This bench set from Habitat is the perfect blend ... if you're working with a smaller outdoor space. "I have a small ...

“Small spaces ... in the rear courtyard was at such a premium that the garden’s only shade tree – a Japanese maple – has been planted inside a circular cut-out in a bench-cum-walkway ...

The outdoor space is becoming quite small ... courtyards is to "focus on aesthetics over functionality - try to treat it as an appetiser for the internal decor." A functional item could be a bench ...