Hard winters do the real damage to outdoor furniture. The freeze-thaw cycle that runs through a Marion January, where a midday thaw gives way to a hard overnight refreeze, is what splits glued joints and pits the finish on cheaper sets, so outdoor furniture in Marion, Ohio has to be built for more than a mild afternoon. Most of the collections we carry use recycled poly lumber, with Marine Grade Polymer on select lines, powder-coated aluminum frames, and stainless steel hardware throughout. None of it rots, splinters, or warps, and none of it needs the yearly sanding, restaining, or sealing a wood set asks for after a humid, thunderstorm-heavy summer. Leave a set out on a Country Club Hills deck all season and there is nothing to drag inside or touch up before spring.
What fits depends on the yard. The Victorian homes around Olde Towne, with their wrap-around porches, were practically made for a porch swing or a pair of rockers facing the street. Out at Eagle Creek, where newer houses back up to the Marion Country Club and the lots have room for a real deck, a full dining set or a deep sectional anchors the space. Quarry Estates sits on the edge of town with bigger, country-style lots, so a fire pit table and a ring of Adirondacks have somewhere to go. And the established streets of Country Club Hills want a dining set big enough for Sunday cookouts, with a kids’ table pulled up alongside. With 400+ color combinations, the pieces match the house instead of fighting it.
The fun is picturing how you’d use it. A poly dining set earns its keep at a backyard cookout the weekend of the Marion Popcorn Festival, when the whole town heads downtown and the crowd circles back to somebody’s patio after. Adirondacks and a sectional are where everyone settles in once the plates are cleared. A fire pit table stretches the season into the cool September evenings around festival weekend and the Friday nights of Harding Presidents football. A porch swing is for slow mornings with coffee, and a kids’ table keeps the youngest in on the gathering. Browse the collections below to start picturing yours.