Create an Easter tablescape: Irish experts share their secrets 

Laying the table with style this weekend gives an arty backdrop and sense of occasion to serving brunch, lunch or dinner 

Yellow and green are spring favourites on the tabletop. Mix and match with this selection from Interiosity, Cork, including the Constance tableware from €9.50, Lucie cutlery from €4.25, placemats €13. All in a selection of colours.

Did you know, tablescaping is so big in America there is now competitive tablescaping?

We’re embracing beautifully laid tables over here too, though not competitively, yet, and let’s hope it stays that way so we can enjoy this calm, personal pursuit, which developed out of successive lockdowns when the rhythm of our days changing completely, slowing down and gifting us the time and inclination to play house in unbridled fashion, grown-up style.