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9-Piece Outdoor Patio Dining Set for 8
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9-Piece Outdoor Patio Dining Set for 8

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$999.99
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Eight armless chairs instead of six plus two with arms removes the head of the table as a thing. Every chair is the same, which sounds like a detail and changes two practical matters: nobody is sat in the good chair or the spare one, and the whole set stacks into one footprint rather than two. The trade is real enough. There is nothing to rest a forearm on through a long meal, and rising from an armless chair on soft lawn means pushing off the table edge or your own knees.

Pieces
Table + 8 armless chairs
Seats
Eight
Material
HIPS, all-weather
Fitted
Umbrella hole

How it lives in the room

Three a side, one at each end

With eight identical chairs the layout is yours to pick: three down each long side with one at either end spreads people evenly, while four a side turns the table into two facing rows and makes talking across it easier than along it. Armless chairs let a place setting slide a few inches either way, so a mixed group of adults and children fits without moving furniture.

Chairs that park under their own table

An armless chair pushes all the way in until the backrest meets the table edge, which is why a set like this disappears when nobody is eating. Eight of them tucked under one table leave the walkway clear and the patio reading twice as large as it does with armchairs standing off the sides. It is also how the set waits out a wet week with no decision taken.

Contoured back, nothing for the elbow

The backrest is shaped and the seat is wide, so the chair supports the lower back while the weight passes through the seat pan. For a quick meal that is plenty. For a three-hour evening the missing armrest is what people notice, and the fix is a seat pad that lifts the sitter an inch and changes the hip angle, not a different chair.

Before you order

HIPS asks for no winter storage, so eight chairs will be living outdoors. The listing publishes no chair weight, and moulded seating is light enough to travel in a gust: on an exposed deck, stack and tie them ahead of a storm rather than trusting them to stay put.