Save the mess and smoke for the industrialists: with the Urban Gasfire by Modfire ($1,500 U.S.) you've got a cool, roaring flame with the flick of a switch. Available in various colours (Avocado pictured) at Horne. Shophorne.com

The sexy new Little L lounger (from $1,720) from Royal Botania's Red Label collection features a minimalist design and slimmer profile without compromising its structural integrity. Royalbotania.com

Most umbrellas run the gamut of white, beige and black, but Pottery Barn's collection of sunshaders in pretty fabrics (from $125) includes stripes, flowers and even palm trees for breezy fun. Potterybarn.ca

With shade and seating all in one, the King daybed with canopy (from $4,350) from Moe's Home evokes the tropics right in your own backyard. Moeshome.com

Feeling blue? Green with envy? Gloster's new award-winning Asta collection includes a stainless steel chair (from $895) in both lounger and dining versions that comes with a removable sling in colours—from Citrus to Turquoise—to suit every design mood. Gloster.com

Now you see it, now you don't: the chairs in Umbra's new modular Loft collection (from $170) work solo or pushed together sofa-style while an ottoman-cum-coffee table slides underneath for easy entertaining. Umbra.com