Ideas for Easter Table Decoration
No, I am not doing anything this year but just incase you wanted to see something pretty.
From The Tat Archive, First Published in March 2021
During the Easter of Covid, when we were all searching for something to celebrate amidst the uncertainty, Easter became our beacon. It was a time when I felt relatively comfortable asking the parties below to take part in this somewhat arduous feature. It provided us with a much-needed focus, offering a break from the monotony of our screens and the confines of our homes. It truly gave us something joyful to concentrate on beyond our usual routines.
This year, whether we're observing Easter or not, the emphasis might not be so much on elaborate decorations but rather on the simple joy of being with friends and family or even enjoying some solitary peace by choice.
The essence of our celebration, regardless of how we choose to spend it, will be togetherness and freedom. That being said, if you are willing to put a little more elbow grease into this year's proceedings, the below may be of use, and I believe it deserves another moment in the sun.
Designer, Lonika Chande - @lonikachande
I have always loved Easter and growing up, it was a big thing in my family. It culminated in a mega egg hunt in my grandparent’s orchard, with the same colourful Lindt eggs, and oh the joy at coming across a stray egg when playing in the garden months later!
My approach to the Easter table is very much my usual “tablescape”
approach. It is an excuse to get out some of my most cherished things and to enjoy them with the favourite meal of the week in our house - our weekend breakfast.
My talented friends, Claire and Rose, have recently launched their beautiful homeware brand Late Afternoon, and I may have gone just a bit wild for their hand-painted Andalucían ceramics. The plates and bowl that you see are from their collection.
The tablecloth is actually a Kantha quilt that I bought from Francesca Gentilli earlier this year. I collect Kantha quilts and use them all the time, both at home and in projects. I love their versatility - used on the end of a bed, the back of a chair or as a tablecloth. The depth of colour and pattern that a vintage fabric brings is unrivalled, and I love pairing it with something new, like the napkins, or the quilted block printed placemats, (which are from Zojora via Cutterbrooks).
It is no secret that I love a stripe. Late Afternoon came up trumps again with their beautiful Afternoon Tea Stripe linen napkins, (they have such a lovely weight to them).
The primroses are from my mum’s garden in Hampshire. The butter dish is a repurposed antique soap dish, and the eau de nil eggs are dark chocolate.
Robin Lucas, Designer & Illustrator - @robinhhlucas
I like Easter, it has the joy of being different each year both in date and the progression of spring. It may be cliched but I think it’s hard to beat blue and yellow, yet I also love pink and green. The most important point is to use true spring flowers: English daffs, a bit of hedgerow blossom, really anything pretty from the garden. The eggs are a selection of ostrich, goose, quail, hen and pheasant. For me, Easter is the first celebration of spring…and after the last few months, my goodness we need it!
Mia Lillingston, Chef - @mialechef
I’m currently living in Puerto Escondido, south of Mexico City, on the pacific coast. Easter in Mexico is celebrated over the course of two weeks. The first week (the week before Easter) is called Semana Santa or Holy Week. The second week (the week after Easter) is called Semana de Pascua. All over the country, Mexicans are gearing up for elaborate religious rituals and much-anticipated
processions and ceremonies. Back home, we always made an effort for for an Easter meal in my family, so
there was no way I was going to let this date slip by without doing something a little special, with of course, a heavy Mexican influence. Being in a rented property with 3 other flats and shared areas, we have a bit of a commune going on- our kitchens are equipped with mismatched cutlery and not enough glasses etc.. which made it all the more fun because of the challenge. Dressing a table, for me, is not something that should take a huge amount of fore-planning or money. I foraged the Bougainvillea from a nearby street, the vases are all old wine bottles and the table runner is actually banana leaves. I love how you can find so many unexpected items in all the local “corner shops” here, they all have these super kitsch plastic candles in all different sizes, that last for months, and in all the best colours- I already had a few because we’ve had so many power cuts.
They also had 2 packs left of some pretty melted chocolate eggs, perfect to go in my little handwoven baskets I got in the Mercado (originally bought to store jewellery and hair ties in a bathroom)along with the coconut husks which I’ve used as a home for the napkins and salt & pepper. The placemats and flower plates also all came from the Mercado but the beautiful seed pods were another forage from the side of the road, when still intact they are filled with seeds and double as a fab percussion instrument, but when open, reveal this gorgeous indentation. Basically, work with what you’ve got and have fun! Felices Pascuas!
Emma Grant, Designer - @emmaigrant
Easter lunch set for two with early 19th-century floral patterned plates, silver sugar basket stacked with sugared almonds, candlestick upgraded with a crinkled paper shade and terracotta pots with pale flowering narcissi bulbs.
Me, Charlie P - Tat Expert - @tat.london
So I thought as I was asking everyone else to do one, I'd throw my hat into the ring. The tablecloth was previously used as a backdrop for a Tat still life; I bought it from eBay for around £10. My job is supplying little bits and bobs, no surprise that I have a host of candlesticks (candles from Wax Atelier) & little jugs, the flowers were bought from Waitrose for £10, I can only apologise, but their spring bunch really got me. In the Porter household, we give gifts at Easter, I don't know how I started it, but it certainly adds some fun to proceedings. This Easter will be a real gift-giving bonanza as we will be making up for Christmas. My finishing touch would be the scatter of mini eggs; they look as good as they taste!
Love the use of block print 🤍