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With temperatures warming up and summer holidays most definitely in our sights, we’re already dreaming of all the ways and where’s we can eat alfresco style. Patios, parks, beaches and pool parties. If you’re lucky enough to have an outdoor space, embrace it and use it as an extension of your home’s footprint.
Outdoor Dining
Some of life’s most memorable moments happen around the table, so whether you’re transforming your backyard or patio into a summer dining spot, or if you’re taking your dinner plans To-Go, you’ll need the right outdoor dining accessories.
Durable outdoor tableware is perfect for picnics, camping, sundowners and braais, and acquiring reusable outdoor tableware is a good investment if you plan on regularly dining outdoors. Ensure that your pieces are light enough to carry around with you, but resistant to breaking if (when) you accidentally drop it on a hard decking.
We also believe that outdoor tableware should be just as beautiful as your favourite ceramic table settings.
These are our top choices.
Plates
1. Ocean Dipped Crackle Dinner Plate from Woolworths | 2. Modeno Outdoor Dinner from Woolworths | 3. Melamine Plate Set from Superbalist | 4. Kitchen Craft Se from Yuppie Chef | 5. Lorne Side Plate from Woolworths
Cutlery
1. Nicolson Russell from Yuppie Chef | 2. 24-piece Layla Oak Cutlery Set from Poetry Stores | 3. Kitchen Craft Bamboo Cutler from Yuppie Chef | 4. Sea to Submit Delta Cutlery from Takealot | 5. Mepal Ellipse Cutlery Set from Yuppie Chef
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Wine Glasses
1. Clara Wine Glass from @home | 2. Facet Wine Glass from MRP Home | 3. Acrylic Wine Glass from Sheet Street | 4. Outdoor Gin gGass from Woolworths | 5. Lorne Flute from Woolworths
Tumblers
1. Humble & Mash Outdoor Tumbler from Yuppie Chef | 2. Clara Tumbler from @home | 3. Lorne Tumbler from Woolworths | 4. Outdoor Tall Tumbler from Woolworths
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Ice Buckets
Let us not forget the necessity to keep hydrated and the drinks cool during these summer days and night.
1. Robert Welch Champagne Cooler from @home | 2. Diamond Ice Bucket from @home | 3. Marble Snow Wine Cooler from @home | 4. Matte Black Ice Bucket from Weylandts | 5. Kitchen Craft Ice Bucket from Yuppie Chef
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Outdoor Lamps
Ambiance (and lighting) counts no matter the setting. Outdoor lamps are a great way to bring low lighting to an outdoor setting, and these rechargeable options make them loadshedding friendly too.
1. Bonbon 1 from Mood Makers | 2. Bonbon 2 from Mood Makers | 3. Boletus from Mood Makers | 4. Night Lantern from iKids | 5. Toro rrchargeable Night Light from Eleven Past