How a few additions to your outdoor areas can endlessly extend the homeliness of your plot. For those fortunate to have outside space, incorporating cosy furniture, a grill, some added privacy, or even a full-on entertainment system, can turn an inhospitable and basic backyard into a welcoming spot for relaxation and leisure. Explore our seven Outdoor Essentials list:
Simple Seating
Just as you wouldn’t settle for an uncomfortable couch in your living room, apply the same logic to seating for your patio and decorate the space with simple yet comfortable seating that opens up the garden to mealtimes, social gatherings or just quiet chilling.
- Popular Adaptable Design: This furniture set is perfect to use in your garden, patio, in your conservatory or your outdoor balcony, the Evre Madrid is just right for a small family or for when you’re spending time with friends Or if you’re thinking of setting up a quaint coffee shop this furniture is perfect for casual use or upgrading your existing cafe furniture
- Ecofriendly, Resilient and Comfortable: This set is made of high quality PE rattan, ensuring that it is UV resistant and very low maintenance The coffee table top is super stylish with tempered safety glass, making it anti-glare, and water and heat resisant. The 5cm cosy padded seat cushions ensure to make your garden or balcony experience that much better
- Easy to Clean: The rattan material is wipeable and really easy to clean, use a damp cloth or antibacterial wipes and dry completely. The removable cushion covers are dirt resistant and shower-proof, and can be gently hand washed Extend the lifespan of your furniture by keeping it covered when you’re not busy enjoying it
- Specifications: The set includes a two-seater bench, 2 single chairs, a coffee table and 3 seat cushions. Furniture arrives flat-pack in 1 box and will require assembly. This is very easy and a full instruction manual is provided with the purchase. The maximum weight allowance for each chair is up to 110kg and up to 200kg for the bench. Dimensions approx in cm: Two Seater Sofa 100x50x82 HxWxD, chair: 47x47x82, coffee table: 66x40x38. Cushions are 100% polyester and about 5cm in thickness
- Pro Assembly Tip Remember to loosely fit the panel section and position in place before tightening to ensure a smooth assembly process; Working on a rough surface Lay a blanket or soft fabric down to place the parts on when assembling to prevent those pesky scuffs
Choose resilient outdoor materials like ratan, eco-friendly teak, and steel to furnish your outdoor space effectively. These will withstand the sun and moisture, not to mention those wild outdoor temperature fluctuations as the year progresses, making them a durable product for any home.
You’re Fired
How about transforming an area of your garden into a versatile, all-season cooking area with the use of a fire pit? Pre-made units can cost as little as £100, either on stands or, better still, sunk into the ground, with the heat provided fostering social gatherings galore, and making them cosy even during cooler weather is a must-have in our outdoor essentials list.
P is for Privacy
Wooden fences have long been a go-to for outdoor privacy, but there are more imaginative solutions to nullify nosy neighbours.
Consider living walls, which turn bland areas into distinctive gardens through the beauty of vegetation, a feature that can greatly enhance your outdoor space.
Alternatively, recycled pallet dividers present themselves as a budget-friendly choice; while, although more costly, boxwood hedges – which thrive in both sun and shade, and adapt to various soil conditions – provide an enduring alternative.
Light Up Your Lift
Festoon and fairy lights have always added a gentle glow to backyard environments.
Whether hung over a dining space, woven through tree limbs or strung across a trellis, these lights immediately improve an area with their twinkling, flowing glow, with their adaptability allowing for endless creative possibilities.
- 【Energy-saving & Eco-friendly】 Skip the higher electricity bills. During the day, the efficient solar panel converts the sunlight into electrical energy stored in the build-in rechargeable battery, then the string lights will automatically light up at night.
- 【Multi-application scenarios】 These string lights are a great decorative accessory to illuminate indoor and outdoor spaces, like your gardens, patio, fence, gate, yard, wedding, party, Christmas trees etc. And the copper wire is quite flexible, easily bent into any shape you like.
- 【8 Modes & 800mAh Battery】 Choose the lighting effect you prefer and create romantic atmosphere. With high battery capacity which increase to 800MA, this solar light only needs to charge 6-8 hours during the day, and can works 8-14 hours in the night.
- 【Splashing Waterproof 】 Both the string lights and the solar panel are IP55 Waterproof. No worry to use them in the rain.
- 【What You Get】 2 Pack 120 LED Solar Powered Copper String Lights, 60 Days Money-Back Guarantee, 1 Year Worry-free Warranty, 24 hours Friendly Customer Service. (♥Any problems or concerns during the process, just contact us by email directly, we will try our best to help you solving your issues ♥)
In addition, solar-powered models illuminate outdoor spaces after sunset without soaring electricity costs.
Projecting Promise
Enhance your garden glee by turning it into an open-air cinema. All it takes is a basic or mini-projector and a big screen (or white sheet if you are really looking to preserve budget). A good guideline is to match the screen size with the projector’s maximum image capability for crisp and vivid visuals.
- 【With Upgraded Bi-Bluetooth 5.2, Enjoy HIFI Sound】Built-in powerful speaker, this portable projector provides HIFI sound effect while watching movie. The BLUETOOTH function is essential to connect to the external speaker or headphone wirelessly, also you can connect your Phone via Bluetooth to use the projector as a speaker. Just enlarge your happiness with our Bluetooth projector and enjoy an immersive sound quality experience! (Note: Bluetooth does NOT support to share screen with smartphones)
- 【50% Clearer & Brighter Images than Similar Projectors】The mini projector equipped with 10000L brightness and 720p native resolution that can transmit 1080p input sources, brings you a 50% brighter and clearer image than similar projectors in market, helps to reduce your eyestrain when watching movies in a Max 200 inches screen. Latest color enhancement technology offers you a more vivid and colorful image and gives you true cinematic experience.
- 【Portable Mobile Cinema with Projector Screen】Our palm-sized projector gives you an instant theater space not just at home. Thanks to the small size, it is easy to move from room to room or bring to outdoor party. Comes with portable and foldable projector screen, you can easily set up your own home theater anywhere for date nights and sporting events. With zoom function, this projector can reduce the image size by 100%-50% without moving the projector
- 【Multiple Ports and Wide Compatibility】This portable movie projector is perfect for playing videos, TV series, photos sharing, football matches etc. It can be easily connected with laptops, smartphones, tablets, USB drives, etc. ★★★When connect with phone, please purchase an extra HDMI adapter. Please kindly note projectors with mirrored are incompatible with Netflix and Hulu due to copyright issues, you can use TV Stick.★★★
- 【Low Noise & Long Lamp Life】The home theater projector upgrades noise reduction technology and more sturdy than previous models. Powerful cooling system cools the heat of lamp efficiently, extending the bulb life to 50,000 hours. with diffuse reflection technology, this projector is more friendly to the eyes than TV, protecting against direct light harm.
Minimising Midges and More
While Tiki torches provide atmospheric and inexpensive light for your outdoor entertainment area and are commonly used to illuminate garden paths, flowerbeds and patios, they are also powerful insect repellents when filled with citronella oil.
There are a variety of modern styles available that are suited to contemporary spaces, though remember the flame size is dependent on the size of the wick, not the torch itself. You can also use muslin as a replacement wick for your outdoor lighting features.
- Illuminate your outdoor space with the enchanting glow of our Bamboo Torch. Crafted from natural and sustainable bamboo, this torch not only adds a touch of elegance to your patio or garden but also creates a warm and inviting ambiance for gatherings and events.
- Authentic Bamboo Construction: Our torch is meticulously crafted from sturdy and eco-friendly bamboo, providing a rustic and authentic look that blends seamlessly with outdoor environments. Each torch is unique, showcasing the natural textures and grain patterns of bamboo.
- Safe and Secure: Designed with safety in mind, our bamboo torch features a metal canister at the top, securely holding the fuel and preventing any accidental spillage.Only use paraffin or lamp oil.
- Helpful information: when the torch’s cylinder is filled with approx 180 ml / 6 oz of lamp oil (recommended), the burn time can last up to 6 hours while when filled with the same quantity of paraffin oil, the burn time will last between 2 to 3 hours. Make sure the wick is soaked in oil before lighting it. Please note: when used in windy conditions, the burn time will decrease.
- Also, the length of the wick sticking out can impact the burning process. If you have more than 6mm of wick exposed, you’ll be wasting fuel and making lots of smoke.
Hot, or What?
Finally in our outdoor essentials list, boosting your backyard doesn’t only mean adding grand, lavish constructions. Whoever knew a tub, a few bubbling jets, and 500 gallons of hot water could be so much fun at home?!
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- MASSAGE SYSTEM: The soothing 140 AirJet system gives you an all-surrounding massage experience for pure relaxation
- FREEZE SHIELD TECHNOLOGY: Ensures that the water doesn’t freeze on cold winter nights so you can enjoy your hot tub all year round
- RAPID HEAT SYSTEM: Enhanced pump technology enables you to simultaneously heat and filter the water up to 40 degree Celsius, even with the massage system running
- ULTRA-STRONG DURAPLUS & I-BEAM CONSTRUCTION: The structure is extremely secure and stable, while also providing protection from UV rays
Hot tubs can be integrated into swimming pools, recessed into decks, or simply placed standalone. And as the water in them can be controlled and set to warm temperatures, they remain a great all-year-round option.
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