NYC's Best Places For Outdoor Furniture
When it's the time of year to relax outdoors on your terrace, patio or backyard, you want the finest furniture pieces. These stores can help you decorate your outdoor spaces with fashionable dining sets, lounge chairs and poolside recliners. They provide a choice of budget items and lavish groupings. Many are as contemporary, but traditionalists can find plenty to satisfy them. All stores offer home delivery.
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Safavieh
902 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
(212) 477-1234
safaviehhome.com
A fixture in metropolitan New York, this furniture store has 11 locations in Manhattan, nearby New Jersey and Connecticut, Westchester County and Long Island. Its outdoor furniture and accessories array includes contemporary and traditional patio sets, seating, rugs, benches and umbrellas. Its known for high-quality items with prices to match. Safavieh began as a family business, with its first antique oriental rug showroom opening in Manhattan in 1978.
Fortunoff Backyard Store
2075 Richmond Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10314
(718) 761-7200
www.fortunoffbys.com
Fortunoff is a name known by generations of New Yorkers for nearly 100 years. Originally a single family home goods store in Brooklyn, it has reinvented itself since 2010 as a small chain of outdoor furniture stores in the city, nearby New Jersey, Westchester and elsewhere. It offers the excellent quality and value prices of its forerunners. It boasts "an unequaled and unique assortment of patio furniture," plus grills, gazebos, bistro sets, storage units and fire pits.
Ernest
255 5th Ave., 6th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 334-5045
www.ernest-ny.com
Do you like your outdoor furniture contemporary, high end and maximally luxurious? Ernest NY displays brands such as Royal Botania, from Belgium, and Pedrali, from Italy. Items include lounge chairs for display around a pool, futuristic garden lights and storage. From wicker to teak to aluminum, Ernest's outdoor pieces are as artistic as they are practical.
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Bellissi Furniture Gallery
2455 McDonald Ave., Suite 7
Brooklyn, NY 11223
(718) 975-2315
www.bellissifurniture.com
This Brooklyn showroom has stylish patio furniture, both contemporary and traditional. Its prices start at $300 and up for an end table, single chair or small table with chairs. Prices can rise to over $1,000 for a fashion-forward adjustable lounger. Bellissi declares that it specializes in "trendy outdoor furniture so that your patio and yard can be just as elegant as your home's interior."
Seasons Too
1331 Boston Post Road
Larchmont, NY 10538
(914) 834-0433
www.seasonstoo.com
This New York-area retail outlet with three locations began in Manhattan's Little Italy as a manufacturer of wrought iron gates. Now, it's a full-fledged operation, with stores in Larchmont, Stamford and Brewster. It currently carries wrought iron patio items, but its offerings include outdoor dining sets, loungers, chairs and everything else in material from wicker and aluminum to teak.
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