Furniture Blog December Archive

Teak outdoor garden furniture

By Teakionaire at 12/22/07 01:48

Teak outdoor garden furniture is the most sought after furniture for any outdoor setting. The huge demand for this furniture has lead to many unfair practices by teak manufacturers. The difference in prices has created a big confusion among teak buyers. Sometimes, even the teak importers get trapped in this because of the limited information and knowledge. It is our obligation as a responsible teak manufcturer to inform our cusotmers in particular and public in general the difference in quality and the methods those manufacturers are using to deceive the cusotmer and thus harimng the whole teak furniture industry. In 21st century when the demand for quality is ever increasing we wouldn't want to label the teak furniture as some sort of cheap furniture because of some irresponsible producers and sellers of this beautiful and most durable wood. The teak furniture industry in indonesia can be categorised into two: Organised and Unorganised. The organised sector includes the big manufacturers who produce their goods using modern machinery with standard internatinal manufacturing procedures. The unorgainsed sector comprises of individual carpenters and small small exporters and wharehouse operators. The main difference is WHO MAKES YOUR FURNITURE? Is it facotry made OR some local carpernter at his home with no control or procedures to follow!! The others factors which determine the quality and thus the price of teak furniture lies in quality of wood, fittings used, type of glue and guarantee provided by the seller. It is very important to understand how this works. The cheap furniture( which is full of sapwood with no real joinery)made by an individual carpenter goes to a BIG WAREHOUSE( these are normally the internet companies who claim to be manufacturer and so on). In these warehouses they collect the goods from hundereds of other carpenters. The warehouse will TREAT the furniture with CHEMICALS to attain the yellow brown color of the teak. Ofcourse, it looks almost same to the customer but we do not know how it affects the durability of wood, the adverse effect on environment and the person sitting on the chair which has been CHEMICALLY TREATED. They will put it under sun for few days and then pack it in a nice looking carton box with fancy brand name on it!!!! Infact, these warehouses are HUGE and have grown many folds in last couple of years. They have no investment at all except a rented warehouse which they can close down anytime. What guarantee should one expect from such warehouses/exporters!!!!!!

[Ed note: yeah... maybe a few blank lines in there to seperate the paragraphs for readablity would have been cool! -Wilbur]