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We are obsessed with this $355 CB2 patio chair look-alike
The shopping experts at CBS Essentials love a good furniture look-alike — one that is a more affordable version of what’s being sold at a high-end retailer. This week in affordable copycats, we present the $355 AllModern Louise patio chair, which looks pretty much exactly the same as the $719 CB2 sunset teak lounge chair.
Look at the side-by-side comparison picture above — can you tell them apart?
Wayfair’s AllModern Louise patio chair is less than half the price of the CB2 version. Add one to your outdoor space for a high-end, luxury look. If you’re going for a full makeover with all-new patio furniture, consider buying the four-piece Louise sofa seating group. It includes two chairs, a loveseat and a weather-resistant coffee table in gray ($980) or white ($1,170).
Get the AllModern Louise patio chair for $355
The similarities between the CB2 sunset lounge chair and the AllModern Louise patio chair are low-key crazy. They both are made of wood, have polyester cushions with removable covers and boast the same design, all the way down to the slatted backing. The only differences are the look of the polyester cushions (the CB2 chair has a linen-like polyester) and the type of wood (the CB2 chair is teak, while the AllModern chair is acacia.
Teak is widely considered to be the best wood to use for outdoor furniture. Acacia wood is weather-resistant as well, just not to the extent that teak is. Acacia wood can get damaged from standing water and prolonged exposure to direct sunlight. So it’s best to invest in furniture covers for both wood types, but especially acacia wood.
The AllModern Louise patio chair (24.5″ H x 32.5″ W x 34.5″ D) has a 4.9-star rating on Wayfair. One reviewer wrote, “Just wow! This chair looks great and was so easy to assemble. High-quality parts and wood. Cushions are comfortable and also high quality. I should have bought two… and the ottoman.”
The chair is available with white cushions (shown) for $355, or with gray cushions for $310 at Wayfair. Shipping is included.
Get a four-piece Louise sofa seating group for under $1,000
If you’re looking to achieve a high-end and cohesive backyard look on a budget, we have good news: The four-piece Louise seating group has been discounted to under $1,000 during the Wayfair Big Outdoor Sale.
The outdoor sofa seating group includes two of the Louise chairs, a 24.5″ H x 43″ W loveseat and a coffee table (11″ H x 39.5″ H x 24.5″ D). It’s rated 4.6 stars at Wayfair.
“Love the look of this set,” says one verified Wayfair reviewer “[It’s] modern and low to the ground, and cushions are pretty comfy! Setup was pretty simple and everything looks exactly as expected.”
Get this four-piece set in gray for $980 at Wayfair now, reduced from $1,040. The set is also available in white for $1,170.
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Sen. Mark Kelly says feds need to do a “better job” of letting Americans know “there’s a huge amount of misinformation” on election
Washington — Sen. Mark Kelly said Sunday that the federal government needs to do its part to inform Americans of the vast swath of election misinformation that’s being consumed on social media platforms like X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram.
“It’s up to us, the people who serve in Congress and in the White House to get the information out there, that there is a tremendous amount of misinformation in this election, and it’s not going to stop on Nov. 5,” Kelly said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
Kelly, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he’s seen these misinformation operations target not only his state of Arizona, but also other battleground states.
“There is a very reasonable chance I would put it in the 20 to 30% range, that the content you are seeing, the comments you are seeing, are coming from one of those three countries: Russia, Iran, China,” Kelly said.
In a committee hearing last month on foreign threats to the 2024 election, Kelly presented screenshots of Russian-made web pages showing fabricated headlines designed to look like Fox News and The Washington Post, targeted at voters in battleground states.
“So my constituents in Arizona and others — they seek to influence the outcome of these elections, and that is absolutely beyond the pale,” Kelly said at the Sept. 18 hearing. “We’ve got to do something about it.”
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In another battleground state, Pennsylvania, Trump returned Saturday to hold a rally in Butler three months after an attempted assassination on him. He was joined by members of his own party and billionaire Elon Musk, who said Trump was the only way to preserve democracy and warned of a last election if he does not win in November.
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At the White House press briefing on Friday, President Biden – speaking from the podium for the first time since taking office – said he’s confident of a free and fair election but alluded to the 2021 insurrection at the Capitol in his concerns on whether it will be a peaceful transfer of power.
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