TATTOOED TEACUP

Teacups from the Love Hate collection; fine bone china with an edge from 'welovekaoru' at Luna & Curious. For the more conservative rock 'n roll teatimes.

And the matching Love Hate tattooed teapot...

And while your browsing the Luna & Curious website you might come across a few more odd but beautiful items like these skeleton espresso cups..

Black Candles- Not Just For Halloween

Plain Gorgeous show us how to put black on the dining table with this 5 arm candelabra

Rockin' Tablecloths: Harder To Find Than You'd Think

It's way harder to find tablecloths that fit  into the rock n roll catagorie than one might think. There was no specific term I could type into Google Images that would yield any appropriate result so I simply searched for 'tablecloth' and began a long and mostly dissapointing trawl through every page return. And still found very little to suit me :/

This funky scooter detail can be found at tableclothshop, along with the dark purple polkadot below. These two are of the shiny vinyl variety, so keep them on the kitchen table only I think!

When in doubt about how to make something seem a bit more hardcore I usually just go for something in dark purple.

Of course plain black can have a striking effect when used with the right table decorations to prevent it looking a bit goth, as in the example below.



Wedding dinner ideas via 'Home Improvements Info'

Using high shine cutlery and glasses and contrasting white napkins and chair covers prevent the black looking dull and harsh.

Zara Home of course will never fail to deliver something spectacular..

Fia Tablecloth Zara Home

Carolina plastic covered tablecloth Zara Home

Notonthehighstreet.com will bring you some odd patterns too, this one comes in a blue aswell, and there's a similar in two tones of grey




Corsica tablecloth by etoile home via notonthehighstreet.com

 

Still failing in your search for your ideal tablecloth? Then try a plain spread and decorate with some quirky tablecloth weights or napkin rings

Cutting It Fine With The Finest Cutlery

It's something we all do everyday, we're all guilty of taking for granted these items when we make our tea, spread butter on our toast. They're everywhere, in every house, used throughout the day, and yet our humble cutlery is never given a second glance. Well it doesn't have to be that way anymore! See how quickly people notice their teaspoon when it looks as cool as this...

Zara Home has some of the most unique ranges of everyday essentials, which is why I love them so much! Nothing is as pleasantly strange as your girlfriends saying "wow I love your spoons!"

Sienna range of cutlery

Sure, they're not the cheapest, but add four teaspoons to your existing cutlery for a colour injection, or for show, when you've people over for tea...
 
Or buy these Mang teaspoons and keep them in the sugar bowl...

And for really making a dramatic tableware statement (and really, how dramatic can tableware get), go for the elegant and almost dangerously pointy Oro Viejo. Would look stunning I think on a thick, crisp white linen tablecloth!

Pointy!

The Cottage Themes

My Second Favorite Interiors Theme

Cottage style gives a designer such freedom, it's so hard not to love. It doesn't have to be all pink and white either.

It just happens to be at the moment though!

Try changing the pastels to something more plumy or midnighty...

And the linen cushions to something more furry or sequiny...

Tablecloths are an easy and temporary way of setting any mood you want.