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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sarah Warwick

Outdoor furniture rules to break – the guidelines you can ignore

One of the outdoor furniture rules to break - synthetic wicker furniture on outdoor decking

There are plenty of guidelines it’s worth following when you’re choosing furniture for your patio, deck or porch. But there are also outdoor furniture rules to break. Why? Because received wisdom isn’t always correct.

The best outdoor furniture will look stylish, meet your needs in creating a place to relax, entertain or dine in your backyard and it should prove durable. There are choices you can make to meet all these criteria but you may be surprised at how often you’ll hear rules about outdoor furniture that aren’t necessarily the case.

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