Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Care-free garden: Durable furnishings

Easy-care deck and patio

Pro surfer Timmy Reyes, 27, spends his “work” days up in a plane or on the water, not at home in Costa Mesa, California. He needs a yard that can fend for itself for weeks at a stretch.

Design to the rescue: Easy-care patio accessories, plants and materials create a garden that can fend for itself for weeks at a stretch.

Rattan chairs are fairly inexpensive (Pier 1 Imports sells similar ones for $150) but don’t weather well.

To protect them from sun and rain, designer Brooke Dietrich coated them with marine spar varnish.

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