I want to tell you about the summer I tried to save money by buying the cheapest patio set I could find on Facebook Marketplace, and how that decision led to me standing in my backyard in flip-flops, holding a rusted chair leg that had snapped clean off mid-sit, while my neighbor watched from his … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Let me paint you a picture. It’s a sunny Saturday morning, I’ve got my coffee, my ambition is at an all-time high, and I am absolutely convinced I can restore resin wicker patio furniture that hasn’t been touched since roughly the … Read more
Let me paint you a picture. It’s a Tuesday morning in late October, I’m standing in my backyard in my bathrobe holding a coffee mug, staring at a very empty patio — and then staring over the fence at my neighbor Dave’s pool, where my beloved wicker loveseat is doing a lazy float like it’s … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Three summers ago, I threw away $400 in a single afternoon. Not literally — I mean, I didn’t set it on fire — but watching two sets of patio chairs get hauled to the curb felt pretty close. That’s when I … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Five summers ago, I dragged a set of bargain-bin patio chairs and a wobbly glass table onto my back deck and told myself I’d made a smart financial decision. By the end of that first season, two chair legs had cracked, … Read more