How to create a tempting tablescape this Easter 

It starts by assessing what you have in the cupboards so you can be the host with the most

Yellows and blues are synonymous with Easter, left and above right, and the addition of a rattan charger or placemat adds extra texture to a table and works especially well as part of a garden tablescape, below right.

Is it true to say that all of us who live for interiors were tidy children, always bringing order to our surroundings? Arch declutterer Marie Kondo talks about her love of tidying from an early age, another is author An Bogaerts, according to her tablescaping book Table Stories, and yes, I’m one too.

This time of year, the tidy-upper in me is going full pelt, but come Easter weekend, the focus will move to potting up on the patio if weather permits and a play with tablescaping when colourways have a lighter touch and spring flowers make the perfect addition to a tabletop.