Here’s what I want to set my table with:
01. Bordallo Pinheiro is a 140-year-old brand known for its teapots, sauce boats, and even tureens in the form of humble cabbage. Its extra-large design in white is a crisp take on the more commonplace green.
02. I always look to The Ark Elements for table inspiration, especially its on-point color combos. I credit my obsession with dishware to my grandmother, whose epic collection was always put to good use.
03. I’d use this 16-inch lilac platter as a tray on our coffee table when it doesn’t have summer taco fixings on it. It’s currently $100 off.
04. My ever-pale skin may give me away, but if I wanted to pose like I just returned from a Roman holiday, I’d quietly add this floral serving number to my shelves. The motif references a vintage plate that Cabana’s founder uncovered in her nonna’s kitchen cabinet.
05. Porta is one of my favorite weekend haunts on Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue, a proper antiques and homewares row. The Natalia serving piece’s mesmerizing bullseye design comes in five colors.
06. I swear Splatterware makes even the dreariest day feel sunnier. Color it yolk hued like this 20-inch Italian platter? Downright dopamine.
07. I haven’t stopped thinking about this whimsical shell-shaped beauty since I saw it in January at the launch of designer Remy Renzullo’s collaboration with Carolina Irving & Daughters. The line is inspired by 18th- and 19th-century ceramics, and the pieces are hand-painted in Portugal.
08. The color palette of this graphic fruit plate is really speaking to me. Plus tulips are the dancers of the flower world, bending in angles that seem otherworldly, like here. Can you believe it’s dishwasher safe?
09. These Portuguese Casa Cubista platters come in eight different colors and patterns, but I’m fond of the Creamsicle pie cut. A shiny pavlova would be cute on it, right?
10. If we’re talking entertaining, let me argue for another Carolina Irving standout. The Gigi server is jaw-dropping in salmon pink with a pattern echoing ancient Greek pottery. I love that it has a slight curved edge, too, for keeping cacio e pepe contained.
