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The Amish Outdoor Furniture Guide

Amish outdoor furniture gets left where you put it for twenty summers, which makes the layout a bigger decision than the pieces. Start by working out which parts of the yard you are actually furnishing, then the seating, then the color. Everything below runs in that order.
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Which Parts of the Yard Are You Furnishing?

Most homes have two or three outdoor spaces and only one of them gets furnished properly. Decide which spaces you are treating as rooms before you choose a single chair, because each one takes a different kind of furniture and a different amount of it.

The front porch and the back patio fail for opposite reasons. Porches get too little and stay empty; patios get a dining set and nothing to sit on afterwards.
Space Usually takes Check first
Front porch

 A swing or a glider, with a side table Whether the ceiling can carry a hanging load
Deck

 A dining set, and a low group if the depth allows Gaps between boards under chair feet
Patio

 The largest sets, dining and lounging together
 Whether the surface is level enough for a table
Balcony Balcony-height chairs and a small square table Door swing, and how narrow the access is
Poolside Deck chairs, side tables, nothing upholstered Wet feet, and where the furniture drains

Furnish one space completely before starting the next. A finished porch gets used every day, while three half-furnished areas get used for about a week in June.

What Does an Outdoor Space Need?

An outdoor space needs somewhere to sit, somewhere to eat, and the small pieces that let people stay put. Those three groups are how the range is organised and how the yard gets set up.

The third group is the one that gets cut from a budget and then missed immediately. A cushion, a footrest and somewhere to put a glass are what turn a chair into a place people sit for an hour.
Outdoor Lounging

Lounging

Adirondack and deck chairs, gliders, swings, benches and rockers.

Most of It Ships Within Days

Outdoor pieces do not run on the indoor schedule. Anything that can travel FedEx ground leaves within three to five days of your order, which means a patio ordered this month is a patio you use this season.
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How Big Should an Outdoor Table Be?

Shape matters more outdoors than size does, because the space is rarely square and there is usually something in the middle of it. Round and square tables suit tight corners and balconies, while oval and rectangular tables suit families who eat outside as a habit rather than an event.

The table also decides whether you buy chairs at all. Picnic tables arrive with their seating built in, which is either the neatest solution in the range or the wrong one entirely.
Shape Offered at What it suits
Round 4 foot Conversation, and corners with nothing to work around
Square

 41 and 44 inch Balconies, small decks and island setups
Oval 4 by 6 foot Households that eat outside regularly
Rectangular 4 by 6 foot The longest runs of seating along both sides
Rectangular picnic

 6 foot
 Benches built in, no separate chairs to buy
Octagon picnic

 One size Seating on every side with nobody sat at a corner

Measure the route to the space before you settle on the largest option. An outdoor table is heavy by design, and a gate or a side passage is the thing that decides what actually reaches the patio.

Lanai Deep Seating Sectional-Outdoor Seating-The Amish House

Which Seating Suits the Space?

Pick the seating by how long people sit in it. A deck chair is for an afternoon, a glider is for a conversation, a swing is for the ten minutes before dinner, and a bench is for whoever arrives last.

They are set out below from the seat that claims least floor to the one that claims most.
Luxcraft PolyTuf Comfort Rocker

Adirondack and Deck Chairs

A deck chair is the contoured, slat-backed seat that reads as a porch chair from across a yard.

It suits a quiet corner and a pair rather than a crowd, and a narrower balcony version fits spaces that cannot take the full width. The swivel version turns on its base, which matters around a fire pit where the interesting thing keeps moving.

The limit is getting out of one. A deep contoured seat is comfortable to sit in and harder to rise from, which is worth knowing before buying four of them for older visitors.
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5' Plain Balcony Glider Weatherwood-The Amish House

Gliders

A glider moves on a mechanism under the seat rather than on rockers, so it travels forward and back without walking across the deck.

It suits porches and any space where the floor is level, and the loveseat width turns it into the seat two people actually choose. It does the job of a swing without asking anything of the ceiling.

The limit is clearance behind it. A glider needs room to travel, so it cannot go tight against a railing or a wall.
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4' Plain Swing

Swings

A swing hangs from the ceiling, or stands in its own frame if the ceiling will not take it.

It suits a front porch more than anything else in the range, because it invites sitting rather than waiting. A porch with a swing gets used in a way the same porch with two chairs does not.

The limit is the structure above it. Hanging anything means locating the joists and matching the hardware to the load, so confirm that while the swing is still a plan.

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Outdoor 28" Table Bench Weatherwood & Black

Benches and Rockers

A bench seats whoever turns up without committing floor space to an empty chair most of the time.

It suits entrances, the edge of a deck and the spot beside a door where boots come off. A rocker does the opposite job, holding one person in one place comfortably for a long time.

The limit is comfort over hours. A bench has no arms and usually no cushion, so it is the seat people use for twenty minutes rather than an evening.
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A Photo of the Space Tells Us More Than Measurements

Send us a picture of the porch, the deck or the patio along with the rough dimensions, and we will tell you what fits, what will not, and which pieces are worth doing first.
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How Do You Set Up for Eating Outside?

Decide the height before the style, because dining, counter and bar height are three different setups and the chairs are not interchangeable between them. Our outdoor chairs carry all three heights as an option on one frame, so you are picking a setting rather than a separate chair.

Height is really a question about where people look. Dining height puts everyone at the table, bar height puts them above it and facing outward.

Dining Height

Dining height is the standard table and chair arrangement, at the same level as an indoor dining set.

It suits families with children, longer meals and anywhere the table is the centre of the space. It is also the most stable of the three, which matters on grass or uneven pavers.

The limit is sightlines. Seated at dining height you are looking at the people opposite rather than over the railing at the view you built the deck for.
Outdoor 4' x 6' Rectangular Table

Counter and Bar Height

Counter and bar height raise both the table and the seating, with bar the taller of the two.

It suits decks with a view, outdoor kitchens and any space where people stand as much as they sit. At bar height a seated person and a standing person are at roughly the same level, which changes how a group behaves.

The limit is access. Higher seating is harder to get into and out of, and it is not the right choice where small children eat.
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Outdoor 6' Rectangular Picnic Table

Picnic Tables

A picnic table combines the table and the seating into one piece, either rectangular with benches or octagonal with seating all the way round.

It suits families, larger groups and anyone who would rather buy one thing than nine. The octagon seats people on every side, so nobody ends up at a corner.

The limit is flexibility. Benches cannot be moved, added to or used anywhere else, so a picnic table commits the space to one arrangement permanently.
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Outdoor Poly Bar Stool

Serving Bars and Bar Stools

A serving bar is a standing-height surface that sits away from the table, usually near the grill or against a wall.

It suits entertaining, because it gives people somewhere to put a plate down and somewhere to gather that is not the cook's elbow. Paired with bar stools it becomes seating as well as a surface.

The limit is that it is an addition rather than a substitute. A serving bar does not replace a dining table, so it only earns its place once the table is settled.
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What Makes People Stay Out There?

Shade, somewhere to put a glass, and something under your feet. The furniture decides whether people can sit outside, and the small pieces decide whether they want to for more than half an hour.

These are the cheapest items in the range and the ones that change the space most. Buy them at the same time as the furniture rather than intending to come back.
Outdoor 5' Seat Cushion Milano Charcol

Cushions

Poly cushions are sold separately from the furniture and sized to the seats they go on.

They suit anywhere people sit for a full evening, and they soften both the feel and the look of a set that is otherwise all hard lines. On a deep-seated chair they are the difference between a good chair and a comfortable one.

The limit is that they come indoors. Cushions are the one part of an outdoor set that does not want to be rained on, so you need somewhere to put them.
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Outdoor Patio Umbrella

Shade

An umbrella does more for how usable a space is in July than another seat would.

It suits west-facing patios and any surface in full afternoon sun, and it decides whether a dining set gets used at lunchtime or only after six.

The limit is wind. Shade catches it, so an umbrella needs a base that suits the exposure and it needs closing when the weather turns.
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Outdoor Glider Footrest

Footrests and Ottomans

A footrest turns an upright chair into a lounging chair without taking the floor space a lounger would.

It suits porches and smaller decks, and a matching footrest in front of a glider is what keeps people sitting after the plates are cleared. An ottoman does the same work and doubles as a surface.

The limit is the walkway. Anything in front of a chair is in front of a chair, so it has to come out of the circulation space rather than the seating area.
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Poly Slide-Out Cup Holder

Side Tables and Cup Holders

A side table is where a drink, a phone and a book go when there is nowhere else for them.

It suits every seat in the space, and cup holders exist for the chairs that cannot have a table beside them. Both are small enough to be forgotten and obvious the moment they are missing.

The limit is clutter. A side table for every chair starts to fill the floor, so one between two seats is usually the better arrangement.

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Which Color Should You Choose?

Most outdoor pieces are offered in thirteen colors, and some run much wider than that. The lounge chair alone comes in twenty-nine, including two-tone combinations that pair a frame color with a contrasting seat.

The palette falls into six families. Working out which family the space wants narrows the decision faster than scrolling through every swatch.
Wood tones

Wood tones
Antique Mahogany, Cherrywood, Cedar, Chestnut Brown and Brazilian Walnut. The closest thing to timber without the upkeep.
Weathered greys

Weathered greys
Weatherwood, Coastal Gray and Dove Gray. Reads as furniture that has always been there.
Classic neutrals

Classic neutrals
White and Black, alone or as the contrast half of a two-tone. The safest pairing with almost any trim.
Greens

Greens

Green and Lime Green. Sits into planting rather than against it.
Brights

Brights

Red, Yellow, Tangerine, Aruba Blue and Blue. For a space that is meant to be the point rather than the background.
Two-tone

Two-tone
Any of the above paired with Black, White or Slate. A frame in one color and a seat in another.

How Do You Match It to the House?

Match the furniture to the fixed parts of the building rather than to the parts you might change. Trim, roof, brick and deck boards stay put for decades. Paint and planting do not.

This is the decision that decides whether a set looks chosen or ordered. It takes ten minutes standing outside and it cannot be done from a screen.

Pick the Thing You Are Matching First

Work out which single element the furniture is answering to, then stop looking at the others.

On a porch, that is usually the trim, because it frames everything the furniture sits inside. On an open patio, it is more often the paving or the deck boards, since that is the surface the eye travels across before it reaches a chair.

The limit is trying to match more than one. Furniture that answers to the trim and the brick and the roof at once ends up answering to none of them.

Use Two-Tone to Solve a Clash

A two-tone piece carries a frame color and a seat color, which gives you a way out when nothing single-toned works.

Pair the frame to the element you are matching and let the seat take a neutral, or reverse it if the furniture needs to sit back rather than stand out. It is also the quietest way to bring a bright color into a space without committing the whole set to it.

The limit is repetition. Two-tone across every piece in a large set becomes a pattern, so it works best on the seating with the tables left plain.

See It Outside, Not on a Screen

Color rendered on a phone in a lit room bears very little relation to the same color on a deck in open daylight.

Greys read warmer outside than they do on screen, and the wood tones read considerably lighter. More colors arrive looking wrong for this reason than for any other.

The limit is that poly colors are not sold as samples the way our stains are. Call us with the colors you are weighing up and tell us what you are matching, or come and see them in the showroom before you commit.
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Amish London Swivel Glider

The Same Chair, for Indoors

If the glider on the porch is the seat everyone fights over, there is a hardwood version of it for the living room and the nursery, built by the same shops in solid wood rather than poly.
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What Does It Cost and How Long Does It Take?

Outdoor seating starts around $244, accessories from $40, and dining tables from roughly $1,192, with the largest picnic tables around $2,498. Delivery runs on a different system from our indoor furniture, and so does the warranty.

Both of those differences are in your favour. Poly ships in days rather than weeks and carries a far longer warranty than anything built in hardwood.

Smaller pieces Anything that can travel FedEx ground ships within 3 to 5 days of the order date, boxed, with some minor assembly needed
Larger pieces

 Anything too big for FedEx ships by a private carrier, who contacts you directly to arrange the delivery
Which applies
 Each product page states its own shipping method, under Shipping and Delivery
Delivery cost
 The flat $239 in-home setup fee covers hardwood furniture and does not apply here
Warranty

 Residential limited lifetime warranty covering a defective product or part. Commercial use is not covered

Buy the set in one order where you can. Shipping is worked out per product rather than per room, so splitting a patio across three orders usually costs more than ordering it together.

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Start With One Space and Finish It

Choose the space you use most and furnish that one properly before moving to the next. Settle the table shape, then the seating height, then the lounging, then the accessories that keep people out there. Leave the color until you have stood outside and looked at the trim.

If you would rather not guess, call us at 615-819-2772 and tell us what you are furnishing and what you are matching, and we will put a set together for you.

You can also browse the full range of Amish outdoor furniture at your own pace, or come and sit in the chairs at our showroom on Nolensville Road. We are open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Most of our outdoor chairs are offered at dining, counter and bar height on the same frame, chosen as an option when you order. Match the chair height to the table height rather than buying them separately and hoping.
Yes, and people often do. Color is chosen per product, so the chairs and the table do not have to match. A common approach is one color on the tables and a second on the seating, or two-tone seating against plain tables.
No. Cushions are sold separately and sized to the seats they fit, which lets you cushion the chairs people sit in longest and leave the rest bare. They are also the one part of an outdoor set worth bringing in out of the rain.
It depends on the joists and the hardware rating rather than the swing. Check which way the joists run and what the ceiling can carry before ordering. If it will not take a hanging load, a glider does a similar job standing on the floor.
Two ways, depending on size. Pieces that fit FedEx ground ship within three to five days of your order, boxed, with some minor assembly. Anything larger goes by private carrier, who will contact you directly to arrange a delivery time.
No. The $239 white glove fee covers our hardwood furniture with in-home setup. Outdoor pieces ship on their own terms, either by FedEx ground or by private carrier, and each product page states which applies.
Some minor assembly on pieces that arrive boxed by FedEx. Larger items delivered by private carrier generally arrive ready to use. The product page tells you which method applies before you order.
The furniture itself handles it, but the warranty does not. Our residential limited lifetime warranty excludes commercial grade use, so tell us if the pieces are for a business and we will talk through what that means for you.