Winter is the first real test for outdoor furniture in Centerville, Ohio — close to a foot and a half of snow most years, January the heaviest of it, and a wind that crosses the open lots of the newer subdivisions with nothing to slow it down. Most of what we carry is HDPE poly lumber set with stainless steel hardware; the heavier dining and bar lines use Marine Grade Polymer (MGP), and powder-coated aluminum turns up on select shaded sets. None of it rots, splinters, or asks for a spring weekend of sanding and restaining. On Black Oak Estates’ older east-side streets, under its mature trees, a patio set comes through March wanting a rinse, not repairs.
Centerville filled in subdivision by subdivision, and the backyards vary more than the street names let on. Yankee Trace wraps its homes around the golf course, with the kind of room a full dining table and a Saturday crowd both want. Washington Trace runs to larger estate lots, where a long table and a sectional can share the same patio without crowding. The big multi-level houses in Deer Run have the depth for a deep deck and a sectional that stays out all season. And the brand-new builds going up in Washington Glen start as blank slates, which is exactly what a modular set is for. With 400+ color combinations, matching any of them to the trim is the easy part.
The Centerville calendar keeps a patio busy. The Americana Festival owns the Fourth of July — Ohio’s largest single-day celebration, with the parade down Main and Franklin and a crowd that comes home hungry — and a patio dining set is what meets them. Warm, humid July evenings belong to a sectional or a pair of Adirondacks on the shaded side of the house. When the Stubbs Park concerts wind down and Elks football starts up on Friday nights, a fire pit table keeps the backyard in play past the first cold snap. A porch swing handles the slow mornings, and a kids’ table keeps the youngest in on the party. Browse the collections below to start picturing yours.