An outdoor table is excellent at bringing people together for lunch. But once the plates are cleared, someone wants to stretch out with a book, another person is ready to play a game, and the table is no longer the most interesting part of the yard. The question shifts from where everyone will sit to what the backyard can offer once they get up.
All The Wants approaches that possibility through The Grounds, its outdoor living collection. Alongside sofas and daybeds, you’ll find gazebos, lawn games, an inflatable hot tub, and robotic pool cleaners. The appeal lies in choosing what you’d actually like to do outside, then finding the pieces that can make it happen.
Give Everyone Somewhere They’ll Want to Stay
Dining chairs have their moment, but they aren’t always where people want to spend a long, unhurried afternoon. A sofa gives a group a more relaxed place to gather, especially if conversation is the main attraction. All The Wants carries the Signature Design by Ashley Clare View indoor/outdoor sofa, a three-person design listed with eucalyptus wood and Nuvella fabric.
That sofa has a coordinating Clare View lounge chair in the collection, giving shoppers the option of building a conversational seating area from separate pieces. But a backyard devoted to lounging might call for something else entirely. The Modway Sojourn outdoor daybed, listed in canvas gray with wicker-rattan styling and Sunbrella fabric, invites someone to stretch out rather than sit upright.
The LayinSun wicker reclining loveseat brings another approach, with adjustable backrests and footrests for lounging together. Before settling on a piece, think about how far it extends when in use, where people will walk, and what you want to look toward. A good arrangement leaves space for the activity around the furniture, not simply space for the furniture itself.
Make Shade Part of the Setting
A gazebo changes the way a backyard gathering is arranged. Rather than moving chairs around to chase shade, you can establish a defined place to sit, talk, or relax. The Grounds offers different approaches, including a Purple Leaf 12-by-16-foot hardtop gazebo with a double steel roof and a Yardistry Meridian 12-by-16-foot gazebo with a natural cedar structure and aluminum roof.
