Deck Your Deck

In the middle of winter you can’t wait to be out on the deck enjoying the warm weather. Winter will be back before you know it, get as much as you can out of that outdoor space while the getting’s good.

| Posted: 13 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

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• Dutch Tub

  

  You fill this portable hot tub with your garden hose, and heat it with a wood fire. Eco-friendly, and aesthetically pleasing, for the design-savvy swinger. Read more about it here.

  $6,300 at Dutch Tub US | Buy

  (For a custom color.)

  

  | Posted 12 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Family Tree Oilcloth Table Cover

  

  $30 at Scandinavian Design Center | Buy

  

  | Posted 12 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Eddy Round Outdoor Table

  

  ON SALE Reg. $169

  $149 at CB2 | Buy

  

  | Posted 12 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Rex Chair

  

  ON SALE Reg. $59.95

  $30 at CB2 | Buy

  

  | Posted 12 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Ceramic Orb Feeder

  

  $19 at Olive Barn | Buy

  

  | Posted 12 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Coolaroo Shade Sail

  

  A tree will give you shade, in 20 years.

  ON SALE Reg. $160

  $105 at Backyard City | Buy

  

  | Posted 12 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Twin Sandbox Play Station

  

  It’s a sandbox and a pool at the same time. Additionally, the integrated cover keeps the neighborhood cat from using it as a restroom.

  $243 at Yard Lover | Buy

  

  | Posted 12 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Colorful Fly Swatters

  

  These fly swatters make hilarious centerpieces or make the process of killing annoying pests a little more joyful.

  $4 at The Conran Shop | Buy

  

  | Posted 11 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Bucket Grill

  

  It’s a bucket. It’s a grill. It’s both!

  $35 at Broadway Panhandler | Buy

  

  | Posted 08 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Ravella Indoor Outdoor Rug

  

  $289 at Garnet Hill | Buy

  (For a 4x7 rug.)

  

  | Posted 08 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Deck Chair

  

  The most comfortable place to read your Faulkner. Or your issue of Us Weekly.

  $140 at Quel Objet | Buy

  

  | Posted 07 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Wine Tray

  

  A more stable way to transport everyone’s glasses once you’ve already polished off the first bottle of wine.

  $98 at 2Modern | Buy

  

  | Posted 07 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Tangerine Glass Garden Lantern

  

  $15 at Basic Green Box | Buy

  

  | Posted 07 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Outdoor Shower

  

  An outdoor shower? You’ll almost never have to go in the house again. Of course, the neighbors might complain when you install the companion Port-O-John.

  $224 at Sam's Club | Buy

  

  | Posted 07 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Duraclear Martini Glasses

  

  According to the manufacturer, Duraclear plastic glasses won’t crack or discolor over time. We like them because they still look classy in your summer snapshots, but won’t leave those irritating glass shards all over the deck when the crowd gets tipsy enough to start dropping them.

  $50 at Williams Sonoma | Buy

  (For a set of six)

  

  | Posted 07 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Cast Iron Doormat

  

  Keeps dirt and tortilla chips off your feet and on the deck, where they belong.

  $89 at Smith And Hawken | Buy

  

  | Posted 06 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Hot and Cold Round Tray

  

  The summer heat is making your famous potato salad a daring choice for guests. Put this tray in the freezer for a few hours, and it keeps your food cold. When winter rolls around, you can heat it in the oven to keep food warm on the buffet table.

  ON SALE Reg. $50

  $35 at Williams Sonoma | Buy

  

  | Posted 06 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Terrazzolite Planters

  

  This container can even help your half-dead geraniums look sort of cutting edge.

  $150 at Jayson Home and Garden | Buy

  

  | Posted 05 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Colorful Garden Hoses

  

  You really only “need” one garden hose, but when there’s potential for a rainbow of garden hoses on your patio? I think that’s a rule changer.

  $65 at Gardener's Supply Company | Buy

  

  | Posted 05 Aug, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Outdoor Solar String Lights

  

  We like having strings of lights over our patio for ambiance, but making sure there’s a plug for them is always a heavy middle-class challenge.

  These lights can go anywhere, because they use the sun during the day to recharge. Now I can get back to worrying about the weeds in my lawn.

  $79 at LL Bean | Buy

  

  | Posted 23 Jul, 2008 by Melissa Summers

• Fatboy Headdemock Hammock

  

  A gorgeous place to spend your weekend.

  $399 at Design Public | Buy

  

  | Posted 17 May, 2007 by Margaret Mason