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Style on a shoestring: gorgeous garden space
House Beautiful's experts turn their attention to making the most of garden space with easy, inexpensive updates
Use what's already there
Sand, undercoat and paint existing furniture, and add seat pads in outdoor fabric.
Wood primer and undercoat, £24.98 for 2.5L, Crown. Oil-based eggshell paint in Stone-Mid-Cool, £33.50 for 2.5L; both The Little Greene Paint Company. Talamanca outdoor fabric F5910-08 (on bench), £47 a metre (0.5m used); Pelada outdoor fabric F5913-06 (on chairs), £47 a metre (1.5m used); both the Zancudo collection, Osborne and Little. General medium foam, £41.93 for four seats and a bench pad, TW Foam
Cost: £194.41
Hang baskets
Blossoming flowers in hanging baskets and a new parasol provide colour and shade.
Hanging baskets, £12.99 each, Homebase. Cream parasol and stand, £60, Garden Trading
Cost: £85.98
The finishing touch
Add potted plants and smart chrome lanterns to bring the space alive.
Salvia plant pot, £5.49, Ikea. Potting plants, £7.97 for three tubs, Homebase. Tall lantern, £10; smaller lantern, £6; both Morrisons
Cost: £29.46
A gorgeous garden look - total amount spent: £309.85
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