How to Find Patio Furniture

Turn to your local phone book. Most phone books have several subsections under the furniture heading. For retail stores that offer new patio furniture, visit stores located under the "Furniture-Outdoor & Patio" heading. For locally built or custom-made patio furniture, visit stores listed under the "Furniture-Designers & Custom Builders" heading. For used furniture, visit stores listed under the "Furniture-Used" heading.

Visit "big box" stores, such as department stores and home improvement warehouses. These stores carry mass-produced patio furniture of varying quality. The furniture at big box stores meets the requirements of a wide range of budgets. Big box stores that offer patio furniture include Home Depot, Lowe's, Walmart and Target. To find used patio furniture in a brick-and-mortar establishment, visit secondhand stores, such as the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity's Re-store.

Surf directly the websites of big box stores and home improvement warehouses. Most retailers that have physical locations will ship directly to your home or hold items for pickup. Check the websites of home improvement stores, such as Home Depot and Lowe's, and general department stores, such as Walmart and Target, to locate online patio furniture offers.

Use the Internet to find used furniture by checking online classifieds and auction sites. Check popular online classifieds sites, such as Craigslist, and busy auction sites, such as eBay. The Freecycle Network, a network of location-specific user-groups, allows individuals to offer and claim free items, such as used patio furniture.

Purchase a copy of your local newspaper and search the "for sale" section of the classifieds to find advertisements for both new and used patio furniture. Check the "moving sale," "garage sale" or "announcements" sections for listings of yard sales. Visit yard sales to locate used patio furniture. Alternatively, surf to the local newspaper's website to check the paper's online classifieds listings.