The Sprig List

9 Perfect Deck Mates

by Julie Fowler

Fabulous, budget- and eco-friendly furnishings for your yard

For all the luxuries of your living room, you'll want some stylish and sustainable deck furniture, if only to start your day with a coffee and end it with a cocktail outside while the weather's beautiful. For choices that run the gamut from deliciously cheap, to splurge-worthy chic, to innovatively cool, here are our favorites for getting your deck all decked out.

Cheerfully Cheap Deck Gets:

Walmart Delahey Double Chaise Lounge

An outdoor chaise built for two is wonderfully cozy – much easier to peek over at what your lounge partner is reading in the paper. The degree of uprightness is adjustable according to individual preferences. Degree of shade is another matter: You still have to decide who is going to get up and adjust the umbrella.

Viva Terra Misprint Lanterns

Add charm and color to any outdoor scenario with these lanterns made out of old Coke cans. As a subtle reminder, hang one at parties over your aluminum and glass recycling bin.

Vifah Atlantic Garden Bench

Pretty and versatile – for a minimalist deck, an English garden or an outdoor zen retreat – this bench is made of durable and naturally fungi-, termite- and decay-resistant mahogany shorea.

Cool Conversation Pieces:

Sudia Design Labs Sun Table

Innovative and intriguing – what else would you call an outdoor table that provides solar power to electronic devices? We don't, however, recommend placing this table right by the pool – or anywhere else you wouldn't rest your laptop.

West Elm Sydney bar and stool

This compact bar station adds a big style component and crucial party function when you're short on space. Great for indoors and out.

Design Within Reach Recycled Rubber Tire Tubs

Empty or used as planters, this trio of two-foot-high chubby tubs will smarten up any outdoor space. The fact that they're made from recycled rubber tires that were hand-stitched in the way of ancient leather artisans adds to their unique allure.

Art Deck-O: Seriously Chic Splurges

Acronym Designs Fundament Dining Set

This set of dining table, two benches and two stools works wonderfully both indoors and outdoors and combines the best of both worlds: clean design and old-school joinery methods, making this a shoe-in as a family heirloom furniture.

Modern Outdoor Luma Chair

Make your backyard feel like the lobby of a swank Miami beachfront hotel. If you like the push and pull of spacious, angular seating and soft colors and cushions, you'll love these swanky pieces, which include a sofa, club chair and ottoman.

Room and Board Brighton Chair

Straight edges and in no-nonsense black, this chair works great as an astringent note to any décor, inside or outside, that's getting too cloying or flowery. Think of it as a toner for your space.