Outdoor furniture in Middletown spends its summers in the thick Miami Valley humidity that hangs along the Great Miami River, then its winters in the damp freeze-thaw swings that loosen fasteners and warp cheap aluminum. The poly lumber on most of our collections never rots or splinters, the powder-coated aluminum and Marine Grade Polymer on select lines hold up to the wet, and stainless steel hardware keeps frames tight season after season. There’s no annual staining and no restaining to keep up with; a rinse with the garden hose is the whole routine. It’s built to still look right on an Oakland front porch ten summers from now.
What suits one Middletown block rarely suits the next. The deep front porches along the Central Avenue Historic District were made for a glider or a row of rockers, while the older homes and bigger lots over in Lakeside leave room for a full dining set under the shade trees. Families in Breiel Meadows tend to want something for the back patio the kids can pull right up to, and the trim mid-century lots in Mayfield do better with a compact bistro set or a pair of Adirondacks than with anything oversized. Whatever the yard calls for, the pieces come in 400+ color combinations.
Think about how the furniture gets used here. A dining set carries a Saturday cookout or a graduation party in the backyard; a sectional or a couple of Adirondack chairs is where you land after a night downtown at the Broad Street Bash. A fire pit table keeps the patio comfortable well into the cool Friday evenings of Middies football season, and a porch swing is for the slow mornings before a festival down at Smith Park. There’s even a kids’ table so the youngest aren’t left out. Browse the collections below to start picturing yours.