Article updated: 5/25/2012 4:46 PM

Outdoor furniture making patios look more like family rooms

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Walpole Woodworkers builds an arched a plastic and fiberglass pergola with optional shade.

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Seaside Casual Furniture makes its Adirondack chairs a little higher than the traditional style to make it easier to get in and out.

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Seaside Casual Furniture offers its Adirondack chairs in six colors, and says if the recycled plastic can stand up to salt air by the sea, it will do well in your backyard.

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John Caldwell designed Tropitone's BelMar Cast. Up to four chairs can be stacked for storage. The frames are aluminum, the seats and backs aluminum or polyethylene.

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Tropitone's Cabana Club Sling collection works with any contemporary designs.

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Tropitone's Corsica sling is aluminum with choice of powder-coated finish and hundreds of fabrics to choose from.

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About this Article

Homeowners today are spending more time entertaining outside and they're turning to more comfortable, lounging seating options for their patios and decks. They're buying club chairs, sofas and would you believe even sectionals? We talked to some experts as part fo the Daily Herald's Get Your Summer On backyard makeover contest.