We don’t know about you, but we’re tired of disposable patio furniture that barely makes it through a Maine summer before looking too beat up to save. Back in the early 1900s a Norwegian-born landscape architect named Hans Heistad had the same problem while designing outdoor furniture for the Weatherend summer estate in Rockport. Heistad combined simple yet elegant designs with Maine boatbuilding techniques to turn out classic outdoor furniture that is still around a century later and has provided the inspiration for Weatherend Estate Furniture. Constructed of mahogany and teak using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery at the company’s headquarters in Rockland, the furniture can be found on decks and shoreside lawns all over the world, as well as in corporate offices and Disney World. There’s no on-site showroom, but visit Weatherend’s Web site for a list of outlets. 6 Gordon Drive, Rockland, 800-456-6483, www.weatherend.com