Article: 03 – Tennessee Light: Finding Your Place in the Spring Sun
03 – Tennessee Light: Finding Your Place in the Spring Sun
There’s a particular quality to March light in East Tennessee — lower than summer, warmer than winter, and for a few weeks, almost impossibly good in the late afternoon. The kind of light that makes you want to be outside doing nothing in particular. That’s what a good lounge chair is for.
The Golden Hours
Light Worth Sitting In
Spring sun in East Tennessee peaks between 3 and 6 PM — east-facing spots catch the morning, west-facing spaces own the afternoon. Before the season gets going, walk your outdoor space at different hours and find where the light actually lands. The chair that gets used every day is usually the one that ended up in the right spot by accident. Place it there on purpose.
Do This Weekend
Finding your best outdoor spot
- Walk your space at 8 AM, noon, and 4 PM — note where the light lands
- Identify the spot you gravitate to naturally with a morning coffee
- Face lounge chairs away from the prevailing afternoon breeze
- A side table within arm’s reach makes everything more usable
- Aluminum frames stay cool and lightweight — easy to reposition as the season shifts
Worth Considering
The Chair That Gets Used
A lounge chair earns its keep by being the one you actually sit in — not the one that looks right from the kitchen window. The best outdoor lounge chairs are deep, well-cushioned, and built from materials that don’t ask much of you across seasons. Woven wicker over aluminum and powder-coated aluminum are the two workhorses; both hold up through East Tennessee summers without complaint.
The Kennebunkport Spring Lounge is a lightweight aluminum frame built for repositioning as the light moves. The Trieste Outdoor Chair is deep and sculptural — a statement piece that disappears once you sit in it. The Montauk Lounge Raffia wraps you in woven texture that ages well. And the Seashore Easy Chair has the wide, low profile that says stay a while.
For more on materials and what holds up in our climate, see the Outdoor Furniture Guide. Browse the full outdoor collection or stop by our Knoxville or Maryville showroom to try them out.
On the Floor Now
Spring Outdoor Living
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