A stylish garden not only includes a green lawn, lots of flowers, trees and bushes - decorative furniture also contributes to the overall picture. If you have broken garden chairs or old chairs no longer fit the garden style, these can be wonderfully used as decorative furniture.
How can I make a garden chair decorative?
To decorate a garden chair in style, choose suitable materials such as wood, iron or metal and prepare the chair if necessary. Use plants that suit the location and season and ensure a stable base to avoid sinking.
Decorate a garden chair in style
There are many options available to you when it comes to stylishly decorating a garden chair. Get creative and think about how the chair best fits the style of your garden.
The first thing to consider is what material your garden chair is made of:
- Plastic
- Wood
- Iron
- Metal
Chairs made of plastic are almost impossible to change because doing so would cause them too much damage. Wooden chairs offer the advantage that you can saw holes in the seat and therefore insert deeper plant bowls. However, wood is often not as weather-resistant as other materials.
A garden chair made of iron or metal cannot be changed either, but it can be decorated for a very long time.
Prepare the garden chair before decorating
You don't need to prepare iron and metal chairs. They radiate a very special flair when they beautify the garden when covered in moss and verdigris.
You should treat wooden chairs with wood preservatives (€59.00 on Amazon) before decorating. You can also paint the wood with colored varnish to give the chair a different color.
What should you consider when choosing plants?
If you simply want to place a bowl of plants on the seat of the chair, spring flowers or colorful summer flowers are a good choice depending on the season. Climbers such as sweet peas or morning glories that you drape over the back of a chair look particularly pretty. If the garden chair is in a shady location, plants such as ivy or Jelängerjelieber are recommended.
If you want the garden chair to remain outside over the winter, choose frost-hardy plants, such as small perennials. However, winter cover is still necessary. You also need to water the plants occasionally in very dry winters.
Tip
Place a garden chair directly on the lawn or an area of earth, making sure that the legs cannot sink into it. For wooden chairs, screw crossbars under the feet; for other chairs there are caps that prevent them from sinking into the ground.
