SUNNY OUTLOOK Accessories for outdoor entertaining

Chevron Orange outdoor scatter cushion, £23, Bramblecrest

Multicoloured LED solar lantern chain, £22, Ella James Curtain, Melford, £35 a metre; wallpaper, Fencott, £59 a metre, both National Trust collection, Sanderson

Tweedmill recycled picnic rug, £45; Mario Luca Giusti melamine plates, £24 each, and all other items, Amara

SUNNY OUTLOOK

As outdoor spaces will be essential for safe socialising, take the opportunity to make meeting friends and family fun-filled occasions. Whether gathering in the garden or elsewhere for a picnic, bright accessories will add a playful touch – outdoor cushions and fold-out chairs in jaunty fabrics, a striking outdoor rug, and solar lights to keep things going past dusk. Bring a cordless radio to provide ambience, garden games for everyone to join in and serve up a portable feast, lemonade, and perhaps a cocktail or two.

Glass drinks dispenser, £22, Garden Trading Collier tumbler, £63 for a set of four, Soho Home

Riverlands bamboo plate, £4 each, National Trust Shop

Jio garden lantern, from £12.95, Nkuku

Wooden Director Chair, Lemons, £40, Habitat Cortez Cobalt outdoor rug, from £330, Designers Guild

Roberts Revival Uno DAB/DAB+/FM digital radio with alarm, Teal Blue, £149.99, John Lewis & Partners

Four-person picnic hamper, £49.99, Von Haus

Table Grill ’71, £199, Morsø

Traditional wooden rounders set, £29.95, Rex London