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Garden Furniture - Differences and Choosing?

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  • @Stephanie308uParr ... your signature is an advert ... if you don't want your posts to be Flagged and deleted by the Moderators you should remove it.  Adverts have to be paid for on this forum. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • thank you guys for your advice. They helped me a lot
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    thank you guys for your advice. They helped me a lot
    When’s the advert coming I wonder?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That's what I thought when I saw it @Dovefromabove.
    I like to give them the benefit of the doubt .... ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Gosh that was an elaborate set up including a hookah 😂
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Why would anyone need to forge furniture? Surely the real thing is more comfortable🤔
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    We've just bought some, off Etsy, very happy with it.
    Our criteria were rather different from those above. Forget elegance and glass top tables. Will it blow away in a gale, will it last a decent number of years without rotting, rusting, will it be comfortable, will it suit the setting and can we afford it on our budget?
    Ours is solid wood, well made,  can seat 6 round a generous table, can be oiled annually and cost just £400. It looks completely at home on our terrace and the dunnocks like it as they feel safe underneath the table. Better than any forgery :)
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    We've just bought some, off Etsy, very happy with it.
    Our criteria were rather different from those above. Forget elegance and glass top tables. Will it blow away in a gale, will it last a decent number of years without rotting, rusting, will it be comfortable, will it suit the setting and can we afford it on our budget?
    Ours is solid wood, well made,  can seat 6 round a generous table, can be oiled annually and cost just £400. It looks completely at home on our terrace and the dunnocks like it as they feel safe underneath the table. Better than any forgery :)
    was it this one?
    https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1057008370/staffordshire-garden-furniture-6ft-table?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=custom+garden+furniture&ref=sr_gallery-1-3&pop=1&organic_search_click=1
    Devon.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Yes, though we paid a bit extra to have 4 chairs rather than the 2 benches as it gave us more manoeuvrability. We need to be able to fit in daughter's friends and to squeeze in an extra seat if need be. I hate all those designer 'garden rooms' in gardens the size of a pocket handkerchief (does anyone have those any more?) but it will give more space for entertainment than our small dining room would permit. Boozy evenings round the firepit for her to look forward to :)
     It is nicely finished with bevelled edges rather than just square cut timber and the curved ends on the table give a fraction more space. It was delivered promptly too, though it's a good job I'm an early riser as they came at 6.30 in the morning!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    @Buttercupdays, I saw the 6 seat option. 
    I'm very tempted.
    Can you push 2 seats underneath on the long side? 
    I'd like to be able to push the table to the edge of the terrace with 2 seats  under at the back, and the option to pull forward if I ever have enough visitors.
    Devon.
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