Looking for outdoor furniture suggestions

[time4fun]

So, when we moved in to our place a year and a half ago, we bought some quick, cheap outdoor furniture. (our last place had outdoor furniture already) We're a resto/harvest indoors and Target outdoors kind of household. I'd like to upgrade the patio furniture a bit, since it seems like we'll get to stay here for another year or two at least.

The rub though is that I have a huge hang up about paying a lot of money for stuff that will A) live outdoors and B) will be used maybe 20 times a year. Plus, we're going to be renting for the next 3-4 years, so I don't want to go all out on something that may end up not fitting at our next place.

So- has anyone managed to crack the secret code to find nice patio furniture without spending as much money as you paid for your indoor furniture?

[Gelston]

Go to places like Home Depot and Lowes and look at the stuff they have there, and then find it on wayfair and get it a lot cheaper.

[Tisket]

Regardless of your income bracket, nice outdoor furniture is ridiculously pricey. It is, however, much longer lasting than cheaper alternatives.

[SonoftheNorth]

Steal it from other peoples yards. It isn't locked indoors.

[time4fun]

Go to places like Home Depot and Lowes and look at the stuff they have there, and then find it on wayfair and get it a lot cheaper.

OMG Wayfair. It's got some decent stuff here, and the price range seems a heck of a lot more reasonable than most of what I've seen out there.

yay!! Thank you!

[Viekn]

I don't believe there's much of a middle ground when it comes to patio furniture. It's typically either really cheap or really expensive. You might consider looking at Offer Up/Let Go to see if anyone locally is getting rid of nicer sets for cheaper prices. Other than that, I've found that buying somewhat cheap and replacing often is not a bad way to go.

[Neveragain]

Have your boyfriend make you some.

[Gelston]

I have tons of patio furniture. Some from Wayfair, but most of it is from estate sales. You can get some really great stuff from dead people's houses.

[time4fun]

I don't believe there's much of a middle ground when it comes to patio furniture. It's typically either really cheap or really expensive. You might consider looking at Offer Up/Let Go to see if anyone locally is getting rid of nicer sets for cheaper prices. Other than that, I've found that buying somewhat cheap and replacing often is not a bad way to go.

That lack of a middle ground is totally the problem. I pushed my boyfriend to buy the cheap temp stuff when we got in, but it's just ugly and uncomfortable. He's out there more than I am, and so I feel bad that he hates it so much. I said it was me who wanted to replace it, but actually it's mostly him.

The real issue is that when he suggested buying a $3k patio set, I flipped out on him and insisted we could get stuff just as nice for 1/3 of the price.

Unfortunately, that sort of got me saddled with the responsibility for finding us a new patio set. So winning that argument suddenly feels a whole lot like losing.

[time4fun]

craigslist and garage sales i've gotten 70 inch flatscreens with minor cosmetic cracks for 200

I love my boyfriend, but he's got some "germophobic" tendencies (i.e. he's a snob about used furniture). I suggested craigslist, and he turned blue.