One thing about being a style editor at an interiors magazine ahead of summer: I look at outdoor furniture. A lot of it. More than any normal, non-design-obsessed person should. And one major takeaway is that it’s expensive. Staggeringly so. More often than not, I find myself blinking at a £1,000 price tag thinking — for that?
But every so often, a piece lands on my desk that doesn’t just feel "worth it" — but actually feels essential. Today is one of those days. Meet the “Coast” garden chair from John Lewis. It looks like it belongs outside a boutique hotel in Cannes, all exposed eucalyptus grain, all breezy beauty — and it costs a fraction of its (occasionally) dubious counterparts from some of the best garden furniture brands.
