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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