SETTING THE SCENE

Above: A selection from the summer range at Next. The collection includes butterfly hamper, €41; stacking plates, four for €16; pink stripe cooler bag, €21; butterfly cooler bag, €10; stripe blanket, €14; ice and slice dispenser, €16; stacking wine glasses, set of four for €14; bunting, €16 1. Picnic set; €15, Heatons, heatonsstores.com 2. Rio Geo bowl, €4, and plate, €4.75, Marks and Spencer 3. Cool bag; €8, Tiger Stores 4. Tripod stool; €3.99, Aldi, from Thursday, 22 May 5. Lotus grill BBQ; €199, bakker-irl.com 6. Wine goblet; €5 for four, Heatons, heatonsstores.com 7. Outdoor rug; €57.18, cuckooland.com 8. Indoor or outdoor extra-large floor cushion; €14, Littlewoods Ireland 9. Bistro set; €120, carraigdonn.com 10. Deck chairs; approx. €47.98, Homebase Ireland 11. Anorak kissing robins picnic blanket; €42 , homecandy.com