Champaign County weather works on outdoor furniture from both directions, which is why the outdoor furniture in Urbana, Ohio that holds up is built for more than a mild afternoon. Storm-heavy, humid summers swell and dry out cheap joinery week after week, and the long gray stretch of a west-central Ohio winter finishes the job once the ground starts to freeze and thaw. 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 asks for a spring weekend of sanding and restaining. Set a piece out on a porch on the north end of town and it still looks right after ten seasons.
What fits a yard depends on the block. Along the Scioto Street Historic District, the deep front porches on those Queen Anne and Italianate homes were made for a porch swing or a pair of rockers facing the street. The newer cul-de-sac homes of Tecumseh Woods sit on bigger hillside lots, with room for a full dining set and a fire pit table to make use of the western views. On the east side, the one-level homes with wide back decks take a low patio set that suits how those houses live. And on the country lots at the edge of Urbana Township, a covered-porch glider and a ring of Adirondacks have room to spread out. 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 table earns its keep at a cookout the week the Champaign County Fair takes over town in August, and again when the Simon Kenton Chili Cook-Off and Hoopla Parade fills Monument Square on a late-September Saturday. Adirondacks and a deep sectional are where everyone lands once the food is cleared. A fire pit table stretches the season into those first cool evenings of fall, when the yard would otherwise go quiet. A porch swing is for slow mornings with coffee, and a kids’ table gives the youngest a spot of their own. Browse the collections below to start picturing yours.