Patio Furniture Planning

With the bridal shower around the corner we were hoping to get some patio furniture out there. Now that it's going to be pretty terrible weather, think we'll hold off on that. 

We figured that with end of season clearance sales, now would be a good time to buy furniture, but we're realizing that most places are completely out of patio furniture! We may just use sketchy's parents patio set for now (the few wks we have left of good fall weather) and then get a really nice set next spring. 

So we're thinking since we'll have the bar with seating for about 5 people, we don't really need a dining table. We were thinking about sectional or just sofas around a coffee table. We like wicker and were thinking about a gazebo to protect furniture from rain/leaves and also the gazebos have those curtains/netting that you can pull shut to keep the mosquitos out! 

The inspiration:

Here's what we got yesterday:

think we like it a lot. haven't been able to put it up though because of rainy weather.

In terms of furniture, i've always liked the pallet looking sectionals! 

cute and then you can get whatever fabric and color you want.

still really think this can happen. have a couple pallets from all the brick we bought from lowe's. Sketchy's dad says he can make this easily, maybe without the wheels so things aren't too complicated.

Anyways, with these items in mind, i found pretty perfect patio things. IKEA has a brand that makes various pieces that all look alike, can mix and match. Can get cushions and pillows in brighter colors to liven it up a bit.

one regular piece and one end piece

end pieces

arrangement of pieces

I really like this except i'd do brighter colors as mentioned earlier. They're really affordable too. Problem is they're not available online and they're not at the woodbridge or college park stores. oh also FYI for IKEA fans, thursday nights at the college park ikea all items in the as-is section are 50%!

Anyways, that's the plan but things aren't available right now so probably just gonna get sketchy's parents' patio furniture for now. We'll see what happens!