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
It is July, and my soft spot for little fishies is back. I cant help being a sucker for this summer theme, so when I saw this place mat, I wanted to call up a group of friends, make mango salsa, grill salmon, and have a feast on my patio. Now, not just any guppy can get me going like this—it’s the simple school pattern, the net-like stitching, and the perfect blue cotton that got me hooked. Zodax’s mats have surpassed the kitsch and elevated the Blue Water Fish placemat to this summers essential.
Blue Water Fish Place Mat by Zodax, $15 each; DickieWalker.com