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Tips to Complete Your Outdoor Space

With the longer days and warmer weather, it’s time to get ready to live outside again – for backyard barbeques, evenings spent fireside, and relaxing weekends on the patio. Whether you’re looking for a custom collection – to complete the style of your home – or just getting started, we can help.

In our newly expanded showroom, you’ll find more than 100 styles of patio furniture – and all the accessories to complete your space. So however you plan to live on the patio this season – and whatever your budget – we’ve got some ideas and the perfect pieces to make your space fit your style.

A Space to Gather

For those warm weekend gatherings, add a comfortable sectional and chairs to welcome your guests to the patio. Choose a neutral fabric – maybe a soothing gray, warm brown, or soft ivory – to create a foundation for other accents that show off your style. You can keep it simple with a beautiful rug and a few large tropical plants – like palms or monstera. Or layer in decorative pillows, wooden lanterns, and the perfect umbrella. And to complete your patio space, add colorful blooms with flowering hanging baskets or planters.

Patio Dining

If you love hosting parties, start with the perfect outdoor dining set to match your style and space. Or, to really give the space a personal touch, try our new Mix + Match patio chairs. Add one of our versatile cantilever umbrellas with maximum tilting to provide complete shade. And to welcome your friends and family at the table, add outdoor linens, beautiful bubble-glass drink ware, and shatterproof melamine dinnerware. Complete the table setting with one of our large hand-poured tree-bark candles from Himalayan.

A Quiet Garden Corner

If the garden is where you love to spend your days outside – surrounded by beds of flowering perennials and herbs – maybe you have a perfect spot there to add some seating. Create a place to rest and enjoy your garden with a set from our teak collection by Kingsley Bate™. It’s a natural wood that resists decay and weathers to a beautiful gray with age. Try a low, round table coupled with cushioned chairs and our beautiful glass hurricane candle holders. The simple shapes and natural materials are the perfect complement to all those textures and colors in the garden.

The City Balcony

Maybe you’re looking to create an outdoor room on the balcony where you can enjoy a bit of solitude with your morning coffee or spend warm summer evenings chatting with friends. Start with one of our round bistro tables and a few folding bistro chairs. For a calming collection, choose from our neutral bistro sets in black or white. Add more layers with a patio rug and a citronella candle as your centerpiece. Create a more intimate space with beautiful wooden lanterns, hanging Boston ferns, and other tropical greens like bird of paradise or colorful hibiscus.

Your New Patio

If you’re just getting started with a new home and have a limited budget, our best offer of the season is our new Meridia dining set and Miles sectional. The best part: they go perfectly together. Our dining set seats four comfortably, and its glass tabletop keeps it easy to wipe down. Pop in an umbrella, and you’ll be able to use the space all summer long. Our Miles sectional comes in a beautiful dark weave with cream-colored cushions to match any space. And included with the sectional is a matching coffee table to complete your whole set. Just add a patterned rug, a centerpiece candle, and a few patio plants to really finish the look.

Evenings Spent Fireside

There’s no better way to extend the season outdoors than a warm backyard fire pit. Stop in and find the perfect one to match your patio collection – choose from a wide selection of sizes, styles, finishes, and even colored glass for the burner. Or consider a standing patio heater for added warmth or for smaller spaces. And if you want something really comfortable for those evenings spent fireside, our deep-seating gliders and swivel chairs are the perfect choice for any backyard space.

Poolside Lounging

If you plan to spend warm days by the pool or lake, check out our collection of Adirondack chairs – made in the U.S.A. with durable recycled plastic. Choose your favorite from one of five colors here in our showroom – or choose from twenty colors that we can special order just for you – and add the perfect patio umbrella for a little sun protection too. We’ve brought together a collection of over thirty patio umbrellas in our classic market and cantilever designs – with many other styles available throughout the store and for special order too. Be sure to pick up a set of shatterproof acrylic drink ware too – for those cool drinks next to the water.

Don’t Forget to Customize

If you’re looking for a customized patio design to complete the unique style of your home, stop in and talk with our team of patio specialists. In our consultation space, choose from a wide selection of patio furniture, fire pits, and umbrellas – with custom finishes, fabrics, and other features too. We’ll guide you through the entire process to create the collection that’s right for your home – meeting all your outdoor-living and patio design goals.

Did this spark some ideas? Maybe some questions? Stop in and see us. Our team of patio specialists will help you create a beautiful and comfortable space that’s perfect for you.