DREAMY DINING

(Previous page) A fantastical, undulating cloud arrangement of metallic balloons high above the table, like giant baubles, makes for a showstopping dinner setting.

Beetle £267 each, Gubi at The Conran Shop.

£385; napkins, £35 each, all Summerill & Bishop. Black and white Oriente Italiano

£88 each, Richard

Ginori at Amara. Cream

£14 each; cream £22 each, all Anthropologie. Bauhaus £230 for a 24-piece set, Cutipol at Amara. Quartz £324 a pair, Thomas Goode.

Inez, £240; Olive, £140; and Ottoline, £1,340; all William Yeoward Crystal. Blue and green swirl and

from £85; all Designers Guild. £115, Divertimenti. Shell-shaped

£90,

Thomas Goode. Fresh and all Fortnum & Mason. Silver

the London

Balloon Lady