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Get their look: Red Christmas table setting

Red Christmas table settingcredit

What colour comes to mind when you think of Christmas? It’s probably going to be red. That’s why this red Christmas table setting feels so festive.

The colour is layered to great effect using runner, candles, baubles, crockery and cutlery. Little green fir tree sprigs in white ceramic pots are used as simple table decorations. Red, green and white are the classic Yuletide colour combination.

Get their look

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Ittala Essence red wine glasses, 0.45L, set of 2
Ittala Essence red wine glasses, 0.45L, set of 2
Broste Truly Red rustic unscented pillar candle 6cm x 10cm
Broste Truly Red rustic unscented pillar candle 6cm x 10cm
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ plate for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ plate for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ bowl for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ bowl for Iittala
Red cotton table runner
Red cotton table runner
Andrew Martin ‘Library’ wallpaper in stone
Andrew Martin ‘Library’ wallpaper in stone
Ittala Essence red wine glasses, 0.45L, set of 2
Ittala Essence red wine glasses, 0.45L, set of 2
Broste Truly Red rustic unscented pillar candle 6cm x 10cm
Broste Truly Red rustic unscented pillar candle 6cm x 10cm
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ plate for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ plate for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ bowl for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ bowl for Iittala
Red cotton table runner
Red cotton table runner
Andrew Martin ‘Library’ wallpaper in stone
Andrew Martin ‘Library’ wallpaper in stone
Ittala Essence red wine glasses, 0.45L, set of 2
Ittala Essence red wine glasses, 0.45L, set of 2
Broste Truly Red rustic unscented pillar candle 6cm x 10cm
Broste Truly Red rustic unscented pillar candle 6cm x 10cm
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ plate for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ plate for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ bowl for Iittala
Klaus Haapaniemi ‘Taika’ bowl for Iittala
Red cotton table runner
Red cotton table runner
Andrew Martin ‘Library’ wallpaper in stone
Andrew Martin ‘Library’ wallpaper in stone

Price Points: Eco picnic items

Three eco picnic items

Summer is officially here (that’s what they tell us, anyway!) so picnics and barbecues are coming back again. Ditch the single-use serveware, eco picnic items are the way to go.

We’ve picked out a trio of bamboo ‘crockery’ ranges that would be a far greener choice than plastic or polystyrene. Bamboo is a grass, so products made from the material are biodegradable, compostable and it’s a renewable resource.

  1. Bamboo cutlery set: £9.99, Amazon
  2. LEON bamboo picnic plates, assorted, dia. 25cm, set of 4: £18.00, John Lewis
  3. Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set: £39.99, Very

shop eco picnic items

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Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
LEON bamboo picnic plates
LEON bamboo picnic plates
Bamboo cutlery set
Bamboo cutlery set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
LEON bamboo picnic plates
LEON bamboo picnic plates
Bamboo cutlery set
Bamboo cutlery set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
LEON bamboo picnic plates
LEON bamboo picnic plates
Bamboo cutlery set
Bamboo cutlery set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
LEON bamboo picnic plates
LEON bamboo picnic plates
Bamboo cutlery set
Bamboo cutlery set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
Vango 4-person bamboo dinner set
LEON bamboo picnic plates
LEON bamboo picnic plates
Bamboo cutlery set
Bamboo cutlery set

Designer Desire: Katrin Moye

Mosaic of Katrin Moye designs | H is for Home

We met Katrin Moye when she was exhibiting at The British Craft Trade Fair in Harrogate when we (and she) were just starting out about a decade ago. We can’t believe that we haven’t featured her work on our blog before.

We fell in love at first sight with her folk art, Scandinavian-inspired slipware ceramics. We wanted to stock her work but she told us that she was already booked up with orders for the next year!

She doesn’t have a huge output as all her work is handmade and, as you can see, the decorative detailing is painstaking. If you’re interested in buying her work some of her limited-edition prints can be bought on Made By Hand online or you can contact her via her Facebook page for orders or commissions.

She exhibits regularly (she’ll be at The Contemporary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey in June) where she sells her work. In May, she begins an artist-in-residence programme at Nottingham Lakeside Arts where she’ll be running workshops.

Portrait of Katrin Moyecredit

Additional image credits:
Ainscough Contemporary Art |Made by Hand Online |

Price Points: Rectangular platters

Three rectangular platters

You won’t believe what a tough time I’ve had trying to find a rectangular platter. Ever since I bought myself a rectangular loose-bottom baking tin, I’ve been looking for a plate, charger, platter… whatever, that can accommodate the full, uncut quiche / tart. The tin measures 31 x 21cm, so I need a plate that’s at least that big. A bit of a rim around it would be perfect.

The plain white rectangular platters I’ve finally found are all well and good, but it’s the vintage example with the pretty green & blue border that’s really taken my fancy.

  1. Vintage Mikasa Mexicana by Ben Seibel rectangular serving platter (38 x 27cm): £21.67, Etsy
  2. ‘No Limits’ platter in white by Seltmann Weiden (36 x 24cm): £58.03, Wayfair
  3. Denby large ‘Natural Canvas’ rectangular platter (39 x 26cm): £50, Debenhams