good enough for outdoor furniture and others, such as trellises, arbors and other outdoor structures. Otherwise, pinewood is easy to work with; therefore, this wood comes in wide variety of outdoor furniture.

The last wood is teak. As we know, teak is undoubtedly for its durability and quality, especially used for outdoors. This wood highly resists to outdoor weather and elements, therefore teak is popular material for outdoors. Teak furniture high price is equal with the quality and durability presented. The furniture will lasting longer due to its excellent durability. outdoor furniture made from teak is best investment for furniture, otherwise its natural beauty enhance the garden and other outdoor spaces.

Teak outdoor furniture is in the heart of furniture lovers for the past few years even since the old time history. In ancient time, teak wood was used as ship building construction, house building material, or railways pad. Then, people know the beauty of teak   after it is produced as furniture so that people are craving for more teak as their indoor or outdoor furniture.

For those who do not know about teak, teak wood is rich brown colour wood, firm grain, durable, less maintenance hardwood to create as furniture. When it come to teak outdoor furniture, teak wood can be turn out to be benches, deep seating, outdoor dining sets, swings,  folding chairs, tables, and even outdoor furniture accessories such lazy Suzan, umbrella, dust bin, trolley or chaise box.

It can be seen that teak is a valuable items since many people is looking this furniture to furnish their living – indoor and outdoor-. However, the price of teak outdoor furniture is considered high compared to mahogany, oak, pine and other wood material for furniture.  However, the price of teak outdoor furniture never been a matter for those who know the quality if investing in teak.

What homeowner need for their outdoor furniture is comfortable, casual, relaxing, stylish, etc. Those characteristics can be found in teak outdoor furniture not to mention is that it is termite free, weather resistant and less maintenance. So that, it is understandable if people spend extra amount to have casual furniture made from teak since they will have durable furniture that last many years ahead.

Teak outdoor furniture offers many qualities and plus points and adds the natural atmosphere to the area whether it is porch, garden, or decking. The bottom line is that buy teak outdoor furniture from reliable furniture store in order to invest the money to original and quality teak outdoor furniture.

Outdoor space and comfortable furniture may the best combination to provide cozy seating area at your house. Distinctive outdoor furniture gives particular ambiance on the garden depends on the material used. Besides, its designs and impression made on your garden, you should consider of the treatments to keep your outdoor furniture in good condition. Each material requires different type of treatments; otherwise, they have different quality for durability and sturdiness.

Teak furniture as we know it has great quality of durability and strength even for long period of use. Therefore, teak outdoor furniture is a first choice of outdoors particularly for those who give priority to quality.  Although this kind of outdoor furniture is known for less maintenance, small treatments enable to keep its beauty. Teak oil will give protection to from elements and make the furniture looks new. Teak oil needs to be applied regularly about every three to six months. Use rag to apply teak oil on your outdoor furniture.

Outdoor furniture made from wood always reminds us to the beauty of nature. However, at certain period of use, your outdoor furniture has silvered with age and it will look dull. Furniture restorer helps you to bring back the original color of your wooden outdoor furniture, so its timeless beauty still impress the garden or outdoor spaces of yours.

Outdoor furniture is not only made from wood, metal can be other selection either. Metal paint and brush are essential kits for metal outdoors. After long period of use its coating will peal and your furniture will look dull and it may cause corrosion. Applying new layer of coating renew the total look of your outdoor furniture.

Outdoor furniture without cushion is incomplete. Cushion provides comfort to your outdoor seating and gives distinctive impression by its colors and shapes. Get your cushions looking their best by cleaning it with particular shampoo. Weather and outdoor element cause your cushion looks dull and lack of interesting. Upholstery shampoo brings the shiny cushion back to your outdoors.

Since many years ago, teak has been the utmost choice for home furnishing, both for indoor and outdoor furniture. Teak furniture performs at its best, particularly for outdoor. Therefore, people love outdoor teak furniture for their garden or other outdoor spaces.  In fact, appearance and comfort of an outdoor space is determined from garden and outdoor furniture selected, but those should stay within the budget provided. Teak furniture is finest furniture with less maintenance except some regular cleaning to keep the furniture in good condition.

Why teak? As mentioned before, people love teak furniture for their garden, due to its great characteristic. Teak furniture is known for its ability to withstand from outdoor weathers and other elements. The furniture is also moisture resistant, so it is perfect for outdoor spaces, like garden and patio. Teak wood naturally resists to mold and decay, because teak is a dense wood material. It will not shrink, crack or split. We do not have worried about extreme outdoor weathers; the furniture will stand for harsh winter or even excessive heat. Teak furniture will stay longer than we thought.

Mostly teak outdoor furniture is unfinished. The furniture is commonly not stained or painted. In order to expose the natural beauty of teak wood, however it eases us in maintenance. Unfinished teak furniture needs less treatment than other outdoor furniture. The furniture simply needs regular cleaning to remove dirt and stain, like a water stain or bird droppings that lessen the beauty of it.

In fact, teak furniture can be intended to so many things.  The furniture itself evolves around individual lifestyle and habits.  Teak furniture can be used for many activities than only sit and enjoy the outdoor weather. Outdoor activities can be a playtime for kids, family meals and quiet time for evenings. Otherwise, it can be outdoor parties, patio and deck furniture for pool parties, and while for others outdoor furniture is Adirondack chairs for relaxing, and accessories like outdoor umbrellas to keep the sunlight away.

Talking about garden furniture is like an endless road since there are so many thing that can be explained. Garden furniture has so many type from seating to tables and accessories. If we talk about garden seating furniture, there are items such as benches, deep seating, swing, recliner, and others. Apart from each type, garden furniture in form of benches is the most flexible and less space for outdoor space.

A bench is described as furniture for outdoor and indoor that a few people can sit on in the same time. Many benches are designed with/out arm and back to follow the type of the furniture. Benches for garden furniture typically are made of wood for the natural look to blend with the green atmosphere of outdoor space. However, we can still find other material such as metal, cast aluminium, stone to act as garden furniture bench.

As the time goes by, many garden furniture designers invented new designs of benches. Aulia Jati offers several designs of benches that can enliven everybody’s outdoor living.

Tree Bench Round

Marlborough Bench. Marlborough bench has sloping arches and carved backrest that flows from centre to the arm side as standard. While the armrest is scrolled-like slatted frame added with horizontal slat final touch.

Tree Bench.  Round or hexagonal-round tree bench is like wrapping around the tree with garden furniture. Sit back and relax on tree bench, while reading books in windy air at summer afternoon would be perfect.

Banana Bench. Inspired with banana shape, this banana bench come in a fresh design to accommodate several people to sit in the same time.

Carving bench.  Indonesia, especially Jepara city, is known worldwide as carved furniture manufacturer. This design inserts local culture on the carving to make it more classic but edgy.

Garden Bench (without back). A backless garden bench is another option to enjoy scenery of the garden. 

Outdoor furniture is commonly left outdoor exposed by hard rain, harsh winter and even excessive heat, in which enable to accelerate the breakdown of materials. Moreover when used wood for your outdoor furniture. As we know, wooden outdoor furniture is popular among other material for outdoors. Wood bring such as distinctive ambiance at any type of outdoor spaces, whether it is small or spacious.

Some people prefer to choose quality outdoor and garden furniture because it is an investment also. For example a set of teak outdoor furniture, this offers you quality and beauty at once. In fact, although teak is known for its utmost quality for outdoor material, a set of your teak patio still need regular maintenance to keep it in good condition. Common defects that enable to damage the furniture is scratch, stain and discoloration. Discoloration is the most common damage to your outdoor furniture. As mentioned above, outdoor furniture is exposed by outdoor weathers and the elements. New teak furniture has golden and honey color that will turn into a weathered gray hue during its everyday use. Some people consider its patina gray looks strengthen the impression of its durability and sturdiness. Teak oil application can be used for regular treatment if you want to keep its colors.

Mild soap and water is the easiest way to keep your outdoor clean. Wipe the furniture with the damp cloth or sponge that has been soaked to the mixture. Clean the furniture until all the surfaces clean from dirt and stain. Wipe the excess water with dried soft cloth then allow it to dry. Outdoor elements can create stains like rain, bird droppings or even others like glass stain on the table and residue from suntan lotion or body oil. The stains lessen the beauty of your outdoor furniture.

Enjoying summer season in your garden with members of family is certainly a wonderful activity to do. You can either way have BBQ party, a picnic, water balloon games or just enjoying the summer air in green area. To make it more alive, you need to place great, functional and comfortable garden furniture at your outdoor space.

Garden furniture allows you as homeowner to have the benefit of the scenery. Just sit on garden furniture chair and put your ice tea on the tables with your sunglasses on. Now, the problem is that many people want to have garden furniture in their outdoor space so that they buy huge, big, and unused garden furniture. This is because they do not consider the outdoor space they have with the garden furniture size.

If you ever bought garden furniture that does not match with your outdoor space, so that, you need to change your preference with small garden furniture. In term of small garden furniture, Tea for Two Set is an option as landscape completion for those who do not have much space in your outdoor space.

You can find stylish, comfort, and functional not to mention on budget Tea for Two set in many furniture stores – online or local-. This set comes perfectly with two garden furniture chairs plus one small table. Tea for Two garden furniture set provides less space that can be adjusted with the size of the garden.

Tea for Two set material are varied, namely: teak, cast aluminium or plastic. You are free to select which one is the best as your outdoor space furnishing. Pick the best one that suits with your area. You need to calculate this to make sure that your Tea for Two garden furniture set will last longer and durable no matter what the season is.

Beautiful teak patio set or teak garden furniture is one of great investment for your home. Besides, provide you natural beauty of wood, the furniture is durable and it might be last longer than we ever thought. As we know, teak is one of great wood material for garden furniture, because teak is durable and sturdy. Those distinctive characteristic bring teak as a king for outdoor.

People love to do their activities outdoor when spring or summer when the season has the best weather. Outdoor lunch, barbecue party or just read your favorite book on garden furniture at backyard can be fun activities in the summer. It is impossible to do those activities in the winter or rain, so does your garden furniture will not used in these seasons. Then it comes to protect your outdoor and garden furniture. It would be easier for small garden furniture, if you want to keep them inside, like stacking chair or benches. How if you have big patio set with table or garden family table, in which the table has attached benches on the both longest sides, like seen in the picture. It is impossible to move the furniture in and out over time.

Wind, frozen rain, snow and even blazing summer are natural elements that enable to damage your patio set or garden furniture over time. We need to protect the furniture even though it is made from the finest material like teak. Protection will lengthen the life of the patio furniture itself. As mentioned before, move the furniture inside the house is easy to do when the furniture is smaller, but for bigger one, we need furniture cover to protect them. Furniture cover is flexible and easy to use because it is made from fabric. The material is definitely water resistant or water proof.  Furniture cover protects the furniture from excessive heat and water.

Porch is semi outdoor space at home, which is commonly in front of the house. Porch is considered as façade that represents the appearance of the entire house. It can be a distinctive characteristic of your house. Therefore, people will directly recognize your house even in the first visit. This semi outdoor space itself is multifunction. Some houses function to the porch as main entrance before entering the house, on the other hand some use porch as informal seating area to welcome guests, which definitely need outdoor furniture. Otherwise, fresh outdoor weather make the space more comfortable and cozy. Set of outdoor furniture definitely adds the comfort and build particular ambiance on the porch.

Although it is outside, porch still has shades or several walls that protects the space and outdoor furniture from direct sunlight or rain. Therefore, porch is suitable as semi outdoor seating area. In the previous time, as said in Wikipedia porch is external to the walls of the main building proper, but may be enclosed by screen, latticework, broad windows, or other light frame walls extending from the main structure. Common porch in the past might be not used as outdoor seating because it was quite small. Alternatively, there are some porches or some called verandah that is built larger to accommodate the function than an entrance. This type of porch is able to accommodate any kind of outdoor furniture, because the space is wide enough.

As mentioned before, porch is not only as façade but also used to place your outdoor furniture. Pair of stacking chairs with low table is suitable for small porch, but if you wish for set of outdoor furniture on your large porch that would be great to provide nice and comfortable outdoor seating. Appropriate outdoor furniture is able to optimize the presence of the porch as well as accommodate the dwellers need of outdoor seating area.

People who lives in serene neighbourhood and have a wide backyard, of course, they will furnish their backyard with outdoor furniture to complement the green area. In many selections of outdoor furniture materials, many people decided to choose teak outdoor furniture for their outdoor space. It is because it has unique style to blend with nature since it made of nature as well.

 Teak outdoor furniture provides comfort, sleek look, and cherishes every family moment at the backyard. However, since it is exposed in outdoor which sunlight, dust, mould, bird droppings, etc. so that homeowner should ensure that it could stays on shape for many years ahead.

The important thing in keeping teak outdoor furniture is that you know how to clean and care the wood properly. There is a way on cleaning teak outdoor furniture that can be done easily. All you need is just warm soapy water and bristle brush that can clean spills on the wood surface.

For the sake of durability, teak outdoor furniture cleaning process is not enough in term of maintenance. Those who have teak outdoor furniture in their backyard should protect this valuable piece in a good way. Weather is the main consideration in using protection method. For homeowners that live in moist and rainy area, an oil based water sealers is the answer while for the sunny part, you ca use teak protector to keep rich brown colour of the wood. When it comes to winter season, you can store them outside all year around since snow will do no harm to the furniture.

 Sometimes, space becomes a problem for storage when it comes to rainy season. If you do not have extra space, shed, or garage so that you only need to cover your teak outdoor furniture. One thing for sure that the cover should has proper ventilation to avoid mildew on the wood.

Wood is one of renewable natural resources, therefore wood is always available. However, it can be a disaster when the material is widely explored without any conservation, because wood is one of important material for human life, from house construction, building, furniture to boat and ship. It is including outdoor furniture, which is wooden outdoor furniture is popular outdoor furniture.

Teak is one of popular wood for furniture, particularly for outdoor furniture. As we know, teak is a king for outdoor due to its characteristic. The wood is able to bear up outdoor weather even the hardest one. Teak outdoor furniture is also best investment, beside look for quality and durability.  Teak was nearly rare because of wide exploration once in the previous time, therefore particularly in Indonesia teak wood has certain regulation today to maintain the availability. The government holds the regulation, including for the teak plantation.

Teak furniture manufacturer in Indonesia has begun to use certified wood for their product, especially outdoor furniture. The reason is of course as one of company responsibilities for natural conservation. Today, customers are more concern about environmental damages problems, especially from Europe and United State. Therefore, they pay more attention for products they used, including outdoor furniture. Customers are getting more selective for the furniture used, especially to the material used. They begin to consider of what product they use, where the product comes from, then how it is produced and other questions that are quite critical. Certified wood ensure the customers of the wood material used for outdoor furniture, since the material used is legal and certified.

Using outdoor furniture made from certified wood means that we support the natural preservation. Today, furniture manufacturer that more concerned about natural preservation is increasing, which means outdoor furniture made from certified wood is widely available in stores. Otherwise, it gives more values for the companies, besides being one of the company policies.