Choosing & buying: The Wood Guide's buying guides
Picnic table, beer table set, garden bench or garden table: which size, which wood and which model suits your garden. All the buying guides. The Wood Guide · Choosing & buying
The Wood Guide · Choosing & buying
The Wood Guide · sectionChoosing & buying
Which size, which wood, which model: the buying guides for picnic tables, beer table sets, garden benches and garden furniture — with honest pros and cons.
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The core guides of this section
Buying a picnic tableFive choices decide whether your table is still good in fifteen years: the length, the board thickness, the wood, the shape…Read the guide →
Choosing a beer table and beer benchLight, foldable and ready for eight people in no time: a beer table is the furniture for parties, clubs and a garden you…Read the guide →
Which wood to use for a garden table?Read the guide →
Buying Garden Furniture? Here's How to Choose the Right Size…Read the guide →
Picnic tables 2 guides
Buying a picnic tableFive choices decide whether your table is still good in fifteen years: the length, the board thickness, the wood, the shape…
Choosing a children's picnic tableA table where a pre-schooler's feet touch the ground is a table they will actually stay seated at. So seat height is the first…
Garden benches 1 guide
Garden furniture 5 guides
Garden and atmosphere 3 guides
Indoors 4 guides
Which floor colour goes with wooden furniture?The biggest mistake is trying to make the floor match the furniture. Nearly right looks worse than deliberately different —…
What are some popular styles of wooden furniture for…
What are some design trends for wooden interior doors?
Preventing Tipping Hazards with Furniture: A Safety Guide…
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Choosing & buying
You buy a piece of garden furniture for ten years or more. Start with the number of people and the spot, then choose the wood and the plank thickness, and only then the model. These guides set out those choices, without the sales talk.
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Understanding wood17 guides →
Care & finishing28 guides →
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Planed Douglas fir boards with clearly visible growth rings — Philipp Zinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 · End grain of an oak trunk showing growth rings, heartwood and sapwood — Friedrich Böhringer, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT · Wooden table and benches on a patio among potted plants — Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hand with hammer and chisel carving letters into a wooden plank — Frédérique Voisin-Demery, CC BY 2.0 · Beech (Fagus sylvatica) in full leaf — Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0