Main store category: Garden Furniture
The wooden bench that came with the house is the reason nobody sits in the garden. Five outdoor cushion buys that finally turn hard garden furniture into somewhere you'd take a mug of tea to.
A garden table that lives on the patio all summer is an ambitious bit of forecasting. These five fold flat in seconds, stash behind a shed door, and earn their square metre on the two warm afternoons a week we actually get. Five picks from about £30, with one weekend-BBQ splurge.
My dad's been on his fourth patio set in eight years. The rattan goes grey, the cushions go mouldy, the metal pits where it sits against itself.
A layout-led argument against showroom gardens. Shows where outdoor sofas work in small UK gardens, and where paving and cushions take over.
Egg chairs took over British patios about three summers ago and most of them are too big. Here are five that actually fit a real UK garden, balcony or conservatory — from a £29 rope-and-pillow hammock seat to a £233 double that swallows both of you and a glass of something cold.
Why small UK gardens regret outdoor-lounge furniture: cushion storage, wet covers, sockets, bin access and the February shed test.
A UK-focused guide to garden furniture, outdoor living, storage, cushions and the reality of short, wet British summers.
The rattan sofa is fine. The cushions are knackered. Five replacement garden cushion sets I'd actually order — from a £46 bench pad to a £245 full 14-piece set.
The first garden set I bought in this country lasted exactly one autumn. Six years and three replacements later, here are five pieces I'd actually live with.
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