I'd Have Never Known This Sofa Was for a Garden If I Saw It in a Showroom — Its Iconic, Curved Silhouette Looks Good in Rain, Hail, or Shine

King Living 1977 Outdoor Sofa in garden.

I take comfy sofas very seriously — so I was thrilled when cult Australian brand King Living launched in the UK back in 2022. With it came the popular 1977 Sofa, loved for its trend-setting curves and welcoming low rise (IYKYK). But now the sun is starting to come out, I've just discovered there’s an Outdoor 1977 Sofa, too.

And before you ask (don't worry, I did, too), it's not just the original sofa wrapped in weather-resistant fabrics. "We look at every component and assess if it needs to be upgraded for outdoor use," Chris Cooke, head of design at King Living, tells me. In this case, the steel frame was swapped for aluminium, making the outdoor sofa "lightweight, corrosion-resistant, easier to move, and well-suited to weather exposure." (Though that's not the only tweak.)