Care Guides

What do you need to know before buying garden furniture? Our 6 essential elements will guide you towards creating your perfect outdoor retreat. Transforming your outdoor space ready for relaxation and entertainment starts with selecting garden furniture that’s right for you and your needs.

Regular maintenance of your cane furniture will prolong its life and help keep it looking good. It’s important to check regularly for food and drink spills, particularly if you use your conservatory throughout the year. Read our blog on how to care for your conservatory furniture.

The best way to care for different types of garden furniture is to work out what they each need you to do and when. You want your garden furniture to last a few years and keep looking as good as new, particularly if you’ve invested in high quality brands.

Using high quality covers is the best way to protect your outdoor furniture. This is because with time, elements such as sun, wind, rain, leaf fall, dirt splashes and bird poo will ruin even premium outdoor furniture. Protecting your outdoor investment is crucial to being able to continue enjoying it, and sharing many more happy gatherings with family and friends.

The patio furniture that lasts the longest is a choice between rattan, wood (such as teak) or metal, particularly aluminium. High quality furniture made from these materials is definitely worth the investment.

In our experience, most high quality garden furniture is pretty easy to keep clean if you do it regularly. Smooth surfaces such as wood, ceramic and metal are easy to wipe clean and dry. Soft upholstery such as cushions can also be cleaned this way, especially if they are water and/or stain-proof.

If there’s one thing we can rely on in the UK, it’s unpredictable weather. It’s not unheard of for a glorious summer's day to quickly turn into a torrential downpour. But how do we prepare for inconsistent weather? And more specifically, wet weather? If you’re wanting to leave your garden furniture out all year - and don’t want to replace it regularly - then it’s always worth investing in a high-quality set that’s designed to withstand all types of weather.

Choosing durable outdoor furniture is more cost-effective as you don’t need to worry about regularly replacing it. Garden furniture is made using a number of different materials specifically suitable for the outdoors - the most common outdoor furniture materials being aluminium, rattan and teak. Read our blog to find out more.

Looking after your patio furniture will ensure it lasts for many years to come. During winter, you probably don’t use your garden furniture very often. Therefore, it’s vital that you properly protect outdoor furniture over those cold and icy winter months, ready for the sunny days of summer.

It’s important to know how to look after your garden furniture in the Winter months. If you look after your garden furniture it will last for years. We’ve put together our tips to help you look after your furniture.