Comfort and Beauty Outdoors
Modern outdoor fabrics offer stylish sophistication for any outdoor setting, pleasantly blurring the line between indoors and outdoors. Imagine yourself in your favorite comfortable chair reading a good book or chatting with friends with your feet propped up on an ottoman. You feel a slight chill in the air, cover up with a throw blanket and relax. Now imagine yourself outside – does the vision change? If so, that does not have to be the situation anymore.
The days of outfitting your outdoor setting with just plastic chairs and vinyl cushions is over. By using plush, attractive fabrics you can bring style and comfort to your outdoor setting and blur the line between outside and inside. Best of all, with today’s outdoor fabrics the effects of Mother Nature are no longer a worry.
There are a lot of companies that offer inspiring fabrics to add texture and coziness to your outdoor setting and will also weather any storm and handle the harsh rays of the sun. Revolutionary technology has been used to create fabrics with UV protection to resist fading, and with anti-microbial and anti-bacterial properties so mildew and fungus does not grow. These new outdoor fabrics are also stain-resistant and more durable than previously used fabrics such as canvas and cotton. With such versatile, enduring outdoor fabrics and varieties, many builders and homeowners are inspired to include a cozy porch or outdoor room in their country living house plans.
A leader in the outdoor furniture industry is Sunbrella® Fabrics, well known for its quality and durability with awnings, boats and convertibles.
Harry Gobble, director of marketing for Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, the maker of Sunbrella Fabrics, explains, “Sunbrella delivers a complete package of color, design, durability, fade resistance and ease of cleaning.”
Because it has a three year warranty, you can relax the next time Mother Nature mistreats your outdoor furniture. Other companies that create high-performance outdoor fabrics with a three-year warranty include
PerennialsTM Outdoor Fabrics and Weatherwize®. With these options, you can easily decorate your backyard retreat in your own personal style with lavish textures, trendy designs and vivid hues.
Nicole Gill-Ottinger of NGO Public Relations, a firm representing Perennials Fabrics, states, “Using fabrics that are 100% solution dyed acrylic and soil-, mildew-, and UV-resistant, there is never a need to sacrifice style for durability.”
Laurie Bell is another cutting edge company adding comfort and style to outdoor living spaces. The founder, Laurie Jenkins, offers “high-tech, fashion-forward outdoor accessories that weather the storms of wear and tear as well as the demands of today’s fashionistas.” At www.lauriebell.com you can find exciting patterns for throws, pillows of every size and ottomans all covered with fabrics that use “a new chemistry that allows for almost complete saturation of the fabric” to prevent fading.
An amazing characteristic of these durable, versatile outdoor fabrics is that they are easy to clean. If there are any spills, all you have to do is blot them with mild soap and water to clean them up.
With all the new, exceptional options for outdoor fabrics today, you and your family will enjoy decorating your outdoor spaces with the same stylish sophistication as the other rooms you design in your country house plan.
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