The August issue of Homes & Garden’s (out now) is a special treat this month.  A whole section on ‘Outdoor Rooms’ with lots of superb styling tips from Kate French and Ali Brown.  They talked about multi-functional furniture and upholstered sofas, all designed for outdoor use but looking good enough to house inside.  Sofas layered with colourful cushions, made from all weather fabrics, and woven stools that can double as tables.

And across a double page spread (pgs 70/71)was our very own Manutti Flow sofa in pebble…

Doesn’t it look superb?!  Kate and Ali styled the shot using brightly coloured textured cushions, and placed the sofa in front of a terracotta fire pit, surrounding it with red textured stools.  Stunning!

One of our best selling brands, Belgian company Manutti specialise in exceptional contemporary outdoor furniture that looks like great quality indoor furniture. Fully covered in Nautic fabric, with special quick dry outdoor foam the Flow range has been a runaway success, but Manutti make several other fully upholstered outdoor sofa/chair collections too.

And our Japan planters got a look in on their Lifestyle news page. Trend Watch with ‘Lace Planters’: ‘designers are now transforming ever day products such as the humble garden planter into magical objects of delicate beauty’.  Well, we couldn’t agree more!