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The Queen meets Cloe

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Albert II of Monaco meet Cloe, MyYour's stunning lounger featured in one of the show gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011. “A Monaco Garden”, created by Sarah Eberle, the award-winning garden designer, aims to capture not only t...Posted On: 24/05/2011 | Read Post >>

DEDON release new Nestrest

OC introduce the DEDON Nestrest DEDON Nestrest is an over-sized bird’s nest offering you a secluded, suspended sanctuary and unusual meeting place: it’s the perfect place for relaxation, meditation and open-air conversations. NESTREST...Posted On: 11/05/2011 | Read Post >>

Saloni del Mobile 2011

Outdoor Chic visit Saloni del Mobile, Milan The Outdoor Chic team were out in Milan for the annual Salon del Mobile furniture fair We were on the hunt for new and exciting product to introduce you to for the season and were not disappointed. Our friends at Dedon and Roberti both launched stunning new product, with the Nestrest for...Posted On: 11/05/2011 | Read Post >>

Outdoor Chic lights up New Bond Street, London

Outdoor Chic lights up New Bond Street, London Outdoor Chic lights up New Bond Street, London Outdoor Chic lights up New Bond Street, London, with the help of our friends at Longmire, the world famous cufflink connoisseurs. Longmire, the cufflink connoisseur, are an inde...Posted On: 11/05/2011 | Read Post >>

OC sponsor British GT Team

OC sponsor British GT team Outdoor Chic sponsors the stupendously beautiful MTECH Ferrari 458 Italia in British GT A sunny Oulton Park saw the debut of the Outdoor Chic sponsored Ferrari 458 Italia of Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin at the opening round of the British GT championship....Posted On: 10/05/2011 | Read Post >>

Extremis introduces the Hopper

Mission For the latest member of the Extremis family, the hopper, Dirk Wynants got inspired by the hop culture, his very own hop garden and especially by the structure of a hop field. He was thinking about the large groups of hoppers and farmers who used to celebrate the end of the hop picking season at long row...Posted On: 26/01/2011 | Read Post >>

Roberti launches NEW Hamptons range

From the tradition of interweaving Roberti wicker and rattan, comes a fresh collection that combines nearly 50 years of work and research with innovation in materials to decorate a corner of paradise dedicated to self-care and well-being. Suitable for the interior of the house, Greenfield's articles in the coll...Posted On: 26/01/2011 | Read Post >>

MyYour reveal lastest 2011 products

We have just returned from Italy where we have been to see our friends at MyYour. We were treated to a preview of 3 stunning new products which will be launched early spring at the Milan show. Watch this space for a pre-show feature exclusively on the Outdoor Chic website. We will be making the trip out to Milan this year, volcanos permitting! for the MyYour launch and to source some great new products for Spring/Summer. There are also new range...Posted On: 26/01/2011 | Read Post >>

Chic Tranquility wins RHS Gold Award

Outdoor Chic's RHS Tatton Show Garden takes GOLD! The 'Chic Tranquility' show garden, designed by Ceri Morgan of Outdoor Chic, was designed to create a striking contemporary garden of low maintenance, and minimal materials, planting and colour scheme to maximum effect in a relatively small area. It is a modern day retreat from the everyday stresses that lif...Posted On: 10/08/2010 | Read Post >>

MEN Newspaper Misprint

The news article pictured above was recently published in all of the MEN weekly editions as of Thursday, 1st July. The content and imagery is correct, but the website address published was unfortunately incorrect. We have now managed to purchased the www.outsidechic.co.uk domain name and have redirected it to our website. If someone is to type this into their web browser th...Posted On: 02/07/2010 | Read Post >>

Outdoor Chic at Cowley Manor

Cowley Manor – the impossibly stylish country house hotel, nestled in the glorious Cotswold countryside – has undergone a refurbishment alongside its open air pool, overseen by outdoor living experts, Outdoor Chic. Outdoor Chic collaborated with Cowley Manor to reinvigorate the poolside area at C.Side. Specialising in creating fabulously beaut...Posted On: 15/06/2010 | Read Post >>

Fashion Kicks 2010

On Tuesday night the great and the good including the Manchester City squad, Westlife, Mr Louis Walsh, and some of Coronation Street's cast graced Lancashire County Cricket Club and our furniture. We'd been asked to put together the VIP area for this years Fashion Kicks event – a biannual fundraiser founded by Manchester City and Repub...Posted On: 19/04/2010 | Read Post >>

RHS Flower Show 2010

Outdoor Chic are proud to announce that they have been accepted to create a show garden at this years RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park, Knutsford. We have recognised that people’s domestic exterior space is not used to it’s full potential, so we decided to design a garden showing you possible ways to transform your outdoor li...Posted On: 16/03/2010 | Read Post >>

2010 Update

It’s been a busy new year already at outdoor chic. We hope you all enjoyed the snow, we had a fantastic week here with 14 inches of beautiful powder and temperatures hitting minus 15 one day! In true O|C style, we made the most of it on the hill behind our offices. The Blomus fire pits came in very handy keeping cold hands warm and doubling up to cook some great barbecued sausage butties!! With spring rapidly approaching, we are geari...Posted On: 08/02/2010 | Read Post >>

NEW 2010 Gloster Cloud range at Outdoor Chic

Truly taking the indoors out, Cloud is the ultimate expression on the outdoor living trend. As with all the best ideas, simplicity is the key with just two basic dimensions (75cm and 100cm) comprising the building blocks for the entire range. This simplicity allows a wide number of different units to integrate together to create almost limitless design possibilities. If you can imagine it, chances are it can be created with Cloud... Desi...Posted On: 12/11/2009 | Read Post >>

Launch of Gloster Cloud

This was a range that caught our eyes at Maison in Paris where it launched in September. Cloud has been designed and engineered to be left outside all year round in all weathers without any need to cover or protect. The fabric used on the cushions is Leisuretex, a stylish and unique weatherproof, anti-mildew textile with groundbreaking technical properties. The cushion inners have a reticulated foam core and all seams are...Posted On: 26/10/2009 | Read Post >>

Cocktail Party

We held a cocktail party in October to show off some of our ideas for Autumn/Winter, the venue was spectacular, an old hall in the heart of Cheshire, owned by one of our favourite clients who kindly let us dress up the place for the evening. Our distinguished guests enjoyed cocktails and canapés (the chunky chips with caviar a massive hit!) and were able to browse the latest collections from Louboutin, Jimmy Choo and Gucci supplied by...Posted On: 26/10/2009 | Read Post >>

Maison & Object Exhibition, Paris

The Outdoor Chic team went to the Maison & Object Exhibition in Paris at the beginning of September to source some new products for our site and also meet with the MYYOUR, De Castelli and Roberti teams. Again, we received a warm welcome from everyone and of course a sip or two of Champagne and Prosecco!! MYYOUR premiered their new range of planters, ‘Teo’ sensual organic shapes in a range of great colours that would grace any c...Posted On: 15/09/2009 | Read Post >>

Italy Trip

We have just returned from our product sourcing trip in Northern Italy. We met up with the MyYour team who gave us a tour of the factory. It was great to see that they are in total control of everything, from design to manufacturing to packaging and delivery. It gave us great confidence in their products and to see the quality control at first hand was really encouraging. They gave us an exclusive preview of the new products to be launched...Posted On: 04/07/2009 | Read Post >>

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