Outdoor Living When summer arrives, if you are like most of us, it is the time to be outdoors with family and friends. It is the season of picnics, barbecues, camping, days at the beach, and vacations. Woodstock Hardware has a wide variety of products and technical expertise to help you maintain and improve your oudoor living space and enhance your time spent oudoors.
As with the other areas of your home, your outdoor living space will require some routine maintenance and cleaning. This may include cleaning your deck, a concrete or bluestone patio, and certainly your oudoor furniture. Following you will find a few simple guidelines to help you clean, maintain, and protect your outdoor furniture. After the mowing, weed wacking, weeding, and general cleanup is complete, there is nothing more enjoyable than having a few minutes to sit down in your favorite outdoor chair and marvel at nature. For this rare moment and those times you entertain you want to keep your outdoor furniture looking its best for guests and your own enjoyment. However, it seems like it is hard to do with all the wear and tear your outdoor furniture gets thanks to the elements. Outdoor furniture can be kept in tip top shape by taking care of it twice a year. And if you want to minimize this work consider getting protective covers for your furniture when it is not being used. Here are a few tips.
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Following is a brief list of the products Woodstock Hardware has available to enhance the time you spend outdoors. |
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Auto & Truck
Supplies
Abrasives,
Grinding & Polishing
& Letters
Farm Maintenance &Large Animal Supply
Fasteners, Nails, Nuts,Bolts & Screws
Kitchen Supplies & Small Appliances Sporting Goods & Camping SuppliesIf you want to get ahead of the game for next year you could repaint or stain your furniture before putting it away. But, with little spare time, most people choose to just put away their outdoor furniture, whether covering it with a heavy duty tarp or placing it inside a shed, garage or under a deck.
Come spring you will want to give your outdoor furniture a good cleaning and make any repairs that are needed. This is the time to either apply penetrating oil, a waterproofer, or stain to protect any wood furniture. You may want to scrape the rust off, prime, and paint that beautiful metal furniture you have. Plastic or resin furniture can be cleaned with any number of environmentally friendly cleaners you will find at the store. Remember, aluminum furniture scratches easily, so it should only be washed with a soft cloth and with a specially-formulated aluminum cleaner.
There is no question that purchasing outdoor furniture is an investment. At Woodstock Hardware, we know that you will extend the life of your furniture and maximize your enjoyment by following these simple guidelines.
So whether you need some new outdoor furniture for the house, a “bug zapper” for the yard, a natural bee/fly trap for your deck, citronella torches for the back yard, or need some advice on cleaning something you already own, stop by Woodstock Hardware, and let us give you a hand. We have the products and technical expertise to meet your project needs.