The apartment balcony
The set’s reason to exist: a full conversation corner on a footprint smaller than a parking space.
Catalogue/Patio & Outdoor/Data sheet
Two rattan chairs and a 16-inch glass cube table — the balcony-scale conversation set for two coffees and one sunset.
Field notes
The 3-piece set is the little sibling of FDW’s patio flagship, scaled for the outdoor spaces most people actually have: an apartment balcony, a small front porch, the strip of deck beside the grill. Two rattan chairs — each a compact 23 inches square — face a 16-inch glass-topped cube table sized for two mugs, two glasses of wine, or a phone and a paperback. The construction recipe is identical to the bigger set: all-weather PE wicker hand-woven over a powder-coated steel frame.
The cushions punch above the price class. They are filled with high-density rebound sponge — foam that springs back rather than compressing into a pancake by August — and wear zippered covers that strip off for the washing machine. Each chair carries a 200-pound rating, assembly ships with every tool and bolt needed, and the whole set costs about what a single mid-tier patio chair runs elsewhere. At 4.4 stars across nearly seven thousand ratings, it is the better-rated of FDW’s two wicker sets.
The dossier
A four-piece set on a six-foot balcony is furniture parked in a hallway. The 23-inch chairs and 16-inch cube of this set are drawn to leave walking room on small footprints — the difference between an outdoor space you use daily and one you edge past. For two people, two chairs and a drinks table is the complete equipment list anyway.
Cheap outdoor cushions use open low-density foam that flattens within a season and drinks water like a sponge. High-density rebound fill recovers its shape after every sitting and holds its loft. Paired with zip-off washable covers, the cushions are serviceable at both levels — the fill lasts, and the fabric resets in the wash.
FDW prints this on the box for a reason: start every bolt loosely before tightening any of them fully. Rattan-and-steel furniture needs its holes aligned across the whole frame; torque one corner down first and the last bolts will not reach. Loose-fit, square up, then tighten evenly — the ten-minute discipline that decides whether the chairs sit flat.
The honest ledger
Deployment
The set’s reason to exist: a full conversation corner on a footprint smaller than a parking space.
Two chairs angled at the street and a table for iced tea — the classic porch configuration at bistro scale.
PE rattan is happy indoors too; the set makes a reading corner that later graduates outside without buying twice.
Owner questions
Each chair is 23 inches wide and deep and 33 inches tall — full single-seat comfort on a compact footprint. The cube table is 16 inches on each side.
Yes — all hardware and the necessary tools ship in the box. Thread every bolt loosely first, then tighten each side gradually and evenly.
Each chair is rated to 200 pounds on its powder-coated steel frame.
Two rattan chairs and a 16-inch glass cube table — the balcony-scale conversation set for two coffees and one sunset. Filed under patio & outdoor — checked against the rest of the range on this sheet.
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