"Now is the time to give any outdoor wooden furniture, trellis etc a little love to ensure a long life - take off loose dirt/debris with an old stiff brush of any type and paint on a coat of linseed oil - doesn't have to be more expensive…"

"this set is a great colour and would look wonderful on my little patio area - at the moment I drag out a kitchen chair to sit on and it would be lovely to have this pretty set permanently in place"

"window quilts are fabulous especially if you don't have double glazing - the first post on this thread was the one I used to make mine - I used old shower curtains to back to avoid condensation soaking the quilt and causing mould and second…"