Roll up your sleeves ahead of the lazy summer days

Kya deLongchamps says it’s the time of the year to retrieve the garden furniture from storage and give it a little tender loving care before picnic days arrive.

IT’S TIME to open those deckchairs, send the spiders scrambling for safety and assess the creaks, stains, filth and light damage inevitable with stored summer furniture. Take a soft, bright spring day and put some love into this seasonal chore, keeping what you can and updating what’s clearly fit for the skip.