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Absolutely breathtaking furniture and store. We will be back with a truck. - Shelly & Ricky Nemoyten, East Meadow, NY.

Austin Antiques prides itself on a wide and varied selection of unique & unusual antique lawn decor such as wagons, carts, wheel barrels, horse drawn sleighs, and more.

We also carry a lovely selection of beautiful Adirondack style furniture, Adirondack chairs, wicker sets, teak outdoor furniture as well as country outdoor furniture.

We have at all times over 250 pieces on hand, of teak and cedar outdoor furniture for you to choose from.

Remember the best time to buy an antique is when you see it. It may not be here when you come back next time...

We deliver in New England from Maine to Washington DC and we ship via Atlas, Mayflower, United, North American and others all over the continental USA.

Outdoor Furniture History Facts

Many years ago, before patios, decks and patio furniture became popular, the main outdoor furniture was an old rocker on the front porch or some old kitchen chairs that were left outside.

It was generally accepted practice to move out to the front porch after dinner in the summer time, because the house was already warm from the summer sun, then the wood cook stove had to be fired up to fix the evening meal, making it even warmer.

Although the wood stove warmed the house a lot at meal times during the summer and made it uncomfortably warm, I can remember the advantages of the wood cook stove too, taking baths in a washtub in front of the wood stove during the winter. That was one of the joys of being little back before central heat or individually heated rooms. The big people had to get out of a warm tub and shiver in a cold bathroom, but I got to warm my bare back side at the wood stove while I dried off.

The front porch became an extension of the living room, or parlor as it was more commonly known.

As time went on the furniture comfort on the porch improved and more types of outdoor furniture were used. Wicker was a popular furniture for the front porch and was quite often left out all year round. Porch swings became almost as common as the large porches were and metal furniture moved from the veranda of the wealthy to the front porches of the middle class.

One of the most popular early lawn chairs was the wood Adirondack style chair with wide arms, which served as a table. Some innovative sorts cut round openings in the arms to hold tapered glasses, so they wouldn't be so easily knocked over.

The Adirondack chair was and still is extremely comfortable with cushions in them.

The back of the Adirondack chair has a comfortable slope with a corresponding slope of the seat, giving a feeling of a straight chair leaned back against a wall.