The Bean Bag Blog

Brightly coloured garden furniture including orange outdoor cushions and blue garden sofa.

Colourful Garden Furniture: 36 Bright Ideas to Transform Your Outdoor Space

August 24, 2025Caroline Lomax

Bright, colourful garden furniture is the easiest way to get a colourful garden. Outdoor furniture in blue, orange, pink, yellow, or green guarantees colour year-round and instantly brightens your garden, patio,...

Soft outdoor fabric sofa and patterned and striped garden cushions on a sunny patio.

Outdoor fabric furniture: how durable is it really? Answers to your top questions.

July 15, 2025Caroline Lomax

Armadillo Sun's outdoor fabric furniture is comfortable, stylish, and can be left outside all year. It's different from the traditional garden furniture of wicker, wood, metal and plastic so I get...

8 design tips from RHS Chelsea for a living room outdoors

June 06, 2025Caroline Lomax

At RHS Chelsea 2025 outdoor living took centre stage and seating areas were designed as living rooms, bringing the indoors out. To get the Chelsea look, use these 8 outdoor...

A low maintenance garden designed by Jake Sutcliffe featuring gravel, large slabs, and resilient planting.

"Let nature do more, while you do less" – 8 expert tips for a low-maintenance garden

May 11, 2025Caroline Lomax

Award-winning garden designer, Jake Sutcliffe, shares his expert advice on creating a low-maintenance, beautiful garden.

Blue comfortable garden sofa covered with cushions and laid out ready for a garden party.

3 quick fixes to transform your garden in an afternoon

April 18, 2025Caroline Lomax

If you're gearing up for the first BBQ party of the season, or looking forward to an impromptu garden party, then skip the patio makeover. Opt instead for quick wins...

How to host an easy BBQ party. Image shows simple delicous chicken kebabs sizzling on a grill.

How to host an easy BBQ party: three tips to keep it simple

April 15, 2025Caroline Lomax

The British BBQ – accompanied by the traditional rain shower – is a summer party staple. With my easy barbecue recipes, simple drink ideas, and rainproof outdoor furniture, organising one...

Light blue garden sofa with outdoor cushions outside on a patio.

Leave the garden sofa cushions outside in the rain (and all the fuss at the door!)

March 23, 2025Caroline Lomax

Take the drama out of the British weather with garden furniture cushions that stay out in the rain. Hands up who has a weather alert set on their phone so they’re ready...

A cosy garden sofa on a private patio surrounded by green foliage and covered in outdoor cushions in blues and greens.

Make an overlooked garden feel private: design a cosy sitting spot

February 11, 2025Caroline Lomax

Gardens are a place of solace and sanctuary... until the tranquility is shattered by prying eyes, overlooking windows, and next door's kids shrieking on their trampoline. Don't give up on the...

A gift of flowers on an outdoor table in the garden.

Don't want to send flowers? 14 beautiful gift alternatives to giving a bouquet

February 07, 2025Caroline Lomax

I love giving and receiving flowers - but I also love tweaking traditions! There are so many lovely small businesses creating beautiful things that are perfect for special occasions. I’ve...

A luxury bean bag positioned in the middle of a sophisticated living room.

Can bean bags look good in the living room? Styling ideas that guarantee they will!

January 22, 2025Caroline Lomax

Would you love to sink into a luxurious bean bag at the end of the day, but worry that it will look out of place in a sophisticated living room? Drawing...

A bean bag iPad holder propping a tablet up securely outdoors next to a cafetiere and inviting plate of pastries.

Bean Bag iPad Holder: watch, read, write, without the pain in the neck!

December 03, 2024Caroline Lomax

Hate holding your iPad? Fed-up with stands that never hit the right viewing angle? Try a bean bag stand instead. Flexible, portable, universal, and available in a choice of interiors-loving colours and joy-bringing...

Grey outdoor sofa covered with grey and white striped cushions on a winter patio.

Prepare outdoor furniture for winter. (Or snuggle inside instead!)

October 31, 2024Caroline Lomax

Armadillo Sun patio furniture is easy to prepare for winter. It's handmade from technical, high-performance outdoor fabric and filled with premium non-absorbent beads. Armadillo Sun outdoor furniture contains no wood to rot, metal to...