Ready, Set the Table for Spring

 How to style a Spring Tablescape

Spring has a way of making even the simplest meal feel like a celebration, and this season, we think the table deserves just as much attention as the food on it. Our new tableware collection brings together scalloped edges, cheerful stripes, and hand-illustrated motifs in the softest palette of pink, sage, and mustard yellow.

 Whether you're laying the table for an Easter brunch or a quiet weekend coffee, mixing patterns is the secret to a tablescape that feels considered yet completely effortless.

Stack joy | Layer your favourites

The art of a great tablescape is all in the layering. Start with our scallop dinner plates, the fun "Rise & Shine Croissant" plate and the light blue pink "Big Squeeze" plate are made to be stacked and mixed, then nestle a striped bowl on top for instant personality. Bowls on top of plates, patterns on patterns, colour on colour: this is how you stack joy. 

The finishing touches

Don't underestimate the supporting pieces. Our sunny stripe jug doubles as the perfect vase for a bunch of market daffodils, instantly bringing the season indoors. The polka-dots jug keeps things playful beside a zesty check mug brimming with coffee, while a floral candle holder adds warmth as the afternoon light fades. These are the pieces you reach for again and again, not just for Easter, but for every slow Sunday morning that deserves to feel a little special.

"It's the details that do it. A striped jug, a dotty mug, a little sugar dish with big personality, the final pieces that tie the whole table together." - Caroline Gardner 

Spring is served

Spring is served. All that's left is to pick your favourites, pile the hot cross buns high, and let the table do the talking. Whether you build your set piece by cheerful piece or go all-in on a full mix of spots, stripes and illustrated plates, the only rule is that it should make you smile the moment you sit down. That's the Caroline Gardner way, beauty in the everyday, joy in the details, and always a little colour on the table.