40 Easy style updates

1 Set up an outdoor living room

Arrange your garden furniture in the same way you would your living room. Start with an outdoor rug, popping a coffee table on top, then placing your furniture around it. In a corner plot, angle the furniture to look out into the rest of the garden with the chair backs facing the wall or fence.

2 LAY A BESPOKE BORDER

 Wooden railway sleepers are a great alternative to brick or concrete for creating raised beds and border edges for your lawn.

3 BUILD YOUR OWN BENCHES

Create your own outdoor seating area using roofing battens or decking planks, by building a simple frame and covering with wood. If you’re in need of extra storage, make the seat part hinged so that it doubles as a place to store outdoor cushions.

4 Repurpose junk into planters

Before throwing out old pots and pans, think about whether they could be used as planters instead. Their hard-wearing