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Gardens can be tranquil, pleasant places to spend time, or unpleasant and crowded feeling, or bare and stark. It all depends on how you decide to design them, and whether you take care in putting together a garden that’s right for you.

One of the best ways I have found to create an outdoor garden space that I love spending time in is by starting with one central item, such as an outdoor swing. Take this item and find the perfect place for it and then build the rest of the garden around it. Create a unified look based on that one item.

The major pieces you choose will determine the style and feel of your garden, and you’ll have to carry that through to all other pieces of furniture if you want to get a coherent atmosphere. Choosing pieces without a plan will lead to a jumbled, incomplete feeling garden, not a peaceful retreat.

When you use a central item to begin your garden, you must choose it carefully and with thought. This will help you eliminate the possibility of designing a space that you end of hating and avoiding.

When you are selecting your garden furniture take you time to consider what you like. Choose something you know you will enjoy using and looking at. You want it to be an item that you will love for a long time. Don’t despair if you find it difficult to find additional items to go with it at first. Just keep looking and before you know it, it will all fall together.

The first outdoor garden I designed was a disaster. I made the mistake of not planning ahead. I found furniture that I love when it was in the store. When I got it home and put it in my garden it was horrible. I hadn’t thought about what it would actually look like in my yard. Not only did I hate it, my entire family hated it.

You know how I solved the problem? I got rid of it and everything else in the garden! I decided I would just start over with a blank slate. I gave some stuff away and sold some online. It sounds drastic but it really worked! When I started over I purchased an outdoor swing that I fell in love with. I could visualize it in my garden. I knew it would be perfect and knew what I wanted the completed garden to look and feel like. I had a plan.

I still have that swing in my garden and it is still the central focus. Whenever I consider buying anything for the garden I think of the swing and decide if the new item will work with it. I ask myself if the item fits into my vision of the way I want my garden to look. This method has worked very well for me. My garden is a place I love to go and spend time.

Have you ever shopped for outdoor patio furniture covers and been disappointed at the options available, or shocked at the expense? Then this article is just for you, since we’re going to talk a bit about making your own patio furniture covers. If you are at all handy, or have a relative that sews, making your own covers lets you choose your fabric to perfectly match your theme, and will also save you in the long run by allowing you to make a custom fit set of covers at a fraction of the cost of having them made for you.

Keeping your furniture protected from the elements is an important task if you want to avoid unnecessary damage caused by exposure. Depending on how far south you are, the sun can be extremely hard on your wood or metal furniture as well as its protective coating, whether that is oil, sealer or paint. For many of us who live close to the ocean, salt spray is an additional concern which will prematurely age your furniture, causing it’s lifespan to be shortened, or increasing maintenance time and costs; both of which can be avoided by protecting it before it gets damaged.

Step one to designing and making furniture covers for your patio set is choosing your material. This is probably the most important step, since this is where most of the cost is factored in, and it will also determine the longevity of the covers that you end up with. You might not want to choose the cheapest available material, since non sun-resistant and flimsy material will be broken down by the sun and wind sooner than you might expect. Look into finding materials with special weather resistant qualities, such as SunBrella ?, and your covers will protect your furniture for a lot longer.

The most important thing to keep in mind is proper measurement of your furniture. You know the saying: “measure twice and cut once”. The patio table cover will need to be made from a piece of material that is 8 inches longer and wider than the table top. I stitch over 3/4s of an inch and run a drawstring through the tunnel. It really couldn’t be easy.

Covers for patio chairs are slightly more challenging. These can either be fitted or bag style. Clearly the bag style is the easiest to sew. Simply measure the height and the width of the chair. I stitch two ends of the material together to make a circle. I then cut a round top that can then easily be stitched to the top of the circle.

I generally free hand my patterns. However, if you want some more guidance then there are plenty of patterns to choose from at your local fabric store. Making your own patio furniture covers is fun and easy.