You’ve been looking for the right type of furniture to use as a setting around the pool you installed in the back yard and someone suggested teak as a material source, but you know little about it and aren’t sure why they would have suggested it.  Rest assured that teak furniture is the optimum way to decorate around your pool to show style and class while also maintaining the protection your furniture needs from moisture and other elements.
                                                                
In recent years, more and more teak has been imported to the United States from its native Southeast Asia tropical environment for manufacturing into teak furniture, outdoor items like docks, and even indoor flooring.  There are several reasons that the material appeals to builders and carpenters, especially those who manufacture patio chairs and tables.  First of all, teak is a very hard wood, but it is also quite malleable, meaning that you can shape it as you please without breaking it.  This property comes from the same source as its natural weather resistance:  the natural oil production of the wood itself.

Therefore, teak garden furniture is easy to mold into the desired shapes, it’s durable and long-lasting, and it’s naturally weather resistant, meaning that there is no need to seal it or treat it with varnish or oil.  It also means that, as water is splashed out of the pool and wet bottoms make use of chairs and patio tables, the teak wood furniture will be no more affected than if it were plastic.

For this reason, teak is a perfect material to use for the décor around your pool.  It also shows your taste and style, since teak is almost exclusively imported and has been rare in the United States until raw materials started being shipped in to meet this sudden rush of need for patio furniture in the last few years.  The material, being imported, is not cheap in raw form and of even greater expense when a finished product is received in the country.

Teak patio furniture can withstand a great deal of abuse, and if you store it during the winter while the pool is out of use, you can make it last even longer.  Even the best of woods are susceptible to some weather, not being completely weatherproof, and it is possible that the combination of extreme cold and moisture could cause damage to teak, a product from a very warm climate.

As long as you are dropping money to build a pool, you should pay for the best available furniture to line the pool deck.  Look into the purchase of teak for your backyard design and see what you can create for your little nook of an oasis.