Yardbird

We couldn’t love Yardbird any more if we tried!  As you know by now – especially in our Trendy AF series – we recently purchased our first home (whoop whoop!) and, well, we went from a 490 square foot apartment to a 10 room house.  Sure it sounds good, but we basically had zero furniture so we have to furnish the entire thing.  Fun?  Not really.  The fun part for us is our backyard, deck, and patio.  Since we WFH on the regular we want to make sure our outdoor space is zen, comfy, and not like everyone else’s.  That’s where Yardbird comes in.

If you haven’t heard of them yet, Yardbird makes some of the most amazing outdoor furniture from intercepted ocean plastic and sustainability is the name of their game.  We have mad respect for companies that are focusing on this and, besides just loving their furniture, we also really like supporting companies that focus on the environment as part of their overall mission and business plan.

If you’ve been in the market for some outdoor furniture – be it dining sets, conversation couch/set-ups, bistro sets – you name it, you know how finding good pieces can be crazy expensive.  If you look at some popular brands like Pottery Barn and even most recently William Sonoma you can see complete sets going for as high as $7,000 – $8,000.  Even options from more affordable retailers like Walmart, Target or even Home Depot will typically run you anywhere from $900 – $2,000 depending on the style you get.  And with those, quite honestly, they don’t always last the longest.  At least they never did for us in previous years.

With Yardbird, sure you’re going to find some expensive choices, but you can find some of their most popular picks priced anywhere between $1,700 – $3,300 on average.  But, the good news is that it includes the whole set (chairs included).  I mean, we had recently seen a table (just the table) on a competitors site priced at $2,995.  Then each chair ran you $450.  Too much math for us.