Indoor outdoor patio seating

11 seats that list both uses: the dining room and the patio. They suit a room that moves with the season, like a front space that opens to the sidewalk in June. Each listing carries both usage lines, and one is listed for a covered patio only.

Two doors, one chair

A seat that lists indoor and patio use can move between a dining room and a terrace. That is useful in a room that changes with the season: a front window that opens up in June, or a patio that doubles as overflow on a busy weekend. Every one of the 11 seats here carries both usage lines, and one of them is listed for a covered patio only, so it moves no further than a roof.

Moving a seat is not free. Dry it, check the feet for grit, and look at the floor you are bringing it onto.

Frames, seats and arms

Four frames are resin and three are metal; steel and aluminum have two each. Seats are plastic teak on 3, resin on 3 and fabric on 1. None of them lists upholstery options. Arms are on 6, which is more than half the shelf, and 2 stack. The commonly listed seat height is 18 inches, on 3 of them. Prices start around $104.

For scale, a metal patio chair here is 15 1/2 inches wide, 20 deep and 33 1/4 high, and a bar-stool version stands 43 inches high. An aluminum patio chair measures 21 wide, 18 deep and 35 high.

Care when a seat travels

Seasons end in order: first the patio goes quiet, then the covers go on, then the dining room fills. When both rooms use the same seats, put the care into the routine. Hose them, drain them, and give each one a cover or a storage spot before it lives indoors for the winter. A patio-listed seat still wants that attention, and indoor-only chairs, wood-framed or upholstered, stay off the terrace entirely.

Where to go from here

For a patio-only range, open the patio chairs. The metal patio furniture page covers frames in metal, and the resin patio furniture page covers the resin family. The restaurant chairs branch holds the indoor range, and Patio plans can store one layout for the terrace and another for the dining room, each with its seats.