Is Tidewater Workshop furniture shipped finished or unfinished?

All of our furniture is shipped natural and unfinished, but can be painted, stained, finished, or left alone to weather to a lovely silvery-grey. Does your furniture require assembly? Most of our products do require some simple assembly, while some are shipped fully assembled. Our benches, swings and chairs arrive in four easy to assemble components - the back, seat and two arm/leg sections. For more information about assembly, plus actual assembly instructions for our products, please see our Assembly page. How does Eastern White Cedar compare to Teak and Mahogany? We think White Cedar is better and here's why: It grows abundantly and rapidly here in the United States and Canada, taking just 15 years for commercial use. Teak and Mahogany are more rare, grow in countries that may not observe worker and environmental laws, and are replanted to renew in more than a century. White Cedar weathers to a silvery grey the same as teak and mahogany, doesn't require oiling or maintenance, and ...  more