ALYCE TRAN
GIRLY BRUNCH
Alyce is a former corporate lawyer whose love of a party table inspired the launch of affordable tableware company In The Roundhouse, with her friend Brooke Bickmore.
What is your idea of a perfect table?
One with a lot of colour, something special my guests haven’t seen before, and really delicious food ready to be served.
Name one thing you can’t stand at your table
Oh, it’s got to be bottle caps on the table.
What is the greatest extravagance for your table?
Always plenty of flowers!
Do you have a starting point for creating a great table?
Naturally, my starting point is always deciding which plates I would like to use on the table, then I work from there.
How do you collect your tableware?
It’s a process. I like to continually add interesting pieces in different shapes and colours, but I figure I can always get things to match based on colours working together.
What is your favourite colour palette?
White, pink and green.
With flowers on the table, do you like them high or low?
Definitely low, so you don’t have to get rid of them to have a conversation!
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OPPOSITE Ciao Bella green-bordered and Grazie Mille purple-bordered bone-china plates, $29 each; larger Ciao Bella plate, $35; small pink-bordered and green-bordered side plates, $80 for set of four; white shell bowl (containing strawberries, part of a party box), $189.95 for the set; scalloped-edge placemat, $129.95 for set of four; napkins in Multi Colour, $49.95 for set of four; and tablecloth, $150, all from In The Roundhouse. Volute glass platter in Pink (containing nougat), $129; Coucou carafe in Clear, $129; and Grand Galet candleholder in White, $49, all Maison Balzac. Wave glasses in Pink, $69 for two, Fazeek. Hay ‘Flare’ candleholder in Pink, $45.95, Finnish Design Shop. Two-tone pink/green and pink/blue candles, $35 for set of two, P Johnson. Egg-shaped glass candy dishes in Pink Punch (top) and Milky Rose, $383* for set of two, Helle Mardahl. Aeyre eight-piece ceramic and stainless-steel cutlery set in Pastel, $99, Reliquia Collective. Penny Round double-piped velvet cushions in Lilac and Ice Grey, $79 each (with inserts), Castle. Champagne coupes in Green and Clear, stylist’s own. PREVIOUS PAGE Branch resin vase in Shell Pink, $140; Skipping Stone resin vase in Blood Orange, $170; Liquid resin vase in Snow Swirl, POA; Pearl resin vase in Blood Orange (also above), POA; and Pebble resin vase in Shell Pink, $150, all Dinosaur Designs. Other items (as before).