At a recent Design Week I visited in London, there were a lot of pieces that piqued my interest, but it was the offering of outdoor furniture that really shone for me this year. Featuring a lot of FSC-certified teak - the material of the summer for outdoor furniture, and a focus on relaxing outdoors, this summer we're reclaiming our backyard spaces and turning them into extra areas for relaxation.
One common thread through many of the collections was that the best outdoor furniture offered a solution to a problem, and one piece in particular caught my eye. A double-sided bench. Double-sided furniture is particularly prevalent in the modern home at the moment, with sectional sofas that enable people to sit whatever direction they chose, using the furniture as a carving tool to split living rooms and in doing so, creating two brand new spaces either side of the sofa.
