If you ever want strong, unsolicited opinions on outdoor furniture, I'm your person. For the longest time, there was only one thing I disliked more than resin wicker furniture, and that's canvas chairs. Recently, however, I've been forced to eat my words, and it's all thanks to a beautifully styled terraced garden in this Cretan villa that featured in the pages of Livingetc.
Why do I feel so passionately about canvas chairs, I hear you ask? For me, what makes them unappealing isn't so much about one fatal flaw, but an accumulation of inconveniences — they sag with age, they fade in the sun, and they demand the kind of upkeep most of us would rather avoid once summer arrives. And yet, seeing them on the sun-drenched patio of a Cretan villa — thoughtfully detailed and intentionally styled — changed my mind entirely. I decided they're actually the epitome of Mediterranean chic, and they simply need the right setting to shine, whether that's a beachside terrace in Crete or a city garden elsewhere.
