Patio Refresh

After putting in all that time, research, energy into patio chairs — egg shape, hanging swing, hammocks, benches, the patio refresh project is done.

Now

Yep, that’s right, nothing I looked at pleased me so much as that which I had before, so I went with another red Adirondack.

Then

The difference is this one folds.

Also, supposedly, this one is "fade resistant, rain resistant, the UV resistant High Density Poly eco-friendly material of which it is made will not split, crack, peel under heat of direct sunlight".

Assembly was required and though I had the option of paying extra for the seller to contract with someone to come by, assemble for me, I opted to put myself through the torture of assembling myself. After all, after deconstructing the old chair, seeing how parts had been connected, how difficult could it be.

The instruction manual said 30 minutes.

It only took me four hours.

I’m thinking four hours was worth not having to deal with the aggravation of the seller contracting with some third party that, if they failed to follow through, do their job, the seller would wash his hands and leave me to deal with it — much like my medical provider contracting with an outside dermatology that never followed through and the provider could care less.

So anyway, the patio project is done.

The egg-shaped chairs were really calling my name because they look to be fun, are cute and very popular right now. However, I didn’t trust the hanging chain or spindly base to hold on the affordable ones, and the ones that stood on a solid base were too expensive — not to mention I didn’t think either would hold up under the weather.

Turns out I was right about the affordable ones as there are hilarious fails all over the internet and social media where people have fallen straight down, backwards or flipped over when one of those chairs failed.

See for Yourself.