Adirondack Chairs And Furniture by Patiolife.com

Adirondack chairs have been associated with the Adirondack mountain range in upstate New York since the beginning of the 20th century. According to the Adirondack Museum in New York, it was invented by Thomas Lee, who was on vacation near Lake Champlain. He nailed some boards together, tested the chairs on his relatives and called the result the Westport chair. Unlike today's Adirondack chairs (like those from Old Adirondack), the Westport chair's seat and back were made from a single board.

Adirondack Classic

The Adirondack chair has evolved over the years while maintaining the original feel of the chair. Contoured backs are now part of many designs, including those from Cayuga Designs. Their pine and cedar furniture represents the beauty, durability and comfort of solidly-built rustic furniture at affordable prices. This has resulted in their becoming the largest manufacturer of this style of furniture in Canada.

	The Old Adirondack Furniture Company can trace its history to the Adirondack Park in northern New York state, with its 46 peaks and 100 plus lakes. Located near Lake Champlain, they produce white cedar rustic adirondack furniture, including Adirondack chairs, rockers, dining sets and garden accessories. They draw on designs both classical and modern to offer sturdy, rustic casual furniture.

An alternative to the soft woods, pine and cedar, is the hard wood, mahogany, as offered by Hyre's Country Haven. This mahogany Adirondack Chair and accompanying Ottoman are rustic yet distinguished. The chair has a rolled seat and back that tapers at the bottom to match your individual body curves. With an appealing reddish color, the chair's strength is comparable to oak and teak, and is much more scratch-resistant than cedar or pine.

Stylish derivatives of the original Adirondack theme can be found from the Uwharrie Chair Company, like this one from the Bob Timberlake collection. Pressure-treated pine, the wood of choice for ski lodge decks, marina docks, and landscape walks, treated lumber offers distinct advantages over other traditional outdoor materials. It is insect and rot resistant, it may be stained or painted (or left natural), and it's milled from a renewable resource: plantation grown southern pine.

There are also adirondack chairs for children. The Kiddie collection by Prairie Leisure Designs is designed to give our younger citizens a sense of belonging. It is well built of painted Aspen and nicely complements the chairs in the adult Adirondack collection. Also, the Cayuga Designs Adirondack Chair has an identical junior version in both cedar and pine.