[bonitarose]

We're renting a home in Ormond Beach on the beachside, oceanside.

We're living with an ocean view every day.
Our home has 100 ft frontage of grass.. then the beach vegetation is growing and there are 8-10 steps down at the end of our road to the beach vegetation and a path to the Atlantic.

We have a nice viewing deck at the end of our grassy area overlooking the beach vegetation and the ocean.. we're just wondering what kind of furniture to get for that?
that wouldn't blow away during a storm? or would we bring it in?

do most ppl use heavy wood furniture when they are oceanside?
We are moving fr the Northern midwest, so all this is new to us.

We want comfy furniture to sit on and watch the sunrises and hv our morning coffees, just wondering what kind to get?
ideas??
plse share.

[jghorton]

Having lived on the Central/North Florida ocean for the last 10-years, I can tell you that anything metal will corrode, while plastic and wood do not. (That particular part of the coast is about as salt-corrosive as it comes). However, there is a wide range of wicker-looking plastic furniture that is very stylish and comfortable and doesn't rust. Having said that, you can get 5-years out of most metal-treated furniture, and then replace it, so, based on what you want to spend, buy what you want.

Any type of furniture will 'blow around' in a high wind storm -- The point of bringing it in or securing it is generally not to avoid losing furniture, but, to avoid having the windstorm blow it 'through' your glass doors.