Decorating your Easter table: Top designer tips

Get ready to elevate your dining experience with the art of table layering!

Firstly, I select colours that exude "springtime joy." Think vibrant greens, sunny yellows and soft pastels, a burst of spring colours that dance across your table, and the freshness of blooming flowers. It's all about creating a feast for the senses and celebrating the new season's beauty.

Let's take your table setting to the next level with homemade decorative place settings, a printed tablecloth, pretty plates, and colourful glassware. Choose seasonal flowers that complement the colours in your decorations - each adding creativity, personality, and fun.

So, with these elements in place, you'll have a professionally crafted tablescape that will dazzle and delight your guests. Let the festivities begin!

In my Easter tablescape, I have used a mix of old, homemade and artisan-crafted.

• Beautiful tablecloth - Floral prints and spring colours - Rosie Dalia

• Plates - Patterned ceramics or coloured glass plates - Anthropologie

• Glassware - Colourful glasses - Oliver Bonas

• Eggs -Hand-painted wooden solid eggs - Amazon

• Embroidered rabbit linen ruffled napkin - Embroidered napkin company

7 Easter Table decorating items found in the local shops in Bath

Here are a few other ideas from local stores in my hometown of Bath for adorning your Easter table. These will take you through the Easter period and beyond.

1.Selection of stripe ceramic vases from Rossitors, perfect for a bunch of spring flowers! - https://www.rossitersofbath.com/

2. Set of 4 Turquaz Floral breakfast plates from Anthropologie

3. Hand-embroidered placemats from Vinegar Hill

4. Bunny stoneware vase from Anthropologie

5. Scallop border placemats Always Sunday Store

6. Oranges jug from Graham and Green

7. Lowes green glassware, Oliver Bonas

If you would like help making your kitchen or dining room a heavenly space for any seasonal gathering, please feel free to contact me for a one-on-one consultation.

Need some recipe inspiration for the Easter break?  

As we head into the holidays and have guests to entertain, here is a delicious courgette cake recipe topped with fresh garden flowers.  

Courgette cake with a lemon curd filling

My daughter made this beautiful cake for me. It is dairy-free, incredibly moist, and scrummy!

8 servings

Ingredients:

For the sponge:

• 250 g courgettes - weigh before grating

• 2 large eggs

• 125 ml vegetable oil

• 150 g caster sugar

• 225 g self-raising flour

• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

• ½ tsp baking powder

For the filling:

• Lime/Lemon curd

• 1 Lime

For the icing:

• 200 g cream cheese

• 100 g icing sugar

• juice of a lime

• 2 tbsp chopped pistachio nuts

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line 2, 21cm sandwich tins.

2. Wipe the courgettes with a kitchen towel, then grate. The coarse side of an ordinary box grater is good (anything too fine can turn them into mush) when you've finished the sieve to remove excess water.

3. Put the eggs, oil and sugar in a bowl and beat until creamy.

4. Sieve in the flour, bicarb and baking powder and continue to beat until well combined.

5. Now stir in grated courgettes.

6. Pour the mixture into tins and bake for 30 minutes until browned. Let cool for 5-10 minutes.

7. Sharpen the curd with freshly squeezed lime juice and add to the middle of the cake.

8. To make the icing, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sieved icing sugar, beating well to combine, and then stir in lime juice to taste. Smear the icing and scatter the pistachios on top.

For more Easter recipe ideas, such as my daughter Lexy’s milk buns or my sister Zara’s lemon and blueberry pavlova, see my previous blog, Two Easter recipe ideas to wow your family. 

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Wishing you a happy easter and lots of fun creating your tablescape!