Relax into summer: traditional deckchairs

New Colours available - traditional garden deckchairs, available online or in our Monkstown shop.

For anyone feeling a little nostalgic about the past, they will be happy to hear that one of its most charming features, the deck chair, is alive and folding in a range of cheery colours and stripes.  Well designed garden furniture, constructed from natural materials and made in Europe, is unfortunately not readily available. Most garden furniture these days is made of tropical wood, plastic or woven polypropelene and the vast majority of it is produced a long way from home. Luckily, we have found a small company in Portugal that uses two simple materials: eucalyptus and cotton canvas. They are extremely comfortable and allow you to sit at a number of angles. They also have arms. They fold into a straight, thin shape, so they can be stored in the tightest of spaces - and they look fabulous. (Click here to purchase...)

As a van driver and scavenger, my eyes always scan over every skip I pass, and last year I was fortunate to spot three lovely deck chairs outside a smart house in Dublin 4. These chairs were the real article and reminded me of happy summers as a child when the whole family sat down on a Sunday to read the papers in the back garden