Seating for four is enough until it is not. The usual answer is a pair of folding chairs that spend eleven months leaning against a wall in the garage, and that nobody enjoys sitting on for the one evening they come out.

Each ottoman is rated at the same 350 lb as a sofa piece and stands 16 in high, so pulling two of them round the table seats six. The rest of the year they are footstools with storage inside, which is not a job a folding chair has ever done.

The ottomans in numbers

17.5 in square and 16 in high, with a 4 in cushion on top and the same stated 350 lb as each sofa piece. Sixteen inches is a workable seat height, half an inch under the sofas beside them, which is why they pass as chairs rather than as boxes with a pad.

And what goes inside them

Step one of the maker's storage sequence puts the ottoman cushions into the ottomans and everything else into the storage table. Day to day that means garden tools, cushions or a rolled up throw living where people sit.

How it arrives

Four cartons with a printed list on each. Box one holds the tempered glass, both ottoman cushions and all the hardware. Box four holds the storage table and the cover. Worth knowing before the first box is cut open.

Turquoise on black

Beside water this is the pairing that reads as deliberate. The black weave keeps the bright cushion from looking washed out in full sun, which is where turquoise on a pale frame usually loses its edge by August.

350 lb stated capacity each, at a 16 in height.

Lift off tops with a cut out handle in the side.

Takes the seat and back cushions at the end of the run.

Tempered glass at 13.5 in high, rated 165 lb.

In removable zipped covers that can be washed.

With a contents list for each on the maker's panel.

One block 93 in by 29.5 in by 26 in for the winter.

A full set cover the maker describes as waterproof.

Ships from our United States warehouse. Delivery to Canada usually takes 8 to 14 business days, with no customs charges or duties to pay on arrival. Free shipping on orders over $150, a flat $18.90 below that, and tracking by email as soon as it leaves.

Return within 14 days of purchase, unused, in original condition and packaging.

Covered directly by the manufacturer under their warranty terms for material and manufacturing defects.

Found it cheaper at a Canadian retailer? Send us the link and we will match that price. It has to be the same item, in stock, sold and shipped inside Canada, and compared like for like on what comes in the box.

Four deep seats most nights and six when they are needed, with nothing folded away in a garage.

Turquoise beside water on a dark frame, and an ottoman light enough to carry to the edge with one hand.

Three lidded compartments across the set means tools and cushions stay outside without living in a heap.

What we stand behind

• Ottoman dimensions, the 350 lb figure and the carton contents are the manufacturer's own.
• No size is published for the storage table on this record, so none is quoted here.
• Throws, patterned pillows, flowers and food in the photographs are styling.
• Ships from our United States warehouse, free shipping over $150, and 14 day returns unused in the original packaging.
• 14 day returns, unused and in the original packaging.

Can two adults sit on the ottomans all evening?

Each is rated 350 lb by the maker and stands 16 in high with a 4 in cushion. They have no backrest, so they suit a shorter sit than the sofas do.

Do the ottoman lids lift right off?

They lift off, and there is a cut out handle in the side of each one for moving them when the lid is closed.

Which carton holds the bolts?

Box one, with the tempered glass and both ottoman cushions, according to the maker's carton panel.

Where should the cushions go for winter?

Into the storage table for a shower, and indoors fully dry for a Canadian winter. Damp trapped in foam causes mould faster than cold does.