Classic garden furniture often becomes uncomfortable with age. However, so that you can still relax in the garden after work is done, you should look around for new seating options. Here you can find out which aspects you should pay attention to.
Easy-care plants, tools to make work easier or gardening help that takes on strenuous work - there are a number of ways to make gardening easier for older people. But what about relaxation? It becomes increasingly difficult to carry out the work, so that one often has to sit down to rest. Unfortunately, a lot of garden furniture simply becomes uncomfortable with age. They are often far too deep, making it difficult to get out of them. You can save yourself the hassle and pain if you simply use senior-friendly garden furniture. I would now like to explain in more detail which points you should pay particular attention to.
Requirements for senior-friendly garden furniture
Many put the main focus on the design of the garden furniture. Of course, the new furniture should fit into the overall picture of the garden, but first and foremost it is important to focus on other points:
1. The optimal seat height
As mentioned above, many garden chairs are simply too deep. Anyone who has to fall into a chair after pulling the weeds will complain of back pain by the evening at the latest. It is therefore advisable to pay attention to a higher seat height. This not only makes it easier for you to sit down, but also to stand up. The optimal height depends on your height. The recommended height can be read very well in Möckel's diagram.
In the best case scenario, you should try it out first. So you can be absolutely sure that you choose the right height.
By the way, high-backed chairs are much more comfortable than chairs with a backrest that only reaches halfway down the back. With high-backed chairs, you can lean your entire back and thus relieve your spine. In the best case, this backrest is even ergonomically shaped. Also make sure it is stableArmrests so you can really lean on them when getting up.
2. Garden Table RequirementsThere is not quite as much to consider with the garden table as with the garden chair. When buying, you should consider that the height is correct. This also depends on your height.
People often buy a complete set so that the chairs and table match - both in terms of size and appearance. If you buy the furniture separately, you should also make sure that the relationship between the chair and the table fits. Otherwise you might not be able to sit properly at the table because of the higher seat height.
3. Ease of care for garden furniture
Wooden garden furniture has its very own character. They look beautiful and give the seating area a cozy flair. But they also have one crucial disadvantage - wood requires regular care. Depending on the type of wood, you have to paint the wooden garden furniture every one to two years. Anyone who has done this before knows how difficult it is.
Recommended and therefore much easier to care for is, for example, garden furniture made of polyrattan. This is very weather-resistant, durable and above all durable. Of course, garden furniture made of aluminum and plastic is also suitable. However, you have to reckon with a lower robustness, especially with plastic.
4. Light WeightRustic wooden garden furniture makes a statement on the terrace. But when the furniture has to be stored in a sheltered place at the end of the season, many older people reach their limits - the furniture is simply too heavy.
So make sure you pay attention to the low weight when buying. You have that with aluminum, plastic and rattan furniture, for example. Nowadays there are even combinations of aluminum and wood, so you don't have to do without the cozy wood character.
5. Quality
Of course, quality also plays a major role. The new garden furniture should not only be lighter and easy to care for, but also robust. Chairs in particular can become a source of danger if they are of poor quality. In the case of cheap plastic high-backed chairs, an anchoring tends to break under higher loads, so that you could fall to the ground. Chairs tipping over when sitting down is also a recurring phenomenon.
To avoid such injuries, the garden furniture must be robust and solid.
More about the quality andMaterial differences in the garden furniture comparison of the brands Kettler and Sieger.