Summer is approaching and already people are choosing to sit outside to enjoy drinks with friends or a meal with family at their local pub.
Updating existing pub gardens or outside pub dining areas
If you already offer an outside area for your customers to use for drinking and eating when the weather is nice, could now be the ideal time to update your current offering?
Over time, materials like wood can rot and break when left out in cold and wet weather. Similarly, metal furniture can rust and sharpen in places, whilst wicker furniture can start looking tatty and become unstable after a heavy summer if it’s not made of a high-quality material and looked after well.
Updating your outside furniture can be the difference between customers coming back time and time again in the summer, or choosing to go elsewhere.
Creating an outside pub seating or dining area
If you don’t already have an outside seating area, there are lots of reasons to include one at your pub, including:
- More space for additional drinkers and diners when the inside is busy
- It can be a more child friendly area, especially if there is an area for them to play too
- It can be more dog friendly, so more tempting to countryside walkers or people who would prefer not to leave the dog at home on a nice day
- If it’s a sunny day and your pub doesn’t have nice seating, it’s more likely that potential customers will choose to go to a pub that does, instead
Which pub garden furniture should you buy?
Depending on the type of pub you have, there are different types of pub garden furniture that would best complement the look and feel of the pub inside.
Wooden pub garden furniture
A wooden range of pub garden furniture would work well to extend the pub’s interior through to the outside of the pub, if your pub is traditional or classic. This works particularly well for countryside pubs, as wood complements a pub surrounded by trees and nice views to create an outdoorsy feel.
Our Capra Square Table and Monaco Wood Effect Stacking Chairs look great together and are water resistant, which means you won’t have to rush to put them away every time it rains.
Wicker pub garden furniture
If your pub garden extends to an area that is either not secured throughout the evening, or is used for any other purpose such as an extended car park for other events, you may need furniture that can be easily stacked away. Wicker is an ideal material for being able to move items quickly and easily, as it’s relatively light compared to other furniture materials.
Wicker is also versatile in terms of colour ranges, as it can be coloured and still look great. Our Monaco Wicker Stacking Chair is available in black, yellow, red and green. The Plaza Table looks great in black and is rust resistant, so whilst you might want to put it away if it’s outside the front of the pub in the daytime, you won’t need to rush to get it in if it rains.
Aluminium pub garden furniture
Another great option for both temporary and permanent pub garden furniture is aluminium. This works well for any type of pub, but particularly city pubs or those that are less traditional.
The beauty of aluminium is that it is waterproof, so if you have a pub garden, a street seating area or even just a balcony or terrace, you can leave your furniture out of storage for the entire summer. As well as being resistant to rust and weather damage, aluminium pub furniture is really easy to clean, easy to handle and easy to store.
We like this Rossa Aluminium Stacking Table with the Monaco Aluminium Stacking Chair for alfresco drinking and dining, especially if you’re trying out a pub garden for the first time.
Buying pub garden furniture online
At Trent Furniture, we have been working with many pubs for many years. We know what lasts well and in what circumstances, as well as what fits best with a pub’s interior and existing atmosphere. For advice about which pub garden furniture would work best for your pub, give us a call on 0116 2986 866 or email us at sales@pubfurnitureuk.co.uk .
To view our full range of pub tables, visit the Trent Furniture website.