DIY | Home Improvements

With so many choices of furniture materials to use out there today distinguishing the best to use for your home and garden may seem difficult. In this article we will break down the different types of materials you can use in the home and garden and compare them together and come up with the best overall choice to use.

First let’s start with teak, teak furniture is normally used in the garden & other outdoor places such as parks, playgrounds etc. Teak is one of the best materials to use when it comes to the great outdoor weather. No matter on which part of the world you are from we will base this on the UK weather. UK weather can be unforgiving, especially the further north you go, with hot summers reaching the mid 30 degrees to the harsh cold winters being as low as -15 degrees. With this huge temperature change teak would be the perfect choice for this climate as teak outdoor furniture and teak garden furniture can withstand these conditions with ease.

Rattan garden furniture which has similar properties to teak is just as good, also rattan garden or rattan outdoor furniture is slightly less expensive than teak. Rattan outdoor furniture comes mainly from Thailand and south East Asia countries.

Oak furniture which is mainly used indoors is perfect for household items such as oak furniture, oak dining furniture & oak display cabinets. Oak is a great choice for the indoor furniture due to its strength and also it looks great. Also oak dining sets are easy to find online all of them coming with oak dining chairs and oak dining tables.

Wood used for other purposes such as sports floors and other commercial flooring has to be tough and also very flat with minimal joins. Beach wood is usually use for this type of flooring.

So there we have it, teak & rattan are the best for outdoor furniture and oak and beach are great for indoor furniture or Chinese furniture, also worth a mention is Oriental furniture which is become ever so more popular too.

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Oak dining sets will last for years and years if they are well looked after.

Oak dining chairs can be used anywhere in the home from the dining room to the kitchen.

Oak dining tables will often be made from solid oak but be sure to check with your dealer.

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Safety in the home is essential and one of the main places beside the kitchen would be bathrooms. Bathrooms as we all know get wet and a wet floor is a huge safety hazard, to eliminate this issue or at least reduce the risk would be to have a non slip floor in the bathroom. Sometimes a non slip floor is not possible as some bathrooms are tilled.

Another alternative would be to use mats and lay them down in the risk areas of the bathroom floor such as next to the shower or in the shower, near the toilet and by the door entrance. Another safety hazard is not having enough space to store your bathroom accessories. Bathroom furniture such as cupboards and shelves with doors can eliminate this problem. There are some great bathroom suites to choose from which have all this covered for you in one go. Showers are also a hazard in the bathroom; this is why choosing the best shower enclosure is a must.

Shower enclosures come in various shapes and sizes, the shower doors are usually make from toughened or tempered glass to ensure that they will not break easily. We have probably all slipped at least once in the shower and the first this we normally hit is the shower door, once I slipped and hit the radiator but that’s because I didn’t have a shower door.

Times we hard back in the early 50’s and cutting back on non essential items was needed to survive. Nearly every home now has radiators in the bathroom, radiators as surly needed in those cold winter mornings and without good radiators in the bathroom taking a shower can be a torturous task. If you have a small bathroom and do not have room for radiators then there is an alternative. Heated towel rails are becoming a radiator alternative in the bathroom as they are small and compact and do two jobs at once.

If you are looking for a all in one alternative when is great if you have the space I would recommend wet rooms, wet rooms are perfect for that larger bathrooms and they are much easier to keep clean, with the right drainage install wet rooms are a fantastic choice for any bathroom.

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