Garden Centre Shopping stackable rattan garden furniture is 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 order.
If you are short on patio space and tired of a dining set that takes over the garden year-round, the stacking-set decision usually comes down to one question: will the chairs hold up when you stack them, or will the frame buckle after a winter stacked against the wall? Garden Centre Shopping has been selling rattan garden furniture in our Leicestershire showroom since 2001, and in our experience the stacking sets that last are the ones built on aluminium, not steel.
We have been family-run from Sapcote Garden Centre since 2001, manufacturing the Sharnford stacking range under our own Sapcote Garden Furniture brand. We make and stock everything in our own Leicestershire warehouse, so you pay for the materials and the build, not for a distributor margin sitting in the middle.
Garden Centre Shopping Stackable Rattan Furniture. Aluminium-Framed To Stack Without Buckling.
Garden Centre Shopping stackable rattan furniture uses the same Sharnford spec across the range: a 0.2mm powder coating over aluminium, hand-woven UV-stabilised HDPE rattan, and removable cushions with washable covers. We build the Sharnford chairs to stack neatly against a wall without the legs splaying or the rattan splitting at the corners.
- Aluminium Frame That Stacks Without Buckling:
Every Sharnford chair we build uses a 0.2mm powder coating over aluminium. Our coating is 2.5 to 3 times thicker than the 0.06-0.08mm coating most aluminium garden frames get, so the metal stays sealed through repeated frost cycles and the seams hold square where the stacked weight bears down on the joints. If you have owned a steel-framed stacking set, you have seen the legs splay outwards after a season and the bolts rust through where the powder coat chipped. Our aluminium cannot rust, and the heavier coating is what keeps the frame square when you stack the chairs for winter.
- Hand-Woven HDPE Rattan That Will Not Split At The Corners:
Our rattan is hand-woven from UV-stabilised HDPE around every Sharnford chair, table and frame. Our HDPE is non-toxic, fully recyclable, and holds its colour and flexibility through multi-year UV exposure rather than going brittle at the corners. We avoid the PVC rattan that dominates the supermarket-tier stacking sets: PVC goes chalky and brittle by the second summer of direct UV, and the corner weaves start snapping where stacking friction has been wearing at them. The first March after you buy a Sharnford set, you will walk past the stack you left in October and the rattan will look the same.
- Leave Outside All Year, No Cover Required:
Every Sharnford set is designed to leave outside all year round, stacked or unstacked. Our aluminium frame cannot rust and our HDPE weave is UV-stabilised, so the structure stays sound through winter without a cover stretched over the top of the stack. We tell customers to skip the cover anyway: the coating on most outdoor covers degrades under UV, the fabric tears at the corners where it rubs against the chair legs, and a strong February wind takes them off the patio. We advise storing the cushions inside when you are not using the set; leave the frame and weave outside.
- Full-Sized Chairs, Not Compromise Stackers:
Our Sharnford stacking chairs ship with the same 10cm cushions as our fixed dining sets, so you are not trading sitting comfort for the ability to stack the chairs away. Our 10cm cushions hold their shape through a long Sunday lunch where the 6-8cm cushions in supermarket-tier space-saver sets compress within the first 30-40 minutes and leave you feeling the frame underneath. We made the Sharnford chairs to stack neatly without compromising the cushion depth or the chair itself.
- Family-Run, In Stock In Leicestershire:
Garden Centre Shopping has been family-run since 2001, and Sapcote Garden Furniture is our in-house manufacturer brand. The Sharnford range is named after one of the Leicestershire villages our showroom sits between, and every set marked In Stock is sitting in our warehouse rather than in a drop-shipping container coming from a supplier overseas. The 3-Year Rust-Free Structural Guarantee is backed by the same helpful and knowledgeable team that picks up the phone seven days a week on 01455 274748. Buy a Sharnford set today and we will still be here in three years if anything needs sorting.
Garden Centre Shopping Stackable Rattan Dining Sets. Sized For Balconies Up To Family Patios.
Our Sharnford sets work twice on a small patio: once when you are eating, and once stacked against the wall for the rest of the day. We would recommend choosing a set whose seating capacity matches the largest meal you actually host, because the stacked footprint is roughly the same whether the set seats two or six.
- Sharnford Stacking 6 Seater Round Rattan Dining Set in Grey - When you have a wider patio and want a sociable round table that seats six around it without anyone stuck at a corner, this is the one we would recommend. The Sharnford 6 Seater Round packs down to a single stack of chairs against the wall once dinner is over, freeing the patio for the kids without you wrestling chairs into the shed. We make this set in grey, which suits a slate or limestone patio without competing with the planting.
- Sharnford Stacking 6 Seater Rectangular Rattan Dining Set in Grey - If your patio is long and narrow, a round table wastes the depth and a square table wastes the length. The Sharnford 6 Seater Rectangular runs along the side of a narrow patio with three chairs to a side, and the stack drops against the wall after the meal so you can pass the table on a tray run. We make this set in the same grey rattan as the round version, so you can match a second set later if the household grows.
- Sharnford Stacking 4 Seater Rattan Dining Set in Latte - For a standard family of four with a typical patio behind the back door, the 4 Seater Round is the one we would recommend most often. The chairs stack neatly against the wall, and the round table seats four without anyone reaching across someone else for the salt. We make this set in latte, the warmest of our rattan colours, which suits a sandstone or pale-paving patio.
- Sharnford Stacking Rattan Bistro Set in Grey - Yeah, on a balcony or a small courtyard you do not need a 6-seater stack taking up the wall. The Sharnford Bistro is a 2-seater set for morning coffee, an after-work drink, or the dinner-for-two that does not need a full dining set. Both chairs stack onto each other and the round table tucks behind them, so the whole set takes a single corner against the wall.
If you want a fixed-position dining set rather than a stacking one, our rattan dining sets run from 4-seater up to 8-seater configurations. Our rattan bistro sets are the place to start if a 2-seater is the most a balcony will fit, and our four-seater garden furniture range covers fixed and modular 4-seater options when stacking is not the priority.
For background reading, our guide to the best stackable garden furniture walks through the materials and mechanisms that separate a real stacking set from a flimsy one. Our can rattan garden furniture get wet guide covers the year-round-outside question in more detail, and our guide to how long your garden furniture should last sets the durability expectations against the budget tier.
Our stackable sets clear the patio when the meal is over. We would recommend the Sharnford 6 Seater Round for a wider patio that hosts six. Our 6 Seater Rectangular fits a narrow patio where a round table wastes the length, and our 4 Seater is the standard family choice. Our helpful and knowledgeable team is here on 01455 274748 to talk through patio dimensions before you commit.
