Customer Gallery
/Our customers often send us photos of their new chairs or dovecotes in the garden. Here is a selection of these photos.
How to pronounce 'Adirondack'
/From the tentative pronunciations that we hear when people ring up to ask about our chairs, we are guessing a little help is needed to know how to pronounce 'Adirondack'.
It is is pronounced ad-uh-ron-dak. The emphasis is on the third syllable.
Or if you would like to listen to it go here and click the play button:
http://www.pronounceitright.com/pronounce/10329/adirondack
Seven tips for planning your garden
/1. Live with you current garden for a while. It is tempting to move into a place and start on changing things right away. Take some time to live in the property first.
2. Get a blueprint of the services that run into your property. Find out where the waterpipes and sewerage are laid. So when you start digging you will know what to expect.
3. Design the shape of your garden using a garden hose to define the edges and paths.
4. Australian gardens often have a lot of light. In an open area you can plan for taller trees to create shade and dim the bright light, but in confined areas you might want to perserve the light with shorter plants.
5. Take a look at where the healthiest weeds are growing, it can give you a clue as to where the best soil and drainage are.
6. Make a note of where you neighbours entertain. You can then plan your sitting spots as not right next to their entertainment areas, and where to plant some privacy screenings.
7. Get an old chair and try sitting in it in different places during the day. You may be a morning person and read the paper in the garden, so find the best spot for that. When you find it, mark it on your plan. You might also find the perfect spot for your Adirondack chair!
Press for Pink Chair-ity Auction
/Our Pink Chair-ity auction has received a lot of publicity. Here are the links to a few of the items:
Pink Chair-ity chairs at Federation Square in Spice News
Jane Sinclair in the Hobson Bay Weekly
Sonya Kretschmar in the Monash Weekly
Alex Fevola in the Melbourne Observer (go to page 4)
What is the difference between a Cape Cod and Adirondack chair?
/In 1905, Harry C. Bunnell of Westport, New York, received a patent for a chair suitable for use on porches, lawns and at camps, and to be durable enough to be exposed to the elements. It had broad arms and its seat and back — each built of a single piece of wood — were slanted. Wesport is located on Lake Champlain, about 120 kilometres south of Montreal, in New York state. And if you look way off to the west, you’ll be able to see the Adirondack Mountains. In those mountains, there was a convalescent home for tuberculosis patients, where caregivers figured the chairs would be perfect for guests to sit out on and enjoy the recuperative powers of the fresh mountain air. Soon, the chair design found it's way over to Canada and the term "Muskoka chair" was born, after the name of the quintessential cottage district.
Thus was born the first Westport chair.
Thus the term “Adirondack chair” was born.
What’s the difference between a Cape Cod, Muskoka, Westernport and an Adirondack? The simple answer is: Nothing.