An outdoor sofa set is the single largest furniture purchase most patios see, and the one with the most ways to get wrong.
Three materials dominate outdoor furniture, and each one's sales pitch survives a different climate.
Cushions are the first thing to fail on an outdoor set — not the frame, not the weave.
The difference between a patio with furniture and an outdoor room is the same thing that separates a house from a furniture showroom: arrangement.
Winter does not damage outdoor furniture equally — it damages the shortcuts. A covered rattan set sails through frost; a tarp-wrapped one grows mold.
A small outdoor space is not a furniture problem — it is a selection problem.