With this table runner, you could serve dinner with paper napkins and plastic forks and the setup would still be chic. Young but sophisticated, preppy but fresh, it is good-looking enough to leave out beyond meals.
Essex Runner, $84; DwellShop.com
Your alarm is the first thing you look at in the morningso it better be cute. I like my clocks simple, timeless, cordless and in a nickel plated brasseven better. These Roman numeral faces tell time with one double AA battery so needless to say, they have bells but no whistles.
It is just thing I want to wake up next to.
Caravan Old Timers Clock by Two’s Company , $65; available at methomesandaccessories.com
Charlotte Moss new Elsie pattern is a seasonal chameleon. In the summer, this treillage design is a hint of the garden without being as obvious as flowers on your plate. And in the winter, one sprig of holly for garnish and it is a modern Christmas pattern without the partridge. Moss, the interior designer gone product, has just hooked up with Pickard for her collection. Pickard also produces the plates for Camp David, so you know this is quality china. Dishwasher-and-microwave-safe, it is for holiday and everyday.
Elsie, $225 for five-piece place setting by Charlotte Moss for Pickard: 847-395-3800; PickardChina.com
Different flowers are suited for different vases. Lilies look best when they lean; roses display better when they splay; wild flowers need shorter vessels; sunflowers should stand tall. You could buy a vase for every variety or just try Surface. Designer Achim Haigis took all of these factors into consideration and designed a porcelain piece that adapts. Instead of having one flat surface to act as a base, it has a series of peaks and plateaus so you can chose the angle it rests at. Play around with the look that best accents your blooms.
Surface, $90-$350 by Achim Haigis for Rosenthal: RosenthalChina.com