A garden can take one loud chair and almost nothing else. Paint is cheaper than a new terrace and easier to repent.

We tested ten seats across a summer: a yellow side chair by a gray door, a green shell under a fig, a red stool that only worked next to brick. The ones that failed were the ones that matched the flowers. The flowers already had that job.

If you are choosing from the current floor, the Eames side chair in green and the naïve chair are the two that survive a season outdoors under cover. Not in the rain. Under cover.