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With life becoming more informal every day and with outdoor life
an accepted part of the American scene, there are many good reasons
for building your own furniture. Use it for sitting outdoors, for entertaining on your terrace-take full advantage of all the possible delights offered-and have furniture which is of a different character from
that run-of-the-mill stuff one sees so much of today. While there are
many kinds of inexpensive outdoor furniture which can be purchased
for use on the terrace, some of it rather good in design, there is an
increasing need being felt for good permanent tables and for seats which
are strong and may be left outdoors the year round. Also, with our small
quarters and changeable climates, a need for a good demountable table
has been expressed with frequency.
Therefore we present in this section a number of simple designs which
almost any amateur craftsman will find easy to construct, for furniture
which will add to the joy you take in your garden. Some is modern
in character, so it will fit more comfortably with the modern home in
good taste than will commercial furniture with its shrieking colors, its
machine-made curves and angles. Other pieces will fit well with traditional homes, and several of our designs will integrate with either
modern or traditional styles.
One of the main drawbacks to commercial furniture is the impermanence of the pieces offered. Cheaply constructed, they are so light
in weight that they won't last long, are never satisfactory to use, and
when the final analysis is made of costs, they prove not to have been
so inexpensive after all. The furniture shown here is planned to be able
to withstand ordinary weather, so that it can be left outdoors; it need
not be whisked under cover at the approach of every storm. It will take
its beating from children's (ab)use and still look all right, for its simple,
good-looking lines, its rugged character are designed for use. And it will
age well. If you should ever need to replace any parts for any reason,
you will find them either in your wood scrap box or at your nearest
building supply house. Can commercial furniture offer this advantage?
. . . demountable features
Note that the seats and tables we call "demountable" have tops which
can be taken off for storage in the garage or cellar during the inclement
months, leaving only the masonry parts to bear the brunt of ice and
snow during the winter.
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