The Astrid Garden Chair, £698

I RATE… The Über Cool Garden Chair

No deckchairs for me please. Love their Britishness, their retro cool but cor-blimey they really hurt my back! Instead I’ve found this rather fantabulous garden chair from Anthropologie. Currently it’s called the Astrid Garden Chair, however in my garden it’s now renamed The Jules Chair. £698, but it will be around for decades to come.

Little Greene Jack Black paint

I Recommend… The Black Trend for Walls

Another effortlessly fabulous interior look is black. For that moody, Period/Contemporary colour scheme then I’d definitely go for the dark side. If only my cottage had high ceilings, big rooms etc etc… I’d be painting the lounge or dining room in this magnificent paint shade. It’s Little Greene’s Jack Black (119) Absolute Matt .