indoors
KNOW-HOW
Glass sides protect
the flame. Lantern, $10,
Pier 1 Imports
Just hose it off!
Cancun rug, $46,
fabhabitat.com
Cute enough to use all
year. Melamine plates,
$
3
~ $
4
,
HomeGoods
Stacks to save space.
Blanko chair, $20,
ikea.com
Serve them with style.
Tea trolley, $155,
stacksandstacks.com
Keep bugs at bay.
Citronella stakes, $5
each, Pier 1 Imports
Adds cush and color.
Skyworks Caribbean
pillow, $30 for 2,
walmart.com
1 1
extras can turn your basic backyard setup into sum m er party central.
You probably already have a table, chairs, and umbrella. Now add melamine dishes in
a fun pattern, stackable chairs to seat a crowd, and lanterns and citronella torches
to light the night. Set a color palette to guide your purchases, but don’t be afraid to go
bolder and brighter than you would indoors. Summer gives license to play.
Use cloth
1
2
napkins in dark
Raid your shed
1 3
for a garden-
Short on shade?
1 4
Buy a io'xio'
Serve drinks in
1 5
short Mason
patterns. I like Indian
theme buffet. Use a
pop-up canopy. Hang
jars. That way, if bugs
block prints—if they
tiered plant stand for
sheer curtain panels at
are a problem, you
get stained with
glasses and plates,
the corners and tie
can screw on the lid
barbecue sauce, you
cachepots for utensils,
them back with ribbon.
between sips.
won’t notice as much.
and large plant saucers
It’s an outdoor eating
SARA HICKS MALONE,
ANNA GETTY,
to serve burgers,
pavilion for under $200.
partyperfectblog
chef and author of
sandwiches, chips, etc.
CARLA HALL,
.blogspot.com
Easy Green Organic
Make sure they’re all
Top Chef
finalist
thoroughly clean or,
even better, new.
DENISE GEE,
and caterer
author of
Porch Parties
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