Traditional rolling pin
Every discerning home baker needs a kitchen equipped with essential accessories – including a rolling pin.
This traditional style bone china rolling pin is designed by Kathleen Hills. It’s embossed with the words, ‘Made in England’ on it, which can transfer to your pastry creations if you wish.
Fun and quirky, the bone china rolling pin is available to buy from Bodie and Fou, for £41.50.
Colourful tray
New in at Ikea is this colourful bird design tray.
Great for serving drinks on or for an occasional TV dinner, the tray measures 33cm square.
The Bärbar bird tray is a bit of a bargain, as it’s only £5.29 from Ikea.
These gardenia floral trays, with their bold designs, are both made from melamine and are available in a choice of round or rectangular sizes.
The round tray costs £19.99 and the narrower rectangular version is £17.99. We can think of so many uses for both of them.
The gardenia trays are available to purchase from Zara Home.
Anyone for Scrabble?
Here’s a novel idea for a kitchen tea towel – it’s based on the Scrabble board game!
It’s square, just like the board, and if you get fed up with drying dishes, you could probably use it as a makeshift board for a quick game.
The Scrabble tea towel costs £9.25 from The Literary Gift Company.
Moomin mug
Finnish writer, Tove Jansson’s, classic Moomin characters have been brought to live on a range of high quality porcelain mugs.
The Moomin tableware collection is designed by Arabia artist Tove Slotte-Elevant, and made in Finland, and includes a range of cute items, including this Moominpappa mug.
Whether you can’t resist having your favourite Moomin character on a mug, or want to give it as a gift, it’s hard to resist.
The Moominpappa mug costs £16.95 from Cloudberry Living. They sell lots of other Moomin themed tableware too, including a Moominmamma mug.
Daddy Rules tea towel
With Father’s Day approaching in the UK, it’s time to think about treating your Dad. We bet you haven’t thought of giving him a tea towel?
Even if he’s not usually all that fond of doing the drying up, he may be more inclined to give it a go, thanks to the wording on this linen tea towel – Daddy Rules!
The Daddy Rules tea towel is available from Rockett St George for £12.50.
Useful red decorative tray
The bird trend in interiors and homeware continues, and this cheery red round Eva tray is decorated with a fashionable bird and tree design.
The four large white birds are accompanied by pink blossom filled trees.
The Eva tray measures 32cm and costs £29 from Liberty.
Serve desserts in style
Ice cream weather is here!
To serve it in style, and avoid unwanted ice cream drips, get yourself a set of these brightly coloured sundae glasses.
They’re made of acrylic, so they’re perfect for outdoor dining or even picnics and they’re only £15 per set from John Lewis. A summer essential!
Royal Wedding mug
This limited edition Royal Wedding mug has been produced by Claryce Design to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of William to Kate Middleton.
Produced to order, the patriotic Union Jack design has been given a bit of a ’shabby chic makeover’ and is emblazoned with a crown image, plus the initials of the bride and groom.
The limited edition Royal Wedding mug costs £12.95, with free delivery, and can be ordered via the Claryce Design shop on Not On The High Street.
Kitchen essentials
When you’re kitting out a kitchen for the first time, buying all the essentials can be time consuming and costly.
This kitchen starter kit from Habitat takes away the stress of buying everything individually and provides a stylish and practical set of kitchen accessories that will allow you to get cooking without delay.
The starter kitchen set includes a saucepan, frying pan, grate, measurng cups, colander, jug, can opener, peeler and several kitchen utensils and it’s all in a modern stainless steel finish. The set is available from Habitat.
