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Make your garden your dining room – and even kitchen – this summer with these super-stylish ideas
SET THE SCENE FOR DINNER
Pick a simple colour palette for a sophisticated take on eating outside
Look forward to eating outdoors with casual yet elegant table settings. Think quality china and glasses, rustic-inspired accessories and white linen. Tablecloth, from £75; bench, £275; stool, £145; seat pads, £25 each; china, from £12; place mats, £16 for two; wine glasses, £38 for four; candle holders, £25 each; tealight holders, £25; large basket (on floor), £95; bamboo lanterns, from £30 each, all thewhitecompany.com
Look forward to eating outdoors with casual yet elegant table settings. Think quality china and glasses, rustic-inspired accessories and white linen. Tablecloth, from £75; bench, £275; stool, £145; seat pads, £25 each; china, from £12; place mats, £16 for two; wine glasses, £38 for four; candle holders, £25 each; tealight holders, £25; large basket (on floor), £95; bamboo lanterns, from £30 each, all thewhitecompany.com
Bench, £800 for two, rajtentclub.com. Place mats, £4 for two, primark.com. Insulated jug, £95, oka.com. Cabbage plate, £18, rebeccaudall.com. Side plate, £48 for four, sohohome.com. Napkins, £30 for two, torimurphy.com
Vase, £10, hudsonhome.co.uk. Hanging light, £75, amara.com. Enamel jug, £30, gardentrading.co.uk. Seat pad, £18, gardentrading.co.uk
Bistro chair, £325 for two, laredoute.co.uk. Canopy, £360, coxandcox.co.uk. Dried flowers in vases, £60 for three, selfridges.com. Wine glass, £14, amara.com
Cook up a chic space
Don’t miss a moment of summer – make the garden your kitchen
Don’t just dine out, take the cooking outside too with portable table-top grills or barbecues big enough to feed the family. Coffee table, £240; drinks trolley, £229; jute rug, £239; leather hurricane lantern, £120; cushions, from £25 each; baskets, from £30 each; vases, from £40 each, all amara.com
Don’t just dine out, take the cooking outside too with portable table-top grills or barbecues big enough to feed the family. Coffee table, £240; drinks trolley, £229; jute rug, £239; leather hurricane lantern, £120; cushions, from £25 each; baskets, from £30 each; vases, from £40 each, all amara.com
Bamboo coasters, £17.99 for four, zarahome.com. Cushion cover, £25, laredoute.co.uk. Solar hanging light, £85, amara.com. Throw (130cm x 170cm), £88, designvintage.co.uk. Pouffe £85, next.co.uk. Portable pizza oven, £250, selfridges.com
Ghillie kettle, £45, objectsofuse.com. Terracotta planters, £125 for two, roseandgrey.co.uk. Stool, £99, made.com. Chair, £309, huhstore.com. Tables, from £270 each, hadeda.co.uk. Fire pit, £65, diy.com
Barbecue tools, £29, amara.com. Tabletop barbecue smoker, £79, souschef.co.uk
Lighten up… and chill out
After-dinner drinks? Think mood lighting and comfy textiles
Create a magical night-time space with lanterns, fairy lights and candles. Bright and abstract textiles on cane or rattan furniture add to the bohemian-style feel. Solar torches, £17.99 for two; tasselled solar lanterns, £39.99 for three; fairy lights, from £19.99, all lights4fun.co.uk. For similar candle holders, try matalan.co.uk
Create a magical night-time space with lanterns, fairy lights and candles. Bright and abstract textiles on cane or rattan furniture
add to the bohemian-style feel. Solar torches, £17.99 for two; tasselled solar lanterns, £39.99 for three; fairy lights, from £19.99, all lights4fun.co.uk. For similar candle holders, try matalan.co.uk
Parasol, £295, folkinteriors.co.uk. Mattress, £47, greystarinteriors.co.uk. Lantern, £29.95, nkuku.com. Bunting, £29.95, nkuku.com. Cushions, £39 each, westelm.com
Cushions, £44 each, westelm.com. Hammock, £205, amara.com. Garland lights, £62, amara.com. Chair, £99, ikea.com. Rug (180cm x 120cm), £125, frenchconnection.com
Rug (180cm x 120cm), £125, frenchconnection.com. Table, £195 rajtentclub.com. Wine glass, £24 for four, next.co.uk. Lantern, £26.99, lights4fun.co.uk
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