Help me think this through, bees. We are having a patio poured this week and I'm anxious to get it furnished. In an ideal world I would love to have both a dining area and a lounge area but it just is not big enough for both. I'd been assuming all along we'd get a dining set (and mentioned it to my husband who mmhmm'd me), but when we actually went shopping for it this weekend he said he'd rather get a lounge set. He is ultimately fine with me getting whatever I want, but he does make some valid points and now I'm torn.

Pros of Dining Set:
- We would get a table with 6 chairs, which would be big enough for most of the hosting we do
- We have my parents over for dinner once or twice a week, and have my parents/siblings over once a month, and I think it would be nice if we could eat/hang out/play games outside
- We could pull the chairs over to the small fire pit we are buying, and have seating for 6
- Lounge furniture tends to be bigger so I think we could only have seating for 4 if we did that, and then maybe get some extra smaller type chairs to pull out when we had company...? So I think the dining set would be more comfy for company

Pros of lounge set:
- When we aren't hosting I don't really care if we're eating outside, and we will probably be outside just hanging out most nice days of the week.
- Lounge furniture would be more comfy to well... lounge in.. when we are just hanging out
- When it is just us/my parents seating for 4 would be enough
- We have a large dining room table inside so when we are hosting we could always eat inside then move outside and just get extra chairs (although again, I feel like this is not as comfy for a group bigger than 4).

So yea... I dunno. Looking at what is most comfortable for us on an every-day basis vs. what I know I'd prefer when we're entertaining.

If you don't have room for both on your patio what do you have and love?