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Q To celebrate a few milestone birthdays, we are hosting an informal reception for about 70 people in our garden. I don’t want to force everyone into a marquee but do need to provide some kind of shelter for food and drink stations.

Carolyn, Sandbanks

All of the superstores do plain white gazebos relatively cheaply but, in my opinion, these temporary structures look rather like they’re concealing a crime scene. You could pick up a couple

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