Love the flamingo image - that would certainly make a statement!

Tis beautiful chair is synonymous with what Presiman Designs is all about. it belonged to our customers Grandad and had been completely stripped by the time it came to us. We re designed the seat to bring it bang up to date and reupholstered with luxurious Aqua velvet. The transformation is stunning but we felt it needed a pop of colour so, as a gift we made a cushion using a bright and contrastic flamingo fabric that I thought really brought it to life. find us at www.facebook.com/presimandesigns/

Hi Joe, It would be fair to say the cushions do move about quite a bit and I have to nudge them back into position - particular the seat cushions. They probably move about because they're fairly light and hold their shape firmly so they shift around. The benefit of this is that the sofa holds its shape and still looks smart 2.5 years after purchase despite a lot of use. The particular fabric I have is very hard wearing. When you look close up the fabric is quite mottled so it is fairly forgiving. We have two young children who eat and drink on the sofa and the fabric still looks good as new. The sofa is comfy yet you are sat fairly upright, rather than slouching into it if that makes sense. I'm happy with it because I wanted something that wouldn't show stains, wasn't overly expensive (so that we didn't need to stress with the children) yet it still looks smart. I think it really depends on your circumstances and how you need your sofa to work for you.

If you are using a gravel avoid round gravels unless you are using a grid system that the gravel sits in, otherwise you will find it will move and create ruts in the drive where you pull up. Try using an angular gravel like granite of flints and stick with a larger size like 20mm as it will lock together better and not form ruts anywhere near as bad, and also not get stuck in your shoes as much. However, which ever size you choose it will get stuck in your tyre tread (but not always), and you will get that wonderful 'tick, tick, tick,' sound as you drive away until it fall out. Don't forget to put in a well compacted sub-base of hardcore as well for stability.