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Notes on Outdoor Living
Ideas, guides, and stories about the spaces where life happens outside.
Care & Maintenance
Cleaning Your Seaside Casual Furniture
Outdoor furniture maintenance usually comes with a list: sanding, oiling, and staining in spring, covering before each rainfall and the first frost, repeat every year. Seaside Casual furniture skips almost all of that.
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Inspo
An Host's Guide to Effortless Outdoor Gatherings
A patio made for hosting is one that’s ready for everything from inviting spur-of-the-moment guests onto the patio for refreshments, or throwing a full-blown backyard bash. The right furniture being in place before anyone arrives supports a lot of that quietly.
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Seasonal Living
How a Fire Table Extends Your Outdoor Season Into Fall
There is a specific kind of evening that shows up in the fall. The air has an edge to it, and the patio that felt like a summer space a month ago starts asking for something more. A fire table and welcoming patio setup makes the evening memorable instead of an early night in.
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Design
What a Good Patio Borrows From a Living Room
Scale, flow, and a reason to sit down. The same principles apply outside.
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