Outdoor Furniture Guide

Tips for buying, cleaning, and caring for backyard and patio pieces.

Outdoor Decorating

Easy Outdoor Decorating Ideas
Simple tips for turning the backyard into your favorite stylish space.

How to Buy Outdoor Patio Furniture
The ultimate guide to choosing long-lasting, easy-care backyard pieces that will make outdoor living even sweeter.

8 Whimsical Garden Party Supplies
Festive finds for throwing the ultimate outdoor soiree.

The Great Outdoors

Patio Umbrellas
Escape the strong summer rays with picks that will add a pop to your outdoor space.

5 Outdoor Chairs to Kick Back In
Whether you’re bound for the shore or your yard, relax in a superb seat.

Speed-Clean Your Porch Checklist

With the help of a few key tools—a good sponge, a duster, some microfiber cloths, a push broom, and a scrub brush—you can totally transform your porch in 10 minutes or less. 

• Minutes 1 and 2: Move everything from the porch into the yard: chairs, tables, potted plants, and anything else that isn’t nailed down. Drape rugs and mats over a fence or a rail to air them out.
• Minute 3: With a bucket of warm, soapy water and a large sponge, wipe down furniture, plant pots, and decorative objects.

  Related: Your Guide to Cleaning Outdoor Furniture

• Minute 4: Using an extendable duster, sweep cobwebs from high corners, overhangs, and shutters.

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