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April 2008

Patio cushions aren’t sexy

April 28, 2008 SideNote

We try our best to promote out business and our website around the web. Sometimes we succeed, and sometimes we fail. You see, the problem lies not in our products, or our website. There are a plethora of bloggers out there who love to blog about their home, and interior design, and [...]

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Gorgeous Offset Patio Umbrella

April 21, 2008 Real Patio Stories

Just received a new letter from one of our customers.
Dear CushionsAndUmbrellas.com,
I had to tell you how much we are enjoying our gorgeous offset patio umbrella. We ordered it about 2 weeks ago and it arrived yesterday. We set it up immediately (it was very easy) and my husband immediately figured out how to [...]

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Fabric and Frames: A Color Story

April 19, 2008 Patio Recipes

Many of our patio shoppers call us for some help with their fabric selection. With so many fabrics to choose from, it can be a little daunting to match existing patio furniture frame colors to an outdoor fabric. A lot of times, some shoppers decide to go with a neutral color, knowing that [...]

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A little towel is all I needed.

April 10, 2008 Real Patio Stories

We recently received this great letter from a recent customer:
Dear CushionsAndUmbrellas.com,
I just wanted to let you know how happy we are with our new patio chaise cushions.  We recently purchased two aluminum furniture chaise cushions in Bravada Limelight, and where so happy when they arrived.

74″ Chaise Cushion

I immediately placed them on our furniture and they [...]

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Offset Patio Umbrellas. 8 ways to use them in your home.

April 9, 2008 Patio Recipes

Offset patio umbrellas represent more than just another line we can carry. They’re really great to own! We try to describe all the things that you can do with an offset, but ultimately, it’s up to you to decide what you’d like to do with it, and how you are going to use it. We’ve put together a little list on what we think are cool ways of adding this great umbrella to your garden or backyard.

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Love My 11 Foot Patio Umbrella

April 6, 2008 Real Patio Stories

Got a great message from one of our customers, Ms. Tina Christie, who loved her 11 Foot Collar Tilt Patio Umbrella. She had been looking for the perfect umbrella to put right by her view of a beautiful waterway, for her teak furniture. She picked a lovely Sand Finish and Pacific [...]

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Soooo…..What’s a Sunbrella Umbrella?

April 6, 2008 Patio Recipes

I got this call the other day, asking what a sunbrella umbrella is. At first, I was intrigued by the question. Most people call to find the benefits of a fiberglass rib patio umbrella, or want to know the difference between collar tilt and auto tilt patio umbrellas, but working with misnomer, well, that’s something different.

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The New Cushions And Umbrellas

April 6, 2008 Company News

As much as I love design, this redesign will be the last redesign, I swear. I think we’ve finally come to a brand image for the cushionsandumbrellas.com, and put together a new site that we feel is not only indicative of who we are, but what we want to be, the premiere patio umbrellas and patio cushions source on the net.

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Tales from the Patio

April 6, 2008 Real Patio Stories

It’s such a satisfying feeling when you get to help someone get what they really want out of their patio decorating. With so many choices of cushion styles, umbrella styles and covers, frame colors and outdoor fabrics, it’s sometimes hard to put it all together. At Cushions And Umbrellas, whe try our best to guide our customer’s through this decision making process, by giving them tips on these various elements that go into a satisfying outdoor decor project.

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Re-designing Cushions And Umbrellas

April 6, 2008 SideNote

It’s been some time since I’ve been able to blog to any degree. In the interim, Cushions And Umbrellas has gone through some changes, and one of them is a complete redesign. The redesign was an important one. We wanted to create a brand that we can develop into the future, and the visual and layout aspect of the design where important.

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