Today I’m sharing my garden furniture wish list. We have slowly but surely been updating our garden over the last 2 Summers. Last year saw us remove the old, tired decking and replace it with a new brick patio and path.

This year, we are hoping to pull down the old, run down Summer House and decking at the bottom of the garden and get some artificial grass down to replace the ugly gravel. With this in mind, I have been working out my garden furniture wish list.

Our Son, Sam is 7 now and has Autism. He absolutely needs his trampoline, so that will definitely be staying. Aside from that, we will be getting rid of the rest of the tat the garden is currently littered with. I can’t say I’ll be sad to say goodbye to the space hoppers, plastic den, rickety slide or rusty bikes.

Garden furniture wish list

The item at the top of my wish list is somewhere for us to sit and dine alfresco as a family. The Modena Dining Set from Cox and Cox really caught my eye. I love that the chairs have solid seats and backrests, I hate it when there’s a gap between the two. The table isn’t massive either, so it won’t overpower our standard sized, new build garden. What do you think?

The next item on my garden furniture wish list I am really hoping to add to our garden is a decent swing seat. We have a lovely big Silver Birch Tree in our garden, and I love to watch its branches and leaves sway in the evening sunlight. There’s something amazingly soothing about it.

We’ve had a cheap one for years, and while it’s served its purpose, its not very nice to look at, and isn’t the comfiest place to sit. If money was no object, I’d definitely add one like this to garden furniture wish list…

I’m a realist though, so chances are, we will end up with another £100 one. I do intend to spend more money on the garden dining set though. We have two dogs, so I definitely want to add either plastic like that shown above, or some metal garden furniture, so they can’t chew it up.

Does anyone else plan their garden around their furry friends? We’ve already got a list of dog safe plants ready to refer to, when we plant up our flower beds. Flower Beds are also on my garden furniture this list.

GardenLighting

Garden lighting is an essential feature for me, too. I’m not a fan of bright lights in the evening. Soft lighting is definitely more my style. These Stone Effect Boulders from Cox and Cox match the Modena Dining Set, and blend seamlessly into the garden design when not lit, too – do you like them?

Good lighting is essential in the garden for me. We love to eat al-fresco and spend Summer nights outside whenever we can. So beautiful lighting is definitely up there on my garden furniture wish list. My son adores balloons and bubbles, so these ones were pretty close to perfect for him.

I think he will adore looking at them, and probably trying to pick them up, if I know him as well as I think I do. Another option is always more affordable solar lighting. That way, I won’t be as upset if he ends up breaking it. There’s plenty of affordable solar lights in local discount stores, so lighting doesn’t have to break the bank.

That’s pretty much it on the garden furniture wish list for now. Aside from a hot tub to help with hubby’s arthritis and Sam’s hyper-mobility, anyway. Have you got anything exciting planned for your garden this year?

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