The Ultimate Guide on Tablescaping

Lemon yellows, turquoise-water blues and zesty oranges find their way into this Portofino-inspired tablescape – perfect for a sun-drenched afternoon in the garden.

Photo: Maison Margaux

Who needs an Easter Sunday roast at the Ritz when – with some inspiration from Bonadea – you can lay out a tabletop as pretty as this on in your own dining room (or garden?)

Interior designer Kate Guinness achieves a simple but beautiful tablescape with multicolour glassware and fresh blooms on a fresh white tablecloth.

Maison Margaux demonstrates how to stop your tablescape looking too polished or overdone by incorporating a little wicker, rattan or straw.

Take note: a big tablescaping trend for SS21 is sticking to one colour throughout, like this pretty pink theme.

Photo: Penny Morrison 

Summerill & Bishop‘s Dr Seuss-worthy stripe collection has introduced us to the latest interiors trend we can’t stop thinking about – all over pattern matching.

We love the coastal touches of shells and ropes of crochet in this Ibiza-inspired tablescape.

Photo: Maison Margaux

Spring tablescaping gets a Morroccan twist in this fabulous setting, styled by textiles emporium Lisa Corti. Get the look yourself by layering patterned ceramics over a statement, maximalist tablecloth.

With joyful patterns and a sunny blue and yellow colour scheme we could happily sit at this Penny Morrison-bedecked table all day.

Simple and rustic this pretty tablescape is a more modern update on farm table chic. We love the touch of gingham, and speckled ‘Splatter’ crockery from Not Another Bill.

Photo: Not Another Bill

Event styling duo, Milly Simmonds and Amelia Duncan of Olive & Co, brought this pattern-saturated table to life by layering hand painted crockery, wild spring flowers and table linen from Yolke and glass candlesticks from Issy Granger.

Photo: @byolive_co

Forget millennial pink. SS21 is all about bold and beautiful raspberry and rosehip shades – like Summerill & Bishop‘s Pink Hydrangeas linen, inspired by Notting Hill’s lush communal gardens.

If you have crockery, napkins or serveware you’d like to make a feature out of, take note from this fresh, simple place setting. Delicate evergreen hues of peony pink and mossy green pick out the colours in the design of linen Victoria napkins by Gayle Warwick, which are hand-embroidered with exquisite blooms from an 1873 Victorian flower album.

Gayle Warwick Victoria napkins, £120, gaylewarwick.com

Acorn green and subtle pink flourish is the perfect colour combination for 2021, featuring Marie Daage’s Jardins de Shalimar place settings.

Photo: Bonadea

Why keep the cabbage patch to the garden? Bordallo Pinheiro’s iconic Maria Flor collection get a sugary sweet new look here with additional layered ceramic and daisy plates. And of course the piece-de-resistance of any spring tablescape – an unruly wildflower bouquet.

Photo: Bordallo Pinheiro

If you’re looking for spring and summer tablescaping inspiration, Mrs. Alice’s Instagram, @mrsaliceshop is the place to find it. Though with so many ideas for enchanting pastel coloured schemes, you could find that it’s impossible to choose just one to emulate. Need a helping hand? All of the looks are shoppable from mrsalice.com.

Photo: @mrsaliceshop

Hands up if you’re favourite thing to see blooming in spring are tulips? We thought so. Which is why we’re even more thrilled that Yolke has chosen this beautiful bud as the inspiration for its new table linen collection. Simply throw over the table, add matching napkins and a few pieces of mismatched crockery and glassware for that impromptu (yet ultra chic) al fresco picnic feel.

Photo: yolke.co.uk

Sicilian yellows and blues (along with wreaths of decorative lemons) are a staple for summer tablescapes. Mix-and-match heavily decorative plates, Murano glassware, vintage linen and a striking floral centrepieces.

Photo: thehouseful.com

‘Bright colours inject an essence of summer into your tablescape,’ says healthy chef, Karen Koramshai. ‘Burnt rustic orange and warm tones of wood are perfect for charcuterie boards and a relaxed and laidback feel.’

Photo: Karen Koramshai x @byolive_co. © Jenni Helin.

Claret accents perfectly offset riotous pattern in this tablescape by Mila London.

Photo: mila-london.com

Giving a whole new meaning to ‘eating your greens’, this tablescape by Bonadea incorporates all of the most beautiful colours and patterns from the English garden. The perfect way to showcase its new collaboration with french ceramicist, Marie Daage.

Photo: Bonadea

Borne out of a collaboration between embroiderer Ellie Mac (@ellie.macembroidery) and artist Alma Berrow (@almaberrow), we have a witty twist on the usual prettified tablecloth that’s saturated on our IG feeds. Featuring cigarette butts, strewn matchsticks, and noughts and crosses hatched, great artistic conversations are destined to take place over this cloth.

Henry Holland has just released his new line of pottery, and we want all of it. Made in his studio in Hackney (from white clay and terracotta), the checks are intended to have that imperfect, made from fabric look.

henryhollandstudio.com

Double Piped Linen Napkins – Set of Four (£70), www.issygranger.com

Double Piped Linen Tablecloth, Small £190, Medium £230, Large (£260), www.issygranger.com

Oeuvres Sensibles custom-made table linen to order, Sarah Espeute, oeuvres-sensibles.com

The Chartreuse Cloth, £225, East London Cloth, eastlondoncloth.co.uk

Issy Granger spring collection, glassware from £17, issygranger.com

The new Kit Kemp x Spode collection, spode.co.uk