The Acapulco Chair

Having a moment: the Acapulco chair. The symbol of laid-back, midcentury resort style looks as comfortable today as in the 1950s when (legend has it) a French traveler borrowed from the design of a woven Mayan rope hammock to make an open-air lounger to capture the Acapulco breezes.

The iconic style harkens to an earlier era of celebrity chic–when Liz Taylor married Mike Todd in Acapulco, Rock Hudson caught a monster fish while honeymooning, and Orson Welles stepped ashore from a private yacht.The chair’s simple, geometric lines make it an easy fit with other outdoor furniture styles.

Available these days with choice of a classic bowl seat, an updated barrel back, or an elongated egg shape, the Acapulco chair is on our list of summer must-haves.With summer around the corner, we’ve rounded up our favorite Scandinavian style woven rattan chairs for the latest installment of our Gardenista 100 guide to classic, timeless outdoor furnishings.From Danish designers House Doctor, a woven rattan Rotan Chair is €359.95 from Living and Company. With a nickel frame, a rattan Singapore Open Chair is suitable for indoor use; €315 from Pols Potten.From designer Bloomingville, a rounded Rattan Chair in a natural color is €359.95 from Living and Company.A walnut brown woven rattan Lounge Chair from House Doctor is €275 from Living and Company.A high back rattan Storsele Chair is $119 from Ikea.Made of tightly woven sustainable rattan, a Settle In Lounger and Ottoman are $558 and $158 respectively from Viva Terra.For a natural Rattan Armchair from Ib Laursen, see more information and pricing at Ib Laursen.

I’m known for being color-averse, particularly when it comes to things in and around my home. It’s all white linens and black steel lights and concrete patio furniture. Then I traveled through France and Italy for five months and started a love affair with the color sage green. It all started with the iconic Fermob chairs scattered around the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. Then there it was on Parisian balconies, on the pull-down shades in the shop windows of Avignon, painted doors in Milan, and as garden furniture in Rome. I’m now convinced there should be no other color in the garden, furniture- and decor-wise, than that perfect shade of muddy sage green. Here are 10 outdoor chairs, á la Luxembourg.

In case you are wondering, the weather on Mallorca can be quite pleasant in October. In November too. Enjoy it vicariously with a visit to the sunny gardens of a 300-year-old palazzo in Felanitx, which has medieval architecture dating to the 1200s (and is a 10-minute drive from Portocolom and one of the area’s loveliest beaches).

Before being remodeled 20 years ago, the building housed a wine bar. Converted into a single-family home, the palazzo has eight rooms on three floors, several courtyard and terrace gardens, and a swimming pool.Sheltered by dry stone walls, a courtyard garden with a swimming pool and sauna. Exuberant pink bougainvillea climbs a wall and a 50-foot palm tree was transported to the space by helicopter.

A retractable awning provides shade to a dining and outdoor cooking area. An upper-floor balcony garden borrows color from the courtyard garden’s bougainvillea vines. A rooftop garden with a view over the town (including the local church spire) is home to potted lemon and olive trees.

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