I recently bought a cold beverage vending machine and have placed it at my wives work. It was a big purchase for us but my wife says her office drinks a ton of soda and bottled water and there are not any convenience stores within walking distance (so people bring their own but she thinks we can sell them a lot, cause people forget or run out!) There is a really good mark up on soda and bottled water, We buy it from the store and stock the machine a few times each month. So far it’s going really good, once I have made enough to cover the cost of the soda machine we are considering buying a machine that vends potato chips and other snacks. Her work is more than happy to take a percentage of my profits in exchange for looking after the vending machines, they are inside the break room so I really don’t have to worry about them getting stolen or vandalized.

Just in case no one has quarters my wife keeps a few at her desk! We would like to upgrade the machine so it accepts dollar bills but the mechanical drink machine was pretty cheap so that’s what we bought for our first machine. I was thinking I could expand into some of the other offices around her work since I would already be in the area to stock her soda machine. I am hoping that these vending machines start to make us some excellent money as I am retiring and will still need some extra cash. The hard part is finding good locations you want it where there is lots of foot traffic but not where it’s going to get broken into or trashed. We are even thinking about placing a few gumball machines in the local stores around our house.

Wedding flowers are both decoration and a wedding tradition; they are a big part of your wedding day in order to make it unforgettable. Flowers in all forms and colors add unique texture as well as a touch of brightness and sophistication to the wedding and they also enhance the mood of weddings. Flowers at a wedding also denote celebration, happiness, fertility, prosperity, contribute to the atmosphere of love and embody the beauty and promise of joining two lives together.

Wedding flowers are generally used in the bride’s wedding flower bouquet and floral bouquet for her bridesmaids, pomanders, corsages, headdresses, thank you bouquets and cake decorations. They are also an indispensable part of decor in church and venue displays, pew ends, tabletops, and long and low displays.

It can be really overwhelming when you first start thinking about flowers for your wedding. They may consume a lot of the plan and decide on which flowers to choose since the selection of wedding flowers is certainly vast. So, it is important to know what flowers are appropriate and what they represent in order to make the right choice. Next to the reception, flowers are the most expensed category in a bridal couple’s budget. Hence, it is useful to set a reasonable budget for wedding flowers as they will brighten up and enhance any wedding. Wedding flowers can cost several hundred dollars up to several thousand dollars.

The best way to reduce the cost of flowers for your wedding is to opt for in-season flowers. The flowers out of season will be costly but seasonal flowers are cheaper and easier to find. Having an overall perspective of the flowers available throughout the different seasons of the year will not only help to save money on flowers but also allow you to select the most appropriate flowers for the big day.

If you need to save some cash and have a hard time finding fresh flowers, you might want to choose an artificial silk flower. The great advantage with these types of flowers is that they can be kept after the wedding to serve as a reminder of the perfect day. They can be chosen and ordered in advance without the problem of the flowers wilting.

Make sure that the color of the wedding flowers coordinates with your overall wedding theme. Your wedding flowers should compliment the color of the bride and the groom’s clothing, bridesmaids’ dresses, attendant’s attire, bride’s beauty and personality. Also, be sure that the colors of the flowers picked by you matches with that of the color scheme as well as the background, decorations and overall style of your wedding. The color of the flowers is an important detail to make your wedding even more glamorous. It is also a good idea to look wedding flowers that suit the tastes of the bride and the groom. The soon to be newlyweds should keep in mind that when choosing your wedding flowers, go with those that stand out to you. It is important that you have to feel good about your flower arrangements.

The wedding floral arrangement can also be made by the bride, her friends or family members, which is often a good choice if you want to save some money and would like to do the floral design yourself. But the most convenient way is to use the service of a florist. The use of flowers throughout the wedding ceremony and the reception makes it critical that the couple exercise caution and choose a competent and creative florist. Finding a florist who is recommended by a trusted friend or family member is one of the most effective ways to choose a florist for your wedding. The florist’s previous performance is the best indication of how he/ she will perform in the future. You can also browse through the Internet to find a good florist in your locale.

You can purchase wedding flowers from a grocery store floral department, farmer’s markets or from a flower shop. If you opt for a flower shop, visit a reputable flower shop, preferably one that has years of experience with weddings. There are number of floral shops available in the market all you have to select the best and the most affordable floral shop that will avail you with the best floral arrangement on your wedding day. Fortunately, there are online florist and online flower delivery services that make a way for people to plan and order wedding flowers.

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The Rentin Group vacation holiday specialists have began advertising their niche area holiday booking franchise model to people looking at franchising as a method of securing their future. Its a known fact that many successful businesses are started in an economic downturn.  The important part of business start-up is realising what sort of businesses do ok during recessions….

Successful businesses continue to thrive when they have a good understanding of their target audience and a desire to satisfy the customers expectations This is even more important in economic downturns, get it right and the business continues to perform, get it wrong and the business will quickly collapse!    Being able to quickly modify a service offering and change with the times is something which small businesses and entrepreneurs generally do with ease. This dynamic allows competitive advantage over larger more capital intensive businesses.  As long as finances can be controlled and ensure the cash flow of sales to be smooth – the small business is perfectly placed to take advantage of economic downturns.

The only other facet a small business needs to be great during an economic downturn is mentor support.  Relationships with other dynamic business people, either via mentoring, co-operative working, or supply chain synergy, are key to ensuring small businesses make the most of the inherant opportunities in this part of the economic cycle.  Support from fellow business people who really know what they are doing can multiply dramatically the impact of the small business.  From sharing experience and insight, to sharing technology and even opening new doors!  Mentor type business relationships are worth their weight in gold.

The entrepreneur Chris Cooke who originally set up the vacation rentals site www.rentinnerja.com quickly realised the value of business mentors.  Not only seeking out business suppliers, but actively searching for synergy partners which could help his business in so many more ways than a traditional service supplier – Chris benefitted from unparalled performance gains by having specialist mentors advising him in how to take his self catering holiday rentals business forward.

Realising the value of synergy mentoring – Chris adopted the same approach by quadroupling his business during 2008/9 and launching a unique franchise opportunity under the Rentin-Group where Chris brings his original mentors along with himself in allowing other motivated self starters be coached in successful niche market vacation rentals in their own new businesses.  “The benefits to the new business are tangible, and the quality of the coaching and business insight to this exciting industry is second to none!” says Chris who has seen rapid take up of his unique holiday rental franchises with the first release of niche areas seeing fast growth and success.

Introduction

An enormous number of people work in offices of one kind or another. They may be offices in buildings purpose built or attached to a factory or in business premises. For many self employed business people the office is a room in their home converted for that purpose. Solicitors, doctors, estate agents and insurance agents, in fact any business that you can think of, works from some kind of office or another. You might even say 80% of the adult population work in an office. But I wonder how many of those people have any say in what kind of office they have and whether or not it suits their requirements. Mostly when someone new joins a company or firm, they are given a space for their office usually left by the previous incumbent. I suspect that if you asked occupants how they would like their office to be they would find it difficult to tell you.

When you think of the number of hours we spend in an office, at least eight hours per day and sometimes up to sixteen hours if it’s a busy period. Yes people are allowed out for breaks and rest times, but it is an awful lot of your life cooped up in small space. If at least a third of one’s working life is to be spent in an office, then it makes logical sense to ensure the environment is as comfortable, pleasant and as healthy as possible.

So how much thought goes into the planning of workspaces?

Where a building is purpose built such as an office, then the architects I am sure will have created good designs to suit the purpose. However, it has been known for new buildings to be problematic for the people working it them. For instance, synthetic materials used for carpeting can sometimes give off toxic fumes which cause allergies or illness of the staff. Air conditioning that relies on recycled air has the potential to carry bugs that can lay the whole office off at the same time. So there are many factors to consider in creating an office environment to ensure the staff are productive, creative, energised and remain healthy.

Old buildings, originally built for other uses, when converted to office space will have different challenges to resolve. Often old buildings have very high ceilings where the heat rises up so that the inhabitants below are cold yet the heating bills are going through the roof, literally!! How to maximise the space available to provide a comfortable working environment will be a real challenge and this is where often the use of a mezzanine floor and suspended ceilings are valuable.

It is a well known fact for any organisation that happy workers give better performance and generate more revenue than unhappy workers. The workforce are more motivated, creative, helpful and have less time off work for illness if they are happy in their jobs. I am sure there are statistics available for these details, but moreover, as an employer, you have a legal responsibility to provide adequate working space, light, ventilation and other legislative requirements with regards the workspace. An office fit out specialist will be able to advise you in these areas.

Ergonomics

Ergonomics is the study of workplaces and the equipment used, to achieve the best design for comfort, safety, efficiency, and productivity. Research has been carried out over the last few years at Nottingham University on office space allocation issues.

Workspace planning is fast becoming a specialist industry because of all of the current regulations and legislation. Formerly known, in the UK as the Factories Act and now known as the Health and Safety Executive regulations are in place to ensure that employees have sufficient working space in which to perform their work. This can be a potential minefield including such things as physical space, usable space, corridor spaces, and minimum light and ventilation regulations. If you are about to commence on an office refurbishment project ensure that your interior fit out specialists of conversant with all of these regulations before you engage them to perform your work.

What are the Criteria for a good office environment? We are sentient beings, which mean we respond with feeling and perception as well as intellectually to our surrounding.

Seeing

The first thing to consider when commencing an office refurbishment project is how does it look? The initial impact on us comes from what we see. The decor and arrangement of furniture, the window aspect and lighting are important in our perception of whether or not it is pleasing to the eye. Does the office have all the necessary equipment, computer, phone and sufficient storage for files and books etc? Plants provide a sense of balance in the space as long as they are discreetly positioned and don’t make it look cluttered. Plants are oxygen generators and help to refresh the air.

Smell

On entering a new place the first thing we take in is the smell whether we pay attention to it or not. We notice immediately if the air is stuffy or if there is an unpleasant smell such as sweaty bodies. However a pleasant fragrance or no smell at all will be inviting. Baker shops nearly always pump out the fresh smell of baked bread into the street to entice people in to buy the goods. So although we may not be aware that smell plays an important part in our responses, we are still animals and we do use our olfactory senses a great deal more that we realise.

Feel touch

How does the furniture feel? Plastic seats can be very uncomfortable to sit on for a long time. Plastic does not breathe, it draws moisture from the skin so that when you stand up your posterior will be damp and uncomfortable. Padded fabric is warmer than leather for comfort and not as expensive. The desk chair needs to be the correct height for desk and give suitable support, a computer needs to be set correctly to avoid neck and wrist strain of the operator.

The temperature in the surroundings is best if it’s not too warm and not too cold. When deciding on an office refurbishment plan remember that employees need the temperature to be around twenty degrees.

Too warm and we become sluggish and sleepy, too cold and we become distracted and use up valuable energy keeping warm. Fresh air is also beneficial to stimulate the brain cells.

Sound Hear

What can we hear? Is it noisy or quiet? When I was first starting out in business, I went to visit a local manufacturing company to learn about the way they managed their business. At lunch time I was taken into the executive dining area where there was a waitress service and we had a very civilised lunch. Later I was taken to the works canteen. When we walked in I was hit with a blast of noise such as I had never experienced before. The hall was large with a very high ceiling and nothing to damp down the echo. The result was that everyone ended up shouting to be heard and there was loud music playing as well. I was shocked, not just at the noise level but by the contrast between the executive dining room and the workers canteen. I had come from an environment which treated all members of the company the same so there were no executive areas and everyone, high and low mingled together for meals and break times. Guess which company had the better worker relationships and higher output?

Where a company utilises an open plan office then noise levels can be very distracting and one solution is to incorporate ‘White Noise’ which is a low level background noise to interfere with the general office talk going on over the phone or mini meetings. Sometimes quiet relaxing music is introduced as background noise but this is not normal in a business place.

Taste

Well we are not going to go around licking the furniture, but another important consideration is to ensure that a there is an area to enjoy a nice coffee or tea away from the desk throughout the day. So is there a pleasant area for making drinks and preparing snacks, or even lunch facilities alongside the office. I once worked in an office where they had a small kitchen area off the main office for making drinks and snacks and there was always a bowl of fresh fruit for workforce, as the company recognising the refreshing effects of fresh fruit.

Workspace planning

So as you can see there are many things that can make the work environment a agreeable place to be. However getting the original layout and size of spaces for the employees is a complex process.

How much space does each individual need to work in? According to the Officewise publication from the Health and Safety Executive in the UK employers must provide a minimum of 11 cubic metres for each person permanently occupying a workplace. However there are all sorts of exceptions and caveats to this rule, such as making sure the space is usable space, and clearly if that space were under the stairs with no windows, or ventilation then it would not be suitable. So it is very important to ensure that your new office fit out adheres to all of the current legislation with regards to workspace laws.

When planning comfortable workspaces the industrial fit out specialists can make use of suspended ceilings which makes the installation of services easier and more cost effective. Electrical supply, air conditioning units, water pipes and telephone cables can all run behind the suspended ceiling making access easy if anything goes wrong and repairs need to be implemented.

Positioning of the electrical and telephone outlet is also important. The computers used in offices today all require their own electrical supply even if they are networked with the system.

External light from windows is a requirement for offices. The days of the cupboard office cubbyhole are gone. Light airy spaces make people feel good and doses of sunshine each day lift our spirits. However too much sunshine will overheat an office so the use of vertical blinds is recommended to deflect the rays of the sun without reducing too much the level of illumination.

Costs

To save on office space costs some industrial fit our specialists have come up with the idea that instead of having a board rooms for meetings they have their meeting standing up around a special tall coffee table. This reduces the amount of time spent in meetings and the space is reusable for the lunches. Other schemes encourage employees to work from home for part of a week and utilise a system of desk sharing or moveable desks.

Reconfigurable spaces

Another way of economising on the cost of office space is by careful rearrangement of the existing floor area. There may be dead areas which could be released and turned into useable space. The installation of new interior partition walls can rearrange the existing space to create a pleasanter working environment. Sometimes working in an open plan office is beneficial for communication between staff, other times it is a distraction and prevents efficiency. So having the option of both open space and separate offices provides the full range of options which can be easily introduced with new partition walls.

For example one of my clients, took over a set of offices and had various walls moved, so instead of it having two small offices, one without a window, they created one large office for the MD and a really good sized store room which they needed for long term storage of customer files. They then took out another wall and made a good size open plan office space and rearranged another wall to create a board come conference room. Also access to the little kitchen was changed to be more convenient. The choice of subtle colours on the walls and new vertical blinds caused the whole suite of rooms to be transformed into a pleasant and airy working area. Where there is plenty of ceiling height the introduction of a Mezzanine floor generates valuable areas perhaps for storage, private meeting rooms or extra offices.

Other thoughts in workspace planning, is the situation of facilities such as kitchen, toilets, relaxation areas and outside space if available. Sometimes the introduction of a simple partition can create a relaxation/dining area without losing too much of the work area.

All Health and Safety regulations are paramount they have to be adhered to in the workplace and must be incorporated into any plan along with full fire regulations.

Conclusion

Many organisations may feel that upgrading the facilities is a ‘nice to have’ idea and the reality is that it usually comes at the bottom of the list on money allocation. However this is erroneous thinking; office refurbishment is never a waste of time or money. Creating a pleasant office environment by upgrading worn out or old fashioned surroundings and furnishings will make a big difference to the working life of the employees. Improved working conditions may be only part of the picture in achieving real job satisfaction, but it is a good start in the right direction. It also says a lot about what the senior people in the organisation think about their employees. If they ensure that their staff are given the necessary equipment and facilities to do their job effectively then the employees will give better service and can be more efficient and there will be a better working environment all around.

Scientific Discover

Depression is a mood disorder explained as having together physical and psychological symptoms that can be injurious to a persons natural every day life. Once depressed you over and over again endure from horrific sleeping habits, crying spells, nervousness, reservations reduced recollection, lack of ability to focus, body pain, belly trouble and a lack of interest in activities you formerly liked doing.

In the late nineteen nineties, the NIH’s Office of Alternative Medicine financed a study at the University of Arizona. Working with acupuncturist who developed were separated into three groups. The first group established the anti hopelessness specific acupuncture, the following group got the mock treatment, and the third group was placed on a waiting list prior to being placed on eight weeks of the genuine treatment.

Following the acupuncture treatment of depression, the depression explicit groups experienced a 43 percent reduction in their symptoms compared with a 22 percent cut for the mock group. More than half no longer met the criteria for clinical depression. Barely five people dropped out of the analysis, two moved away, one became pregnant, and two didn’t be keen on being poked with needles.

This research suggests that using acupuncture as a objective treatment may possibly be as successful as other types of treatments for relieving hopelessness symptoms typically used in Western medicine, such as psychiatric help and drugs. These results are promising sufficient that the United Nations World Health Organization has agreed acupuncture as a treatment for depression.

Extra clinical trials with bigger samples are deemed necessary to endorse this modern optimism for despair
The Needles Don’t Injure
The acupuncturist uses enormously tiny needles inserted at special places in the body to attain special effects. The acupuncturist uses needles that are germ-free to preclude any category of contamination.

These needles are a great deal thinner than the needles that you are used to while they are in must of a long-established shot. It feels like a mosquito bite lacking the itching.
A big benefit by acupuncture for depression was the low fee and lack of side affects compared to typical treatment.

Personal compensation assurances are provided by different insurance providers in Germany. When searching ways to protect oneself against the monetary risk, it is not easy to find the your personal assurance offerer and contract for your personal needs. The following web page enables you to find the the right accident assurance at an affordable charge. They offer a cost-free research of German harm insurance companies: guenstige Unfallversicherungen. There you could start your individual hurt assurance research on the Internet. The customer will get the right injury assurance quote from a great number of assurance offerers.

Why is it useful to effect personal hurt assurance? This specific insurance is important for anybody who wants to optimize their individual exposure management. Here are more important aspects which should be thought of when looking for the your individual German accident insurance vendor:

Business owners could negotiate a daily compensation so that the missing income is compensated during the period of recovery. The hurt insurance providers normally pay in case of permanent inability to work. But it is also possible to include costs of recovery and hospital daily benefit in the insurance plan. Entrepreneurs are usually not protected by the German national injury assurance. Voluntary membership is possible, but that is not obligatory.

Accidental exposure is present in everyday life when staying at home, doing exercises, going for a vacation trip or spending some other leisure time. Especially recreational time risk is not covered by the national harm assurance in Germany. Consequently it is very helpful to effect additional private protection. It is not necessary to visit all the German personal accident assurers by oneself when searching the best solution. You can obtain an online research and even contract your personal injury assurance on this website: Unfall Versicherungen. A personal hurt assurance is beneficial to safeguard oneself against the financial exposure of accidental injury. Accidents may not only cause financial trouble for the affected individual but also for their near relatives. Especially the incapability to work and earn money should be taken into consideration.

Employees are normally protected by the German statutory injury assurance during working time. But nowadays everyone spends some time outside their workplace and should search additional assurance cover. The accident insurance normally also pays for injuries which are caused by physical strain without external cause (e.g. when carrying heavy objects). Such injuries are for instance rupture of a ligament or broken joints. It is helpful to have accident assurance defense because these injuries could lead to permanent dysfunction of a body part.

Choosing the ideal vacation getaway is tough.  However, in a modern frantic paced lifestyle everyone is competing with all of the demands and time commitments you face in your life.  Occasionally it is nice to gain a new perspective on attraction ideas that you might not have thought about before.  A Kentucky vacation provides you an occasion to see something that you may not be able to find in your own home.

Whether you are seeking adventure or relaxation on your vacation escape, you will appreciate it much more if you take a little thought to plan part of your vacation in advance.  For the outdoor seeking vacationer, consider the weather forecasts of the area that you will be venturing into so that you can bring the appropriate clothing and protection to make your excursion comfortable and enjoyable.  There can be significant swings in temperature between day and nights.

One of the ultimate state destination is Kentucky, where there is too much to partake and do.  Here are a sampling of the Kentucky attractions you might want to experience:

Idea #1: Yeiser Art Center – Paducah, KY. Changing historic and contemporary arts and crafts exhibits from regional, national, and international collections are featured at this art center. Yeiser offers matching scholarships to local artists and has a 450 piece permanent collection of 19th and 20th century works from around the world.

Idea #2:  The Bluegrass Motorcycle Museum of Hartford, Kentucky. Owned and operated by Jack Embry and his wife Nancy, the displays boast over 20 vintage, American made motorcycles, and 30 years’ worth of motorcycle memorabilia.  Jack’s 1930 Harley Davidson V Model is a special display with original solo seat and color scheme.  All displays and motorcycles are absolutely rare and mostly original. 

Of course there are a lot of other attractions that you might want to experience on an Alaska vacation.  You might only be here for a brief period of time, but you can appreciate and experience much of the rich art, history, and fun that the state has to offer.  You certainly will never be ignored  – check out this Kentucky tourism video – there is always a new adventure waiting for you.

Even in the current economic environment, Kentucky is an affordable vacation getaway.  It is useful to take advantage of a variety of discount offers with the special deals that are available which enable you to get away from it all without breaking the bank.  So enjoy a escape from the hectic pace that daily life brings and discover a vacation escape and experience a little of what this great state has to offer!

At Fat Loss for Idiots you learn that there are many people who are becoming more health conscious and are eating right and working out on a regular basis. However, they are still finding it difficult to get rid of those typical problem areas of the body that tend to store fat, such as around the stomach area or in the hip and thigh region.This can be very frustrating to persons who are following all of the weight loss and health information on the market, but are still not seeing results happening, or at least not very quickly, in those particular areas.

Solutions

One solution that researchers have come up with are fat burners, which are normally pills that people will take before meals so that it boosts their metabolism and helps the body to burn fat more quickly as well as preventing new fat from being established.The use of these pills can help individuals to see results much more quickly than traditional methods, which is encouraging, making people more likely to continue their healthy eating and workout lifestyle. Check out some of these at Fat Loss for Idiots.

There are different types of fat burners on the market today, some of which are mainly synthetic while others use organic, herbal means of producing the fat burning process.One ingredient that most of these fat burner pills employ is caffeine, since it helps to boost the metabolism and increase energy in those who take it. This can cause some uncomfortable side effects for some people who take them since their bodies are not used to that amount of caffeine at a time it causes them to feel shaky and not able to think clearly.Although this can be accurate in some cases, after taking them for a week or two the side effects tend to wane as the body begins to adjust to the additional caffeine and the individual feels more energetic during the day as he takes the fat burners throughout the day, usually before meals.

One fat burner on the market today is green tea fat burners which use the natural qualities of green tea to help boost metabolism and also stop the addition of new fat while helping to break down existing fat more quickly and you can find many more resources about Green Tea at Fat Loss for Idiots.Green tea can be found in a variety of dissimilar forms, from dried tea leaves which can be brewed into hot or cold tea, green tea extract which is made from the leaves and buds, green tea powder or pills with green tea in them.

Disclaimer: Always consult your doctor before taking any medical advice.

Experts Tips

WeightWatchers was born when its founder, Jean Nidetch (She teamed up with businessman Al Lippert and together they founded Weight Watchers), began inviting friends into her Queens home once a week, to discuss how best to lose weight and decided that the only way was to stick to a sensible diet and by organising regular group support meetings. Since then the company has continued to expand: in the UK alone over 6,000 Meetings are now held each week by a Weight Watchers Leader who has also lost weight successfully with Weight Watchers.  Today, it is probably the largest slimming club in the world and Weightwatchers have helped millions of men and women lose weight safely.  It is not all success stories – you can catch up with our WeightWatcher Review here.

Weightwatchers recognizes that by making small changes to create more healthy habits, you can lose weight and take back control of your eating.  Small changes in your life can mean big changes in your weight. 

The weight watchers program is a low-fat, low-calorie option which comes in two types of diet, the core plan and the points plan. WeightWatchers uses an easy point system, which simplifies calorie counting but works on the same principle.  Currently Weightwatchers programs available include the core plan or the Points plan which allows for complete flexibility.  There’s also FREE Registration for Weight Watchers Meetings and a Free 2 week trial of Weight Watchers eSource, their web-based tools exclusively for meetings members.  See our WeightWathcers Reviewed comparisons here.

Weightwatchers diet and weight control is much easier to lose weight if you have support and encouragement.  Most people who use weight watchers are appreciative of the huge amount of help and support they get from both the meeting leader and from fellow class members. At your Weight Watchers Meeting, you’ll choose what works for you and your lifestyle, with all the encouragement you need.  If you’re attending meetings, Weight Watchers eSource makes it even easier to follow your choice of food plan and see your progress.  At Weight Watchers they believe that healthy, long-term weight loss is within everyone’s reach and they say they  will help you reach your weight loss goals.

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Before buying a wooden porch swing, it’s important to make sure that the swing you are buying meets a number of important criteria. Here is a list of what you should look for in a swing, along with some reasons why it’s important.

Hand Made – A hand made swing is certainly a must when buying a porch swing. This is because each piece is individually crafted, ensuring better cuts and a smoother finish.

Cypress – Cypress has been called the “eternal wood” because of its ability to stand up to the elements. A cypress swing is as durable as teak, while being as little as one-tenth the price! Don’t buy a swing made from exotic woods only to watch it rot on your porch.

Size – Be sure that the porch swing you choose is the correct size to fit on your porch, and to fit the number of people you expect to be swinging on it.

Accessories – Would you like your swing to have a cup holder? An interesting question, perhaps, but certainly something to think about. What will you want with you while on your porch swing? Keep that in mind when looking at what’s available.

The Porch Swings I Love Most

Of course, I have a very strong preference in porch swings. There is one particular artisan who builds beautiful, durable porch swings from Cypress. His name is Ted Leger (pronounced Lay-shay), and he’s based in Louisiana (where a lot of cypress trees grow). All of his swings are hand made, and he can ship anywhere in the USA.

Visit our blog for more information on porch swings on sale.