A good family garden should be designed to work for everybody who uses it, whatever their age. Gardens make fantastic play spaces for children and with careful design and planning you can create a really fun space for the kids, without sacrificing the entire ‘garden’. Plus, if the garden is safe and suitable, it...
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Maybe you have some rusted, pitted or worn cast aluminium garden furniture you want to preserve and repaint. Rather than throwing it in the skip or just painting over and over old caked up paint, why not do it right! We would always recommend you buy new (for obvious reasons), but we can also...
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Buying on the internet is the way to buy everything these days, from your weekly food shop and clothes to electronics and your next holiday, but there are some things that need to be taken into consideration before making a big purchase online. Garden patio furniture is no exception and we should know! Buying garden...
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Following on from our earlier article ‘The Lazy Susan Guide to Timber Decking’, where we skirted on the subject of DIY deck building, I just wanted to look at this in a little more detail and give you a few pointers in terms of planning/designing your deck. Personally, I would always go down the...
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Traditional barbecues come in all shapes and sizes from a variety of DIY stores, but if you are serious about your BBQ and enjoy a little DIY, what could be more satisfying than building your own brick barbecue? The materials you need are relatively inexpensive, and as well as making a unique feature this...
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Gardening is regaining popularity as a pastime for all types of people, with gardens popping up in the most unexpected places. While the traditional image of a garden may not exactly fit into the reality of most urban environments, the fact is you can grow your own food whether you live on a rural...
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If you want to improve your outdoor living space, then decking is the answer. Garden decking increases the amount of usable space in your home and is the perfect way of enjoying your garden more. Enjoy the summer on a clean, hard surface. Have a family BBQ and eat at your Lazy Susan garden...
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The following three questions are the ones we get asked the most by first time garden furniture buyers. So to help you (and us), I thought I we could pull together our Lazy Susan (ahem) expert advice into one definitive garden patio furniture blog… How should I arrange my patio furniture? Arranging your patio furniture in an...
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There is no doubt that patios are one of the most frequently used spaces of a house after a living room and kitchen. In fact during the summer months it is quite often an extension of the living room and kitchen. It is the ideal place to spend the warm weather and having fun...
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The art of Feng Shui (without us getting all new age) seeks to create spaces that imitate the natural world. It is basically an ancient Chinese philosophy that governs spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy around your home. And one of the easiest places...
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