Best-laid PLANS

Create a magical setting by bringing a garden table indoors, then cover with a linen cloth and introduce natural textures and botanical elements among potted-up seasonal plants as a table centre.

Vintage wooden chair, £20, Hungerford Arcade Antiques and Collectables. Slatted folding chair, £25, The Place on West Street. Dema wood and black metal chair, £160; elm and rattan dining chair, £150; handcrafted dinner plates, £12 each; bowl, £6: all Design Vintage. Tillagd black cutlery, £35 (24-piece set), Ikea. Glasses with brass band, from £18 each, Petersham Nurseries. Palm leaf wall hanging by Madam Stoltz, £65, Trouva. Linen napkins, £30 (set of four); linen tablecloth, £82: both Also Home