Garden Centre Shopping rattan chair sets are weatherproof and aluminium-framed, built to leave outside all year (no cover required). Family-run from our Leicestershire showroom since 2001, with cushions, delivery, and a 3-Year Rust-Free Structural Guarantee included on every set.
Our rattan chair sets are what we'd recommend when you want a 2-seater for the patio rather than a full dining set. Two chairs, a small table between them, and you sit and stay put.
Garden Centre Shopping has sold rattan since 2001. Every set in this range is built on the same aluminium frame that cannot rust, the same UV-stabilised HDPE rattan, and the same 10cm cushions used across our Sapcote, Burbage, Burton, and Sharnford ranges.
Garden Centre Shopping Rattan Chairs. Two-Seater Sets For Sitting Outside Without A Cover.
Garden Centre Shopping rattan chairs are what we'd recommend when you want a 2-seater set for sitting outside, not the four- or six-seater you'd need for dining. We've watched, since 2001, how chair sets get used: a coffee at sunrise, a book mid-afternoon, a glass of wine after work. Our chairs are built on the same aluminium frames and HDPE rattan as our larger ranges, just on a 2-seater footprint.
- Strong Aluminium Frame That Cannot Rust: Every frame in this range is aluminium, which physically cannot rust. We use a 0.2mm powder coating on top, 2.5 to 3 times thicker than the 0.06 to 0.08mm coating most aluminium frames are sold with. That coating thickness seals the metal through repeated frost cycles. Steel frames in less expensive sets rust from the inside out through bolt holes and joints, and once that starts, you'll see orange staining on the patio underneath.
- UV-Stabilised Rattan That Won't Fade: We use UV-stabilised HDPE rattan in every set in this range, hand-woven over the aluminium frame. We don't use the PVC rattan that dominates the supermarket end of the market, because PVC contains plasticisers that escape under UV exposure, turning chalky and cracking at the weave joints after a couple of summers in direct sun. HDPE doesn't degrade that way. We have customers coming back into the showroom 15 years later, quite often, with rattan that's still perfectly fine.
- Thick Cushions With Washable Covers: Our cushions are 10cm thick, with breathable, non-waterproof fabric and removable washable covers. At 6 to 8cm, the cushions in less expensive sets compress under you within 30 to 40 minutes, and you start to feel the rattan through. Ours hold their shape across a long afternoon of reading. Our covers slide off in seconds for a wash, which on a chair you sit in every weekend matters more than it does on a dining set you only uncover a few times a season.
- Leave Outside All Year, No Cover Required: Every set we make in this range has an aluminium frame and UV-stabilised HDPE rattan, so there's no rust, no fading, and no cracking at the weave joints. We back that with a 3-Year Rust-Free Structural Guarantee on every set. We don't ship covers because they're a problem in themselves: they degrade in UV after a couple of summers, blow off the patio in strong wind, and you'd lose track of yours by next spring anyway. Our sets stay where you left them in October and look the same the first March after you buy them.
- Ready To Use Straight Away: Most sets in this range ship ready-assembled from our Leicestershire warehouse. The Burbage chair backs slot into the bases, which takes a minute. The Burton, Sapcote, and Sharnford sets need at most a glass top set on the table frame and the chair backs clipped in, but even then it's minutes, not hours. We designed the range that way deliberately, because Saturday afternoon should be spent sitting outside, not assembling chairs.
- Two-Person Seating, Built To Sit In For Hours: We size every set in this range for two people, not the four or six a dining set takes. Two chairs facing the same way for sun-watching, or facing each other across a small table for a chat. Same aluminium frames and HDPE rattan as our bigger sets, just on the footprint of a side-by-side bistro. We made this range for the bit of patio where two people sit, not where six people eat.
Garden Centre Shopping Rattan Chair Sets. Sized For Two People To Sit And Stay Put.
We've designed the range to fit the patio corner that hosts two people for an afternoon, with the same aluminium-and-HDPE build as our larger sets. Our sets come in latte, grey, brown, and natural rattan, across rocking-and-reclining bistros, reclining bistros with footrests, companion sets, stacking bistros, and a classic round-table bistro. We'd recommend starting with the five sets below.
- Burbage Rocking & Reclining Rattan Bistro Set in Latte - The Burbage Rocking and Reclining Bistro is the set we'd recommend when it's just the two of you with a book and a drink, and you don't want to be sitting up straight the whole afternoon. The chairs rock and recline on a hydraulic side-handle, so you can lean back to any angle without a notched mechanism clicking through preset positions. £1,074 with delivery included for the latte variant.
- Burton Reclining Rattan Bistro Set with Built-in Footrests in Grey Rattan - Our Burton Reclining Bistro is the set we'd recommend when you want the recline plus the option to put your feet up without buying separate footstools. The chairs recline, the footrests fold up from the front of the seat, and the small table sits between the two of you. £674 with delivery included.
- Sapcote Companion Set in Grey Rattan - The Sapcote Companion is the entry into this range at £454 with delivery included. Two angled seats facing the same way with a small shared table between them, in grey rattan, so two people read or chat looking out at the same view rather than across at each other. Same aluminium-and-HDPE build as the larger sets in our range.
- Sharnford Stacking Rattan Bistro Set in Grey Rattan - Our Sharnford Stacking Bistro is the set we'd recommend when the chairs need to clear out of the way the rest of the week. The chairs stack into a single tower against the wall, so the patio space is yours back during the day. £453 with delivery included for the grey rattan.
- Sapcote Bistro Set in Brown Rattan - We made the Sapcote Bistro for the patio that wants a classic round-table look in brown rattan, with two upright chairs facing each other across the table for coffee or a quiet meal. £454 with delivery included.
If you want one chair feature specifically rather than the bistro-set format, our reclining garden chairs and rattan companion seats cover those configurations directly, both on the same aluminium-and-HDPE build. For balcony-tight footprints, see rattan balcony sets.
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Our chair sets are for the bit of patio where two people sit and stay, not where four people eat and leave. The chair you read in. The chair where you have your second coffee of the morning. We made these for that.
